Cranes, Face Painting and Field Day

Short post. WHS had field day today.

I would like to thank Jen Jensen, Angel Simoneau and Victoria Simoneau for doing so much work for the face painting  and origami table. About 20 kids had designs painted and a couple teachers did too! We raised some cash and donated it to Mr. Cards Christmas fund. Thanks guys!!!

2011 Westbrook High School Interactive Art Show

NEW FORMAT / NEW ACTIVITIES

This year, the Art Department decided to make some changes for exhibition. There were many reasons but the biggest one was to focus on the art making process as learning. We wanted to open the rooms where all the action happens and allow people to flow through the studio spaces. We also added several new components including prizes, Art One exhibition boards, and a hands on activity - Artist Trading Cards. This new change was very well received by students and teachers and we had many repeat visits.

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This fall, students worked on a project for Camp Sunshine which in turn helped to fund prize awards for our exhibition. There were 12 categories, two of which were online votes. Voting was done by several parties. Students had to choose what to enter and could not enter everything. The winners are a broad range of students. For the complete list click here.

Be sure to check out the winners list! G. Emery receives his Student Choice Award.

Art One Display Boards.

Art One students were required to create a display that included the students name, best work and, an artists statement. Students will be graded on the displays. Overflow work was in the hall along with Art 2, AP, Studio Art, Photo and Computer Art. If you are interested in what goes on in an AP Art class, click here.

Mr. Guerrette's US History Class

Mr. Snows Spanish 3 Class

One of the best things about our new format was that other content areas got involved. Mr. Snow's Spanish 3 class had a demonstration of how to make an image with a pinhole camera. Gabrielle Ledue went through the whole process including developing the image. Mr. Guerrette's U.S. History class had an assignment for the cold war.

The Artist Trading Card room was a huge success! The room had kids in it working every period, during lunch and after school. We estimate that over 150 cards were made. Students arranged specific trades and made appointments to work together. Mr. Gousse came to view the show and made a card himself. Mrs. Goan and Ms. Harmon sent up two boards with Grade 8 ATC cards that were made in celebration of our show!

ATC's have been around since 1996 and are a popular artist activity all over the world. For more info on ATC's click here.

ATC Packed House

Mr. Gousse joins the ATC room.

Mr. Johnson and M. Harnois check out the ATC Swaps table to snag mini artworks for collections. Mr. Johnson's ATC's were very popular and flew off the table as soon as he made them! Two students check out the Grade 8 ATC board in the corner to see all the beautiful works the middle school sent up.

B. Palmer - "This is FUN"

Westbrook Student Wins 1st In Div. 4



Susan and Art Director Carol Connor



Congratulations go to Art Student Susan DeRoche! Susan entered the Junior Federal Duck Stamp contest and took first place in her division for a beautiful Prisma Color Pencil drawing of a Canadian Goose. Susan received a beautiful blue ribbon, a $50.00 gift certificate from Bean's, a reference book for next years contest and a beautiful Reeve's Artists Supply box. Great job Susan!



Place of Honor



Mr Ross Looks on As Susan opens the prize package.

It has been a busy two weeks in the WHS art department. Student teacher Mr. Johnson has rejoined us and has started a lesson on Styles in Art. Students will be working on final portraits along with several other projects including clay. Students will learn about cubism, expressionism, pop art and the contemporary work of artist Chuck Close.


Students are getting ready for the new format for the High School Art Exhibit! The show will feature open studios, awards, and a hands on creative art activity for the whole school. ARTISTS TRADING CARDS!
 

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!