8th grade art show!!!

8th graders have spent the last trimester in art preparing for a show based on different themes:  Holden 8a: Heroes, Holden 8b: Water, Alpha 8: Time, and Winton 8: Space.  This show is a culmination of all the work they have put in building creativity and skills in the visual arts over the years at SCS, and is completely theirs for the artist's process--from brainstorming themes to the hanging of it.  Join us for the opening at 6:15, March 12, before the band concert.  Or, if you cannot make it, stop by during or after school, sign in at the office and check out their hard work!

6th grade: graphic design using ADOBE SPARK

Before beginning, I put out into the SCS world the question:  what needs are there in terms of signage in our school?!  I got a lot of feedback and kept a list, and students were then given the choice from that list to work create an artwork that incorporates design elements such as font, color theory, proximity, placement. etc.  They met with their "clients" to get specifics about what their signs needed to say, they gave eachother feedback, and ultimately created some really great work to help out around the school with.  As an another option:  students could create some social justice signage they felt strongly about.

They used Adobe Spark to create with.

Below are a few great examples:

8th grade tesselations and metamorphoses

This past fall, 8th graders had the option of choosing to create a tesselation or a metamorphoses, both very "traditional" art/design problems that are used in art classes.  I had to make them in high school and college.  What I tried to do with it, though, was to encourage students to do some research and to use media and ways of working that would let them go in the direction of their choosing, using the Artistic Process.  Creativity with constraints.  What I found happeneed is that students went deep conceptually, as well as visually, something that I wasn't even considering.  I love my students and their creativity.

Here are some stellar pieces:

7th grade photography portfolio website

Peruse, scroll through!  These are a result of a deep dive into photography--understanding the concepts surrounding light and what makes a good composition along with the basics of how a camera works.  Enjoy!

7th grade PHOTOGRAPHY 2019

Life got away from me on Posting! And a couple announcements

This next week, I'll be playing catchup!   There is a bunch of gorgeous work I need to put out there for y'alls to see and also a lot going on:

FEBRUARY 12:  EA OPEN HOUSE from 5-6:30.  The plan is for every students k-7 to have some artwork up for this!  Please come.

8th grade will have a show of their own after February break in conjunction with a field trip they will do mid-February.

All students are also contributing to a mural that will go up in the cafeteria mid-February.