Youth Art Month 2013

March is "Youth Art Month" and this year the Portland Museum of Art will be holding the annual exhibition again. Maine Art Education Association members from all over the state can select one work to exhibit. This year, two students will represent WHS. 

by - Maggie Harnois

Exchange Student Senior Portrait
teacher: Bickford

by - Kim Larlee

Sibling Portrait

teacher: Juniewicz

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding art students.
For information about the exhibition click here.

New Media Technology

The Arts have always been early adopters of technology. Take a look at this! It is very very cool indeed.

Exams and Upcoming Events

One more week and we will be taking mid term exams. All exam study guides are posted at the top of the PAGES list on the right sidebar.

Major events coming up are the annual Youth Art Month Exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art. This year, the Museum has decided to feature student artwork in the Payson Building 4th floor gallery space. This will be quite an honor and a spectacular space for student work. More info coming soon.

Our 2013 local Art Competition sponsored by the Westbrook Women's Club will be coming up soon and we have some impressive works to send along to this exciting event as well.

Check back for more info.

 

Pumpkin Festival 2012

This years Pumpkin Festival was another great success! With several last minute volunteers on the bus, 48 WHS students carved all day on Friday October 26th. We carved over 250 pumpkins! Camp Sunshine raised over seventy five thousand dollars this year and WHS had a primary placement in this event.

Be sure to go and check out Mr. Johnson's blog entry on the pumpkins with more photos. CLICK HERE!

I will be adding pumpkin photos that students took during the day so check back soon! I will post a complete collection to the flickr photostream.

Kim Larlee, Andrew Corea and Danielle Good

2012 Pumpkin Carving Crew (I will add the complete student list next week)

Everyone develops a unique "carving technique"

Welcome back!

WELCOME BACK!!!!!!
A late but well deserved congratulations goes out to Susan DeRoche for placing 1st in her division for the National Junior Federal Duck Stamp contest for the SECOND YEAR IN A ROW this past spring. I spoke to the state coordinator and Susan's beautiful colored pencil drawing got very close to the top of the competition. Her hard work and perseverance paid off in a spectacular piece and a just reward. We will all be watching to see if Susan will surpass her work again in this years competition.

The art department is looking forward to another great year! Our interactive art exhibition is slated to be held again in the art rooms this year. Please be sure to come in to the studio art rooms and check out our Jr/Sr AP individual work spaces. We love to have visitors.

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