Art Gallery

ABOVE: To celebrate JCDS’ 25th year, 7th and 8th graders created stamps using a torn paper technique, with this question in mind, “What does JCDS mean to me?” BELOW: Art Teacher Vered Singer connects 5th graders from JCDS and Tel Aviv via Zoom for a collaborative art project

Blue Girl/Torn Paper

During the last decade of his life, Henri Matisse began working with paper and gouache to create plants, animals, figures, and various shapes. Having learned about Matisse, students used the collage techniques to create their own works of art. In the untitled Blue Girl piece (ABOVE), Nomi Pfeffer ’22, took the torn paper project in her own direction and was given the space to work independently. She worked on this for more than a month although the class had moved on to other projects. Art Teacher Vered Singer indicates that her goal is to allow students the opportunity to continue developing in her class and, if they are deeply engaged in a project, she does not force an ending.

Tel Aviv Cooperative Art Project

5th grade students connected virtually and artistically to 5th grade Tel Aviv students overseas as they shared the experience of a local place that is important to them. Each student was matched with a partner from the other city, and worked together to embed the teammate’s silhouette, representing the student or an image of their choice, into each other’s photograph to feel they ‘belonged’ to the other city.

ART GALLERY

תונמא תיירלג

BELOW: cooperative art project with a fifth grade group from Tel Aviv. The Israeli teachers are Itamar and Anat. I was overwhelmed by the

For the project, Tamarim students had the opportunity to feel connected to the Tel Aviv students overseas as they shared the experience of a local place that is important resiliency, creativity, imagination, to them. The project: “ Each of the groups' students published a photo of their own favorite local place and presented it to the entire adaptability, and ingenuity of our incredible students. team. — Gavi Elkind, former Assistant Head

Each student connected with a partner from the other of School & Director of Admissions city, and they worked together on the shared photos.

They embedded the teammate's silhouette representing the student or an image of their choice, so they feel they 'belong' to the other city.

Yotzer Or

The 1st graders integrated art with Judaic studies for a project in celebration and learning for their Chagigat HaSiddur (ABOVE & LEFT). The students each illustrated a portion of the prayer, Yotzer Or: “Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who forms light and creates darkness, who makes peace and creates all things... Blessed are you, Lord, who forms light.”

Mask Art

5th, 6th and 7th graders were asked to turn masks into art (RIGHT & BELOW). The goal of the mask project was to reframe masks, which have become part of our daily life, into something more positive. Through this project, Vered sought to bring a sense of lightness, to give a sense of humor and playfulness to a part of life that has felt like a hardship.