State Fair Fourth Place Winner

This years 4th place Arizona State Fair winner is:

Larena 5th Grade



* All artwork was created last school year due to fair entry deadlines. Grade level indicates the grade level in which the artwork was created.

State Fair Third Place Winners

This years 3rd place Arizona State Fair winners are:

Cesar 1st Grade


Diego 4th Grade




Come back tomorrow to see who won a 4th Place award!

* All artwork was created last school year due to fair entry deadlines. Grade level indicates the grade level in which the artwork was created.

State Fair Second Place Winners

This years 2nd place Arizona State Fair winners are:

Priscilla 1st Grade


Jazmine 2nd Grade


Cynthia 4th Grade


Janely 5th Grade




Come back tomorrow to see who won 3rd Place awards!

* All artwork was created last school year due to fair entry deadlines. Grade level indicates the grade level in which the artwork was created.

State Fair First Place Winners

This year 25 Davidson Artists were chosen to display artwork at the Arizona State Fair. Just being selected to display artwork at the fair is an honor but we were luck to have several students place as well!

This year's first place winners were:
Angel 1st Grade


Priscilla 1st Grade


Ruben 3rd Grade


Kimberly 4th Grade


Arnaldo 5th Grade



Come back tomorrow to see who won 2nd Place awards!

* All artwork was created last school year due to fair entry deadlines. Grade level indicates the grade level in which the artwork was created.

Kindergarten Artists

Kindergarten artists also learned about line and color before starting a project relating to Mexico. We had a great time making our own skeletons. We were able to review line types while creating our background, practice cutting skills, and we enjoyed gluing our "bones" to our skeletons.

1st Grade Artists

After learning about line and color Davidson 1st graders also began learning about the art of Mexico. After seeing the 5th graders soft sculptures we were very interested in skeletons. We used what we had learned about line and color to create some amazing skeletons using printing techniques. We finished off the skeletons with bright colors in honor of the art of Mexico.



When we were done creating our skeleton prints we were also able to learn about sugar skulls! Sugar skulls are treats left on Dia de los Muertos alters. Because we knew we would love our tiny skulls and didn't want to attract ants into our homes we made our sugar skulls out of air dry clay and decorated them with metallic markers. To finish them off we created some nifty frames using cardboard, tempera paint, and oil pastels. We had them finished just in Time for Dia de los Muertos!

2nd Grade Artists

2nd grade first took a look at Papel Picado from Mexico. Papel Picado or cut paper banners are often found at Celebrations in Mexico. Some people say these banners are windows to a new world. Many people believe that when you pass them you can leave your troubles behind even if just for a moment. We thought that this was a fun place to start our look at the art of Mexico.


Next, we learned about an artist named Josefina Aguilar. Josefina Aguilar is one of the most famous ceramic artist in Mexico. We learned that Josefina learned to make clay sculptures from her parents and even after having nine children she still makes these sculptures today. We made our own version of a sculpture after seeing Josefina's artwork.