Miss Helen's Art Class

Hello and welcome to Miss Helen’s Art Blog! My full name is Helen Arnold. I am thrilled to be appointed as Program Leader for Elementary Art at ISM. The Elementary Art Department is a team of four – Miss Jones, who teaches Pre-School to Grade 1, Mrs Domingo, who teaches Grades 1 to 3. Myself, with Grades 2 to 4, and our magnificent, incredibly artistic Teaching Assistant, Mr Gari Carreon. Together, we view our role as providing a strong foundation in art which will effectively guide our students on their journey into Middle and High School. We are continuously developing and improving our program to ensure students experience a wide range of art skills and techniques using a variety of media. It is our mission to help students understand that Art is not only about drawing, as many think it is! Art is constructing, forming, printing, painting, sewing, dying, weaving, collaging, sculpting, drawing and so much more. We help students to identify their particular strengths and weaknesses in art and show them the many opportunities available to them. We show them where art is useful in every day life and open their eyes to particular career opportunities – yes, even at this age! For example where might you use the skill of forming and contructing giant models? Maybe in theater or entertainment? Or where might you use printing methods in the outside world? We draw their attention to interior design, greeting cards, advertising and marketing. Students learn that art is not only about making. It is also about learning to talk about it, analyse it, form opinions on it. It is about learning specific language to be able to do this. It is about communicating and expressing our feelings and ideas and about learning specific techniques and use of materials and tools. Our mission is to make children excited about art, and we think we are doing a great job at that!!!! Parents are welcome to our classrooms at any time. Should you wish to discuss in detail or view your child’s work, please simply make an appointment with us so that we can ensure we give you quality time and attention.
Regarding myself, ISM is my fourth international school of thirteen years. Previous to this you would have found me in London, Bangkok and Jakarta. It is my absolute thrill to be back in Asia and honor to be given this opportunity to work with your lovely children! I hope you enjoy this site, and please take time to view the blogs of Miss Jones and Miss Domingo also.