1ST GRADE | JES, CES, WES, MMES
Community Quilt
Students created community quilts based on themes around community – either in our own town or the animal or plant community of the Greater Teton Ecosystem with the help from local artists and the Jackson Hole Quilters Guild.
2ND GRADE | MMES
Torn Paper Landscapes and Animals
Students were tasked with creating landscapes using torn paper, without using scissors. They learned how to collage and layer paper to add depth and texture to the background. Then, they learned to use shapes as a guide for drawing animals. Finally, they used markers and watercolors to make their animals bold and stand out in the landscape.
2ND GRADE | MMES, CES, JES
Native American Bison Hide Paintings
Students created their own buffalo hide story inspired by authentic Native American hide paintings and stories.
2ND GRADE | JES
Native American Animal Shields and Masks
Students created paper-mache masks and shields to support learning around the roles animals play in Native American culture.
2ND GRADE | CES
Animal Spirit Cards
As a way to study Native American folklore, students created collaged animals cards and then wrote about the significance of their animal spirit.
2ND GRADE | JES, CES, MMES
Build a Seed
Students developed a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.
“pARTners come to our classroom every year to guide students through art on their roles in their communities, their families, and classrooms. Through art, students engage in meaningful conversations around who they are and how they express themselves through those roles they hold daily. Through the power of art, creativity and intentional conversations, students develop pride in who they are and how they relate to something bigger.”
– FIO BEAL, 3rd Grade Dual Immersion Teacher Munger Mountain Elementary School
3RD GRADE | MMES
Holiday Gratitude Calendar
Students created gratitude calendars for their families to count down 8 things they were thankful for during the holidays. They decorated posters with stickers, cutouts, patterned paper, and tape. Then, they wrote what they were thankful for and put them inside small envelopes. This way, family members could open one for each of the 8 days.
3RD GRADE | CES, MMES
Changes over Time: Community Book Project
Students created hand-made books that helped them understand changes that happen in their lives over time.
3RD GRADE | MMES
Huichol Project
Munger Elementary third-graders celebrated the Day of the Dead by creating traditional Mexican art form Huichol yarn paintings.
4TH GRADE | MMES
African Masks
Students created detailed paper mache masks representing various animals from the African ecosystem.
4TH GRADE | JES, WES, CES, MMES
Careers in the Arts
Students learned about different careers that utilize the arts. Students interacted with a local architect, graphic designer and documentary film maker in the classroom.
4TH GRADE | JES
Fossil Art
Students created faux fossils with wire, glue and layers of tissue paper.
4TH GRADE | JES
Picasso Self-Portraits
Students studied Picasso and created self-portraits based on his cubists style of art.
“pARTners allows me the opportunity to bring a professional artist into the classroom who will share their expertise with the students. pARTners is such an asset to our schools.”
– Shannon Borrego
JHHS Art
5TH GRADE | JES, MMES
Screen Printing
5th graders at both schools practiced the technical skills associated with screen printing.
6TH GRADE | JHMS
Genius Hour
pARTners contracted a local filmmaker, writer, visual artist, and fashion designer to support students in their Genius Hour projects. Genius Hour (aka. Passion Project) is an educational concept that allows students to choose and learn during a set period at school. The goal is to teach independence and research a topic that interests them.
7TH GRADE | JHMS
Screen-printing
Jay Berrones, an artist trained in Mexico, led 7th grade students through this traditional art-form. He is bilingual and had the ability to lead all students through the process, even students who just spoke Spanish. Students got the opportunity to screen-print t-shirts, bags, and stickers.
6TH – 8th GRADE | JHMS
The Eyes Project
This project was a whole school celebration to mark the end of WyTopp and give students an opportunity to de-stress. Students learned how to draw eyes and use shading, color, and other techniques to create depth and perspective. They explored the symbolism of eyes to better understand that there are multiple perspectives in any situation.
6TH GRADE
The American Dream Project
Students read and examined articles, short stories, and novels that focused on adversity, diversity and the concept of the “American Dream”. They created a poster that addressed an issue related to accessing the American Dream. The issue and solution came to life through symbols, colors, and words.
“As a teacher, these extracurriculars can feel impossible to pull off in addition to everything else. It is so important to have organizations to help us make it happen, as our students often take more away from these special projects than what we do in the classroom. Thank you pARTners for helping us mkae this happen!”
– Hunter Jones
7th Grade Science Teacher
7TH GRADE
Islamic Patterns in Art
Students explored the “Golden Age” through Islamic Art. As a culminating activity, students created art pieces that exhibited repetition, symmetry and tessellation, all components of this art form.
7TH GRADE
Combat the Silence
Students created informational poster boards that illustrated societal issues facing communities today. Local artists showed students how to make these presentation boards creative and eyecatching.
7TH GRADE
The Belief Project
This collage project supports the exploration of self and personal beliefs, as 8th grade students transition into high school. Students collected mementos and studied elements of art to tell their visual story.
9TH-12TH GRADE
Artists Up Close
pARTners sponsors a series of professional artists from the community to lead students in mini-residencies.
9TH-12TH GRADE
An Exploration of Art and Literature
High School students explored the connections between Art and Literature in a five-day intensive in the greater outdoors earlier in the year. Using place-based education, they created a variety of artistic and creative writing projects, interacted with the outdoors, and explored humanities using nature. PARTners provided every student with a journal, watercolors, markers and sketch pencils.
9TH-12TH GRADE
Jackson Hole High School Spanish Language Classes
pARTners supports several projects in Spanish 3 and 4 classes to help students apply their language skills through various artistic outlets.
El Baile
Students studied and experienced Latin dancing (Salsa, Merengue and Cumbia) with pARTners artists from Dancers’ Workshop.
Un Obras de Arte
Students studied Latino artists and art history. After learning about the elements of design, color, and technique, they created a collage celebrating the artists of their choosing and shared their project using a multimedia presentation.
La Poesia Vivo
Students chose a Spanish language poem and practiced their acting skills to create a performance. They presented these skits with the goal of providing enough context through their actions and props to convey the meaning of the poems to an audience.
