Advanced Art Study of Place and Memory

Deja is creating mixed media with tissue paper. 

Rebecca is recreating memories of a beach she visited. 

Brandon is remembering a time when he hit a home run. 

Austin's favorite memories involve playing video games. 

Jenna is recreating a place she visited this summer on vacation. 

Jonathan is experimenting with watercolors and his memories of his mother when he was a child. 

Ashley is using watercolor to recreate her memory of photographing horses. 

Christian is reminiscing of time spent in her backyard. 

Caroline is illustrating a nice summer drive she had this summer. 

Britney is drawing her memory of the funeral of a family member. 

Krystina is remembering time spent in England this past spring break. 

Michelle is recreating an unsettling memory that was a major turning point in her transition from childhood to young adulthood. 

Madison is creating visual imagery symbolic of how she felt during a difficult period in her life. 

Baylee is remembering a moment in her childhood when she felt safe and happy. 

Caroline, our awesome teacher's aide, is creating some presentation checks for our superintendent. 

Art Bingo!

Today the students played art bingo to build community and get to know each other better. 

Art I 3D Installation Projects

This week in our art I classes, students have been exploring social issues through the creation of 3D installation projects. Here are some pictures of their progress:

The above two pictures are of a project on bullying. The mannequin represents a bullied student, and the torn clothes show how words can tear people down. 

The tree and money seen in the images above represent the lumber industry and how harmful it is to our environment despite how lucrative it may be. Eventually the money will be the leaves of the tree and they will be on fire. 

This is a large ball of recycled worksheets and homework assignments. It will be a kinetic mobile representing how "done" these students are with school. 

In this installation, students are making a statement about bullying. The shattered pieces of the mirror represent how bullying can shatter an individual's self-image. 

Advanced Art Independent Projects

Advanced art is working on their independent projects. Each student chose a topic and researched it. Then, they began to sketch and create 6-10 artworks using the underlying theme. 

Magan is creating her own anime.

Farrah is exploring censorship. 

Kelli is illustrating several types of reflections. 

Brandon is creating satirical images of famous artworks using video game characters. 

Krystina is in love with the Royal family. She will be creating imagery surrounding their lives. 

Christian is creating cyborg girls. 

Melody is exploring the various stages of life and emotional states of being. 

Britney is creating imagery using the elements of the earth. 

Baylee has researched Pop Art and will design artworks in this style. 

Michelle will be creating images of different ethnicities. 

Rosa is designing artworks that incorporate Day of the Dead skulls. 

Colton loves Alice and Wonderland; specifically its theme of curiosity. He will be using clay to create artworks that exhibit the theme of curiosity. 

Kathleen is exploring different visual forms of idioms related to insanity. 

Supernatural themes will be the focus of Madi's work. 

James is further exploring a theme of darkness with monster like characters. 

Art I Principle of Design Projects

This week in Art I, students identified the principles of art and then used them to create art projects that focused on a heavy use of specific principles. They were given the choice between four different projects: Unified Seasonal Collage (unity), Movement in a Comic Strip (movement), Varied Forms of Balance through Quilt Making (balance), and Advertising with Emphasis (emphasis). Below you will see their progress on these projects.