At SOSS, several students have been participating in an art club that meets twice a week. The art club meets on Mondays after school and Wednesdays at lunch. These kids have been participating in this group since late September. This art club has about 12 students in it and, run by teacher Lindsey Kingsfield, these students definitely have a hold on what they are doing.

The supplies that are used by this art club are completely separate from the funding that comes from the art classes through the school. A good portion of the supplies are donated by Mrs. Kingsfield and the group also gets funding from the PAC. They have unique supplies because of the creative projects that they get the chance to create.

When this club first started up they had many brainstorming ideas and goals that they created. One of the students, Chris Kirs, was definitely looking forward to the possibility of participating in some splash art projects. Although messy, this could be a fun idea. One of the group’s overall goals was to participate in an annual art show in Penticton. The show is possible to get into as long as you have a little bit of talent, and that is exactly what these kids have. Talent!

Mrs. Kingsfield is also working on getting these students and their work on display locally too.

Some of the current projects that the club is working on are really impressive. Until recently the group has been working their way up to modeling and painting toys. Some of their earlier projects to prep them for these toys include working with ping pong balls. They were adding a special kind of plastic modeling clay to the ping pong balls to give them little details such as eyes and mouths. Before the students started on these creatures they had to draw examples of what they were going to create. This clay then was heated for about three minutes to harden the clay to match the plastic. Some of the details look really impressive. Two of the students have managed to use this clay to put long tails on their toys. Kalee Steeves and Alicia Thomson explained that sometimes it’s harder than it looks to get the clay to co-operate with you and needed help, but it makes for a beautiful final shape.  Lindsey Kingsfield is definitely looking forward to putting these little monsters on display at the annual art show.