Westbrook High School 2012 Art Show / Student / Teacher Choice Awards

Students and teachers!!! Please take time to view these artworks and vote for your favorite one. The ballot boxes for each category will be in the art suite. Voting ends today, Tuesday April 24th at 3:00 pm.

Feel free to come up and see the works in person!

Teachers Choice Award

Student Choice Award

Westbrook Woman's Club 2012

The Art Department is proud to announce the winners of the Westbrook Women's Club Annual, local Art Exhibition and competition. Each year this local women's group sponsors an Art Exhibition. The Women's club is made up of local citizens who are very active and committed to the Westbrook community.  The winners go on to the regional competition. The artwork can make it all the way to the national competition.


The winners for this years competition were:
1st Place - Julia Kulingoski, Watercolor Landscape
2nd Place - Carley Eaton, Mixed Media Collage Perspective
3rd Place - Brianna Palmer, Soft Pastel Perspective
Honorable Mention - Kaitlynn Hutchins, Colored Pencil Still Life
Honorable Mention - Julia Kulingoski, Photograph Portrait

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

This year, Westbrook High School sent a total of 29 students work to this local event.
ALL of the entries will be posted on our Flickr Photostream. They will have to be posted in batches because we get a limited amount of space per month. Check back HERE.
Julia Kulingoski
James Phelps
Haleigh Barrett
Cassandra Corkum
Kayci Mero
Nicole Kirkpatrick
Jonathan Murray
Nicholas Tremblay
Susan DeRoche
Kimberly Duong
Jennifer Jensen
Morgan Maxwell
Carley Eaton
Maggie Harnois
Jose  Rivera-Perez
Mackenzie Kellogg
Gregory Violet
Elizabeth Stalling
Haley Hooke
Samantha Russell
Victoria Simoneau
Elizabeth Bois
Natalie Robbins
Angel Simoneau
Brianna Palmer
Kaitlynn Hutchins
Rachel Crawford
Kim Larlee
Angela Leng

Youth Art Month at Portland Museum of Art

March is Youth Art Month across America. Art teachers in Maine who belong to the Maine Art Education Association get to send one student work in honor of this celebration. This year the students who are representing WHS are James Phelps, Pen and Ink Still Life on watercolor toned ground and Elizabeth Bois with a digital photo series Titled "Drawing with Light". 

James is in Art One with Mr. Johnson and Elizabeth is taking AP Studio Art / 2/D Design with Mrs. Bickford. Congratulations to these great students!

Students from all over the state will be honored at the award ceremony. Click here for more info at Portland Museum of Art.

Elizabeth Bois, Digital Photo Series, "Drawing With Light" (This image does not do this piece justice! In reality it is crisp and dolor rich. This will also be in the Art Show)

James Phelps, Pen and Ink Still Life on Watercolor Toned Ground, "Still Life"

Youth Art Month: Celebration Reception

Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Time: grades 6-12 6:30 pm

Price: Free 

Location: Great Hall


Claire Filiatrault         Grade: K        Saccarappa
Brady McKeough         Grade: 2        Prides Corner
Chloe Jordan             Grade: 3         Canal
Nathan England         Grade: 3         Congin
Caroline Mooney         Grade: 4        Canal
Kai McGee             Grade: 8        WMS
Abby St. Clair         Grade: 8        WMS
James Phelps             Grade: 9        WHS
Elizabeth Bois         Grade: 12         WHS

MECA Visits Westbrook High School AP/Studio Art CLass

Last Thursday Maine College of Art came to speak to our AP/Studio Art class. The college was very impressed with the studio space and the work they saw of our students. On Friday during our teachers work shop Mr. Johnson taught us how to make a video using iMovie. Here is my very first movie! Be easy on the critique!

Tuesday December 13, 2011

TASK PARTY!
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving break a few of our Art Classes had a first ever TASK party. Kids really enjoyed themselves and we hope to do it again. Take a look at the video that Mr. Johnson put together of this event!

AP Studio Art / Design and Drawing Concerns

Although this post is directed at AP Art students it is relevant for ALL art students. My goal is to keep this as simple as possible and still guide you in your creative design process.

The creative process shares similar steps and parts no matter what you are designing. The beauty of this way of thinking is that there is room for unlimited diversity within some set parameters. This past week the AP students had to polish the "Concentration Statement" for the portfolio. This personal statement will guide their image making process and help them create 12 artworks that illustrate the ability to focus on an idea and, use art elements and design principles to express that focus. Judges will read that statement and use it to assess the Concentration part of the portfolio. The art works will need to show significant understanding of how design principles aid in expression AND artistic growth as they design each work. This is a very difficult and sophisticated task. 

This is one of the best, short explanations of how design elements are used to express ideas. The medium of choice happens to be photography. The visuals are concise and the graphics make a lot of sense. CLICK HERE 

AP Students: Review the chapters in our text book "Exploring Visual Design" that are relevant to your concentration statement.


This should inspire your creativity! 

Creative Thinking: Your Edge

View more presentations from Joanna Maxwell

 Watch this documentation of the growth of an artist! Pay attention to the development of the images. This is what your 12 pieces should show!

An Artist Is Born

View more presentations from alice.thies

Finally: this is a video that highlights Maine designers. It is important to know that Maine has a long, rich history of Artists, Craftsmen and Designers. Creative people choose to work and live here.

2011 Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival Art Installment

This year Westbrook High School Students carved over 150 pumpkins for the Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival. Our Maine Coast Theme was a big hit! Several art students got into the Portland Press Herald on Friday October 28th. Maggie Harnois, Morgan Maxwell and, Cassie Corkum plus a few students who came in from a study hall! Click here for LOTS more pictures. You can also see the slide show running on the right.