Peace Posters

Advanced Art students are working on entries for the Lions International Peace Poster Contest - no this doesn't count as a contest entry because it is an assignment. :) Students are creating posters based on this year's theme - peace, love, and understanding - using no words, letters or numbers as the poster needs to be understood by the entire world. Check out the contest and past winners here - http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/our-work/youth-programs/peace-poster-contest/index.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=august2012newswire 

Entries are due Monday (11/3) and will be judged by the Rockford chapter of the Lions Club. The winning poster will go on to the regional contest and possibly state, national, and world!

Here are some pictures of the students hard at work on their posters!

11/3/14

Here are some of the completed posters! They headed out to the local competition today! Good luck!

Mixed Media Still Life

After learning how to shade basic forms, the Art 1 students were challenged to apply their shading and composition skills on a more complicated still life. Students created viewfinders to help them choose an interesting composition. Here are some pictures of their works in progress.

NorthPrize 2014

The entries for NorthPrize are up in the front lobby showcase! Advanced Art students were required to write an artist proposal and conference with me about their intended project before they began working on it. They each created their piece of artwork and wrote an artist statement to accompany it. The pieces will remain anonymous during the voting period. Voting will take place at lunch and during conferences October 14-23. The winner will be announced on Friday, October 25th. After the winner has been announced, artist biographies will be posted to show who made each piece.

Advanced Art at ArtPrize 2014!

We had a great time at ArtPrize yesterday - the rain held off for us! We were able to see 17 of the top 20 pieces and a lot of other art. Today in class we had a great discussion about what's in the top 20, what shouldn't be in the top 20, what should have been in the top 20, and who should win ArtPrize. It was really great to hear the thoughts of these smart young artists.

Here are a few pictures from our field trip!