Paint Your Art Out!!

Field Trip Presentation

I decided that it would be nice to take a class field trip to a little art studio that is located down the street from my house. The name of the studio is Paint Your Art Out and the name actually explains everything. The studio’s motto is “Creating memories that last a lifetime”. Birthday parties, celebrations, and wedding showers can also be held on special occasions. Paint Your Art Out specializes in ceramics and plasters and students would be able to take their pick of either form. The plaster objects are less expensive than the ceramics and they also require a different form of paint. After creating the art work the owner asks for the patron to wait 7-10 business days so the work can fired in the kiln.
The cost of a visit to Paint Your Art Out is $90 for up to 10 painters for a plaster party and $120 for up to 10 painters for a ceramic party. There is a $9 and $12 fee for each additional painter respectively. Due to the costly price of the group rates I think it would be a good idea for each class to hold a fundraiser for the field trip. A good idea would be to sell raffle tickets, calendars, coupons, or host a bake sale.

Mode of travel: School bus
Security: Classroom teachers
Estimated driving time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Grade level: All Grades
The students’ lunch will consist of a sack lunch and juice and they will eat at the local park located behind the plaza of the studio.


Title of Lesson: Native American Pottery

Grade Level: 3rd – 4th

Class Time: 30-45 minutes

Concept: ceramics, paint

Objective with QCC: SS4H1
The student will describe how early Native American cultures developed in North America.
QCC: Topic: Historical and Cultural Context
Standard: Matches a description of a culture with an artwork representative of the same culture.

Motivation: Explain to students that they will be designing and painting their own artwork.
Vocabulary: ceramics, plaster, kiln
Instructional Strategies:Teacher asks students to describe their impressions of Native American life based on the story. How did these pots tell us so much about the culture? By examining the pictures on the remains of these pots, we learn about the beliefs, customs, and everyday lives of these people. Teacher asks why Native Americans didn't just write down their stories like we do today. Teacher explains that Native Americans did not use the alphabet we use today. They used pictures to represent what they wanted to say. These pictures are called pictographs. Teacher passes out a pictograph dictionary to each student. Teacher tells students a brief story and then shows them how to translate it using the pictograph dictionary. The story will then be transferred to a clay pot using black marker.
Student Procedures: Students write their stories and teacher checks them. Students then transfer their stories to the pots.
Modifications: Individual Assistance will be provided as needed.
Assessment: The students’ artwork and stories will be assessed for completion and creativity.Materials: “When Clay Sings" by Byrd Baylor, pictograph dictionary or book on pictographs, modeling clay/clay pots, black markers, map of the United States
Closing Statement: Teacher asks students what they have learned about Native Americans of the Southwest (including tribal names and states that make up the region). Students are then asked how examining their pottery can teach us about their culture. Teacher then asks students to share their clay pot stories with the class.