High School Art Exhibit

The exhibit my Year 1 IB Visual Arts students curated was a hit. They received a lot of positive feedback from peers, teachers, and administration. The pieces were made up of my Grade 9/10 Photography class. The videos/shorts from my Grade 9 Film studies class. I even let my  Y1 IBDP VA class add a couple of pieces. Below is evidence of the selection process, preparations, and pieces from the show.

Cleaning the display boards

Decisions on grouping the photos.

Getting that panel squeaky clean.

Listening to the rational

First round of customer. 

Get the kids talking about art early on.  

Watching video shorts made by my film class. 

Abbner

Abel

Aman 

Ben

Chad

Saki-stencil 

Kanchana

Nancy

Molly

Mikal

Michael

Ntsika

Saoirse 

Olivia

Sid 

Will

Wedu

Tomas 

Thalia

Yanet

Yobi

Yohanna 

Emir

Art Show Invite

My grade 9/10 photo and film class is having an exhibit curated by my year 1 IB VA students. Will post images next week.

HS Block Reduction Printmaking

When I was at an IB workshop earlier this year, the presenter stated that "building skills" is the new fad. Here I thought it never went out of fashion. In the spirit of developing skills and taking risks, we embarked on a block reduction printmaking project. The minimum amount of colors to be used was four. Below is the process and results. 

Ana was the most ambitious artist clocking in 7 colors.

Clara made her image based on a series of sketches about the rainy season and the street near her house.

Saki ventured using 2 different blocks.

Yema's print is based off sketches of her grandmother.

Clara's final print

Linda's final print

Yema's experimental print.

Yema's final print

Saki's final print

Ana's final print

Max's final print

HS Oil Painting Self-Portarits

In the spirit of building skills. My IB Year 1 Visual Art students started the year learning oil painting techniques. Not a single student had prior experience using oils. As I told the class at the beginning of the project, "this won't be your best oil painting, but it will be your most important one." Below are the results.

The example I made in class. Shameless self-promotion.

   

HS Photography (Semester 1) Student Blogs

Students,
Below you will find your name and the names of your classmates, please click on the name and it will take you to their photography blog.

You should have the following assignments posted:
1. Portraits-2 B&W, 1 Sepia, 1 Color. Full Front, Angle, Partial, Close-up
2. Stop Action-2 photos
3. Macro-2 photos
4. Blur-2 photos
5. Texture-6 photos
6. 1 Photograph 6 Filters-6 photos
7. Mask-2 photos
8. Objects-2 photos
9. Diptych-2 related photos
10. Sequence-minimum 4 photos
11. Richard Avedon quote (e-mail me your responses) click here for link
12. Photography Appreciation (e-mail me your responses) click here for link
13. Presentation on a Photographer (in class)
14. Upload information and photographs of your Photographer.
15. Commercial Photography-1 photo
16. Final (send me proposal)

You can also visit the MS/HS Photography Page by clicking here.

Aman
Mikal
Saoirse
Yanet
Olivia
Will
Kanchana
Ben
Wedu
Michael
Ntsika
Chad
Molly
Thalia
Tomas
Abbner
Emir
Nancy
Sid
Abel
Yohanna
Yobi