Monday, April 11, 2011

Celebrating The Arts




April is national jazz appreciation and national poetry month. This year Shorecrest made April Celebrate The Arts month! Though our Arts focus in Early Childhood and the Lower Division was last week, students have been taking in the Arts all month with museum visits. Here is a brief run down of the week/month. You may click on links in this post that will direct you to more detail of each activity.

Museum visits:

Early Childhood - Museum of Fine Arts
Kindergarten - Morean Arts Center
First Grade - Raymond James Art Collection J
Second Grade - Museum of Fine Arts
Third Grade -Architecture Tour of Downtown St. Petersburg
Fourth Grade - Ringling Museum of Art

Monday, April 11:
  • Sneak peak of Singing in the Rain
  • Vicki Scuteri Jazz Quartet featuring Vicki Scuteri (vocals/violin), Peter Suarez (percussion), Ben Winkler (piano), and Joe (bass)

Untitled from Valerie Díaz Leroy on Vimeo.



Tuesday, April 12:
  • Vicki Scuteri Jazz Quartet featuring Vicki Scuteri (vocals/violin), Peter Suarez (percussion), Ben Winkler (piano), and Jen (bass)
  • Picture Lady

Wednesday, April 13:

Thursday, April 14:
  • USF Jazz Quartet featuring Paul Keesling (drums), Masayoshi Ishikawa (piano), Richard Jimenez (bass), and Bradley Samore (trumpet)
  • Tour of student artwork
Friday, April 15:
  • Visiting artist teach-in
  • EC-4th grade performances
  • Picnic Lunch with families
  • Tour of student artwork