Fulton County Adaptive Art

A student art exhibit opened at the Milton Library in early November. Teachers welcomed families and the art looks great! Families can visit through the month.

This week, Middle School students finished up their 2D Balloon Dogs inspired by the contemporary artist, Jeff Koons. Students utilized many different elements of art for this project, including texture, form, value, and space. We had so much fun creating the different parts of this project, especially learning how to make our ballon dogs look more realistic with shadows and highlights!

Students studied Yayoi Kusama's artwork and her love of pattern, including her beloved polka dots. Students created pumpkins with repeated patterns of their own choice using black sharpies and colorful paper. Students also decided on a background design.

We have been learning about Paul Klee in all levels. This included color mixing, primary and secondary colors, shapes and overlapping.

My students studied the work of Wyane Theibaud. Theibaud is a painter best known for his striking and colorful cakes and pastries as well as modern commercial goods. While associated with the pop art movement he never considered himself to be a part. For him his choice of subject matter was about form and color, not social commentary. Our students then used paint to create their own donuts in Theibaud's style with their own unique designs.

Special Olympics Track and Field 2026 at Centennial HS was a great day for Adaptive Art! Athletes visited the Adaptive Art station between events. They expressed their creativity by decorating paper medals and abstract art panels. There were many happy reunions and smiling faces as teachers got to see former students from many schools. We had a blast and look forward to Special Olympics again next spring! LandSeaCityScapeLesson_MrRob_AdaptiveArt.mp

March was Youth Art Month and Exceptional Children's Week all rolled into one! At my schools, I put up an art show to go along with our music show. Students are always so excited to show their parents their work and parents are so impressed by what their students are capable of.

My students studied the work of Lili & Marvin Rosenberg and their ceramic turtles. Then students then created turtles using natural earth air dry clay. After hardening the turtles were primed and painted by each student.

In PATHS we used shapes and Legos to create our own robots on the dance floor!

Fulton County Adaptive Art Teachers had an amazing day at the High Museum learning about education opportunities for exceptional students. The team toured the galleries and saw examples of art replicas made expressly for tactile art encounters for special needs students. We also made a collaborative quilt design and learned about how the museum has unique times for sensory visits. We appreciate the support of the High Museum education department and are excited to use their r