2011 Art Exhibition

The 2011 Art Exhibition be a totally new format. 

This years exhibition and open house will be held in the Art Suite the week after April break.

Some new features will be:

- faculty choice award (online voting and significant award)

- student choice award (online voting and significant award)

- multiple category art awards

- open studio visits during the block days

- hands on art activity for anyone who wants to participate

Artist Trading Cards Whole School Activity

The art department will provide instruction, space and some supplies for a whole school ATC activity. If you are interested in participating in this hands on activity this post will provide online support. You can also come to my room for hard copy handouts and clarification starting Tuesday, March 29th.

In short, ATC's are very small art works (the size of a playing card) that express an unlimited array of subjects and ideas. Think of an ATC like a "visual tweet".

This activity was started by Swiss artist M.VÄNÇI STIRNEMANN in 1969 and it has spread all over the world. This is a flickr ATC group pool - take a look! I have the book "Artist Trading Card Workshop" in art room 315 if you want to see some ATC's that inspire. This is a collection of videos that will show some ATC's techniques and demos.

Resources:
Basic Artist Trading Card Info 
How can I use ATC's to supplement teaching and learning in my content area?
Simple steps: How to make an Artist Trading Card.

More info please!!! Links and Resources.
Materials list. The art dept will provide SOME items but you can supplement.

2011 Westbrook Woman's Club Art Contest

Each year, the Westbrook Woman's Club sponsors a local art exhibition. The winner goes on to the regional and then state level. You can see the whole slide show here.

This year, the following students were recognized:

Jenifer Ha, Watercolor "Tropical Landscape in Green"
Brianna Palmer, Colored Pencil Still Life "Shells and Flowers"
Molly Dorn, Pen and Ink Illustration "Scribble"
Morgan Maxwell, Watercolor "Maine"
Nicholas Tremblay, Graphite Perspective Drawing "Voc Hall Way"
Haley Hooke, Pen and Ink "Geometric Abstract"
Victoria Simoneau, Pen and Ink "Hearts and Lines"
Susan DeRoche, White Pencil on Black "Gourd" 3rd Place
Kimberly Duong, Pen and Ink Illustration "Infinity"
Maggie Harnois, Pen and Ink Illustration "Run" Honorable Mention
Thomas Crawford, Watercolor "Water Landscape"
Daria Semenov, Watercolor, "Greece" Honorable Mention

Marissa Lawson, Watercolor, "Tropical Landscape in Pink"
Calgary Randall, Prisma Color Pencil "Apple Still Life 2nd Place
Angel Simoneau, Prisma Color Pencil, "Surreal  Asian Still Life"

Glen Emery, Colored Pencil, "Triple Portrait" 1st Place 

Glen Emery 1st

Cal Randall 2nd

 

 

Susan DeRoche 3rd

Maggie Harnois

Daria Semenov

Youth Art Month at Portland Museum of Art

Artworks from students all over the state are on display for the Month of March in celebration of Youth Art Month. Come see WHS students work as well as Westbrook students from every school on display.

Over 100 artworks, K-12 from school children all over the State will be on display. This is the Maine Art Education Associations 17th year sponsoring Youth Art Month. Friday nights are free!

Click here for Exhibitions and Events

 WHS students Maguire Harnois and Tyler Michaud will be in this exhibition.

Click here for Youth Art Month Schedule

Great Art Teaching Blog

I cant seem to get this to post on my list of great art class blogs so this post is to remind me to try later!

Images for Mid Term Exams

These are the images that are referenced on the mid term exams in case you want to get a better look.

ART ONE

Escher, Hands Drawing Hands

ART ONE 
Van Gogh, Fishing Boat

DRAWING AND PAINTING
Homer, Blue Boat

Youth Art Month at Portland Museum of Art

Congratulations to Maguire Harnois and Tyler Michaud for being chosen to represent Westbrook High School at the Portland Museum of Art in celebration of Youth Art Month 2011.

 Each year Art teachers from all over the state who are members of the Maine Art Association get to choose one work to be on exhibition for the Month of March in the Portland Museum of Art.

 Maguire Harnois, Indian Corn, Prismacolor Pencil on Black Ground

Tyler Michaud, Encaustic on birch panel

What's happening in class?

Back from break! Keeping up with a blog takes a lot of time so this will build slowly. My plan is to have a larger representation of work available as time goes by. For now, this will be small.

Art One students are working on colored pencil projects. After learning a handful of techniques, students had four project choices.

1. A framed landscape using depth techniques. 
2. A still life set up. 
3. A personal mandala. 
4. The Junior Federal Duck Stamp Competition with a $5000.00 cash Grand Prize.

Here is some of the progress so far.

Students do mandatory practice and then apply what they have learned to a final project choice. The 1st three are practice and the last one is progress on a final still life, all by Maguire Harnois.









Drawing and Painting Students are working on watercolor techniques and are just about to start final projects. Here are some the the required practice samples.

  

Brush Work by Jennifer Ha

Brush Work by Kim Duong

Hard Edge Soft Form by Marissa Lawson