Category: Art And Music

2nd Graders Working in the Art Room Snow Globe Today!

12/13/2012

2nd graders in Ms. Castrantas' class (above) and in Mrs. Babler's class (below) decided that they wanted to work on a level 0 voice level today, which means they decided that they should not talk at all while they were working. Because of this choice, they were working independently and it gave me the opportunity to take a step back and film them as they worked. They loved the snow effect in the Video Star app and enjoyed hearing the music, "Snow Day" by Toby Lightman as I filmed with an iPad. The camera on the iPad 2 is not the best, which is why this video is not as clear as the ones that I normally shoot with my iPhone, but it was fun to mix it up a bit.

They are so proud of the progress they are making with their winter rabbits! Stay tuned and you will be able to see them in our Artsonia Gallery.

2nd Grade Artists Working in the Art Room Snow Globe Take 2! from Suzanne Tiedemann on Vimeo.

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Magic 8 Ball Says to Vote B.A. Daily!

10/23/2012

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There are 8 days left to vote and it's no surprise that the Magic 8 Ball says we should "Vote B.A. Daily"! This sounds like great advice to me! We need all the votes we can get to stay in 1st place and hopefully win the 1st place grant worth $5000. Please keep voting for Brunswick Acres each day through October 31st.

Every vote counts and will make a difference for all students of Brunswick Acres School. Thank you for being part of team B.A.!

Voting Directions for Newcomers:
You can only vote on a computer not a phone or iPad.

Like the Kris Wine Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kriswines/app_277727432252070
Type Brunswick Acres in the search box.
Click the red pushpin
Check the box.

Vote once each day through October 31st and help to spread the word to others.

Share our video with others too. It is important for people know that instead of just soliciting votes, our school turned this opportunity into a creative project. Our hope is that people will see the efforts made by our students and will consider our school as a worthy recipient of an art grant. If we are fortunate enough to win a grant, students will be able to feel ownership and it will be that much more meaningful!

Vote B.A. Daily - Call Me Maybe Parody from Suzanne Tiedemann on Vimeo.

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Music Video Premier to our song Vote B.A. Daily - Parody of Call Me Maybe!

10/14/2012

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Vote B.A. Daily - Call Me Maybe Parody from Suzanne Tiedemann on Vimeo.

Our school, Brunswick Acres is competing for the $5000 Kris Wine and Americans for the Arts grant. Please VOTE for Brunswick Acres.

How To Vote:

*Click this link and "Like" the Kris Wine Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/kriswines/app_277727432252070?ref=ts

*Type Brunswick Acres in the search box
*Click the red pushpin
*Check the box
*Vote daily until October 31st

The winner is based on the total number of Facebook votes for the top school. We are currently in 1st place, but noticed that another school advanced 600 votes in one day on Friday. Our school has been averaging 100 votes per day, so we are hoping that our music video will inspire others to vote for us to keep us in the lead. We felt it was important to approach this as a creative project instead of just soliciting votes, because we want to prove that we are worthy recipients to receive an arts grant.

Our video is posted on Vimeo and YouTube! Please consider sharing it with as many people as possible to generate support and votes!

If we win, we will use the money to purchase art supplies. The cost of supplies continues to rise while our art budget get lower and lower each year. My students are very respectful with materials. This grant money would last us for years to come.

Vote B.A. Oh Yeah! Thank You!!!

Hi Carly Rae Jepsen! We hope you like our parody :) Thanks for writing such an awesome song! Students in every grade (K-5) knew Call Me Maybe, so creating a parody they could sing along to was so much fun for them!

All the Best,

~Suzanne Tiedemann
Art Teacher
Brunswick Acres Elementary School

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Take a Sneak Peek at Our Music Video

10/07/2012

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We have been saving a little time at the end of most art classes to shoot footage for our music video, "Vote B.A. Daily". A few classes were even able to film while they were working. They focused on their artwork and objectives of the lesson while seated at their tables. The song played in the background, and when I visited them with my iPhone video camera on, they stood up to sing and dance. I was really impressed with how many students knew all of the lyrics by heart and fearlessly embraced their moment to shine!

The photo above is a screenshot from a video clip recorded last week featuring 2nd grade students. We are working hard and having so much fun exploring art, music and dance throughout the day!

Our music video may take another week or so to finally come together. The consent paperwork has taken awhile to collect and organize, but should all be in order very soon.

In the meantime, please keep voting each day for Brunswick Acres to win the $5000 Kris Wine Grant! If you are a newcomer, voting is easy. Here is a link to the directions:
http://baart.weebly.com/1/post/2012/09/vote-for-our-school-to-win-a-grant-worth-5000-just-by-clicking.html

Thank you for your support!

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Thank You For Your Support Mrs. Fuglestad and Dryden Artists!

10/06/2012

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Thank You For Your Support Dryden! from Suzanne Tiedemann on Vimeo.

My school, Brunswick Acres is currently in 1st place to win the $5000 Kris Wine and Americans for the Arts grant. Our school and community have been voting for Brunswick Acres on the Kris Wine Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/kriswines/app_277727432252070 once each day to try to make a difference for my artists.

My students are too young to vote, so in an effort to create a way for them to be involved, I created a parody of the song, "Call Me Maybe" , titled, "Vote B.A. Daily". Students are currently filming a music video to this song.

Something magical happened this past week! Tricia Fuglestad, amazing art teacher of Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, shared our song with her students. They loved it so much that they expressed an interest in getting their families involved in voting for us. Mrs. Fuglestad then posted our song to the sidebar of her Dryden Art Blog to invite her school community to join forces with us! Check out the Fugleblog here: http://drydenart.weebly.com/fugleblog.html

Thank you Mrs. Fuglestand, Dryden artists and community for joining forces with us! We are inspired by your work all of the time and feel so honored that you want to support us!

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Free Download of our Song, "Vote B.A. Daily"!

09/27/2012

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Are you tired of having to click on the video to hear our song? Download a copy of our song to play on your computer or music player and enjoy it when you are on the go! Click "Download File". Then, right click on the screen when the player opens. Click "Save As" and save it to your computer.

votebadaily2.mp3
File Size:	4606 kb
File Type:	mp3

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