Ms. Alfredson

Visual Art

The Visual Arts Program at P.S. 197 strives to provide all students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth grade with a diverse range of visual arts experiences from drawing and painting to printmaking, sculpture and textile work. Students are given foundational skills in art practices, concepts and techniques that scaffold from year to year.

Ms. Alfredson has been teaching at P.S. 197 since 2012. She hold a Masters Degree from NYU and is also an actively exhibiting artist. 

Art Exhibitions

Each year the Spring Art Exhibition transforms the school into a gallery to showcase outstanding student artwork. 

Student artwork is also exhibited on Artsonia.com year-round.

Over the years, P.S. 197 students have had their work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through PS Art, Brooklyn Borough Hall and the Brooklyn Children's Museum through the Brooklyn Borough Arts Festival, and at the yearly District 22 Arts Show. 

Relief Prints

Metal Tooling

Birds

Blueprint for the Arts

The curriculum adheres to New York City’s Blueprint for the Arts as well as the principles of Common Core.