Art+Smocks

 =Art Smock Policy  =

  In the Art Room, we have a lot of fun, and do a lot of learning, but sometimes that learning can get a bit messy! Knowing what new clothing costs, it's a fine line between whether to allow a child to create art without an art smock and risk their clothing, or change their supplies to a neater one and leave them out of the messy fun. Not being able to individually ask each and every parent, the policy in the art room is that each child in grades Kindergarten through 3rd must have an art shirt for each and every class. For 4th grade art smocks are strongly recommended and I try to remind students before a messy day that they may need them, and by 5th and 6th grade I hope the child can be responsible for keeping their clothing neat.

Oftentimes children try to tell me that "It's OK, this is an old shirt," or, "My mom told me to paint in this." Some times that may be the case, but there are others when the old shirt looks new. With no way to verify this statement, I stick to the policy above.

If indeed it is your opinion that your child does not need an art shirt to create, then please send in the note with your child telling me that. A copy to sign and return should have come home at the beginning of the year. If you missed that, a handwritten note is fine! I just need to have it in writing. This is for both your protection and mine! I want to protect your investment, and my sanity!



If you really like messy art, you should look into one of the messiest famous artists, Jackson Pollock. He splashed huge canvases full of paint, often using little more than sticks and gallon paint buckets!