Congratulations to the artists at Gastineau Community School and Auke Bay Elementary! Thanks for sharing your artwork with classrooms around the world. These students, teachers, and Iditarod’s Education Department challenges other classrooms to complete this lesson and send art work for inclusion in this online art show entitled:  Iditarod Landscapes and Jon Van Zyle

Lesson:  Iditarod Landscapes and Jon Van Zyle

Landscapes of the Iditarod:  After viewing Iditarod photos and landscapes by Alaskan painters, students paint the background, middle ground, and foreground of an Alaskan landscape, demonstrating a change in value to help build a sense of depth, perspective.

Click here to view the lesson plan.    Lesson created by JSD Art Specialists, Permission to share this lesson granted by Nancy Lehnhart,

Educator:  Rebecca Watts

Students: 5th Grade,  Gastineau Community School, Juneau, AK.

 *These images have been supplied to us by educators at the Gastineau Community School. 

Art from Gastineau Community School

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All photos in this gallery are by Iditarod Trail Committee. Reproduction prohibited without written permission from the photographer.

Educator:  Amber Harmon

Students:  4th Grade Auke Bay Elementary

* These images have been supplied to us by Ms Harmon

Art from Ms Harmon Auke Bay Elementary

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All photos in this gallery are by Iditarod Trail Committee. Reproduction prohibited without written permission from the photographer.

View additional art lessons used in Juneau by following this link.