Extra Credit: Scholastic Art Awards and StoryCorps

There are 2 extra credit assignments for December: entering the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards which are due by Tuesday at midnight and recording a Storycorps interview with a family member and posting it online by January 2.  Follow the links for more information and see me if you have any questions.

Art Honor Society: Winter Projects

Today in Art Honor Society we will review our Winter Projects some of which are listed below and review the field trip we took last week to MoMA in NYC as well as collecting photos and videos for our film.

• National Art Honor Society Induction Ceremony
• Media Art Field trip to Museum of the Moving Image
• School Murals- Challenge Day, Art, & the Classroom
• Holiday Cards for the local Nursing Home
• The Sketchbook Project
• Artist Trading Card Swap

Film: Choice Film for Scholastic Art Competition

In Film this week students have a choice Film assignment for the Scholastic Art Competition.  Create a film using any media and in any genre for the competition and complete it by Tuesday for submission.

Studio Art: Scholastic Art Week

In Studio Art it's Scholastic Art Week so we'll be taking on one of the AP Art summer assignments:

A Day In Your Life - Choose a moment from your everyday life and express it visually using any media. This can be a moment that’s memorable or very average, reoccurring or just a moment you remember. Try to use media that helps illustrate the moment and think about your perspective vs. others when creating the imagery.

Also make sure to study the class Quizlet for the quiz on Thursday and Friday!

Digital Media:The 3D Design Ugly Holiday Sweater Challenge

This week we'll design new 3D printing designs in Digital Media using Tinkercad to enter their #uglychristmassweater community challenge. These will be purely digital designs that we will not be printing but we will share for the challenge.  You are welcome to design an ugly sweater for any winter holiday. Make sure the sweater looks correct and the decoration is up to you.

National Art Honor Society: MoMA Field Trip

We had a terrific National Art Honor Society field trip to MoMA in NYC yesterday so thanks to everyone for making it fun and easy!  I hope you enjoyed the visit and learned about some new art and artists.  Have a great Thanksgiving and enjoy your chilly break this week!

Digital Media: Beta Test of Hour of Code

In Digital Media we will do a short Beta Test of Hour of Code, the activities such as code.org's Dance Party.  You should create a fun and complex animal dance party.

National Art Honor Society: Field Trip to the Museum of Modern Art

In National Art Honor Society today we will collect all of the permission slips and payment for our upcoming field trip to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC.  The trip is 8am-4pm on Tuesday November 20, the week of Thanksgiving.  The museum is the home to some of the world's most famous art such as Vincent Van Gogh's Stary Night and Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory so we'll discuss the relevance and history of the art the week before our trip.

Digital Media: Video Game BETA tests

In Digital Media we completed our Video Games so now it is time to play and review them for each other and  BETA test them so we can go back and edit bugs or issues that come up in game play.  The above image is of Will's game which was the best reviewed game from class so far.  We are using the class rubric (attached in Google Classroom) to rate the clarity, design, coding, originality, and play ability of each game.

Film: Animation

This week we will begin our animation challenges in class.  today we looked at some award winning student films as well as the video above by Hombre McSteez Aka Marty Cooper.  Below is another great example from street artist Blu and artist David Ellis which is equally as impressive but totally different.  Tomorrow I will do a short animation demonstration in class and teach you the basics before you begin animating yourself!

Studio Art- Artist Research Projects

In Studio Art we are finishing up presenting our Artist Research Projects and next week we will have the test on the artists and art we learned about so be sure to study the quizlet to review!

End of Quarter 1 Tomorrow

Congratulations, you've reached the End of Quarter 1! Tomorrow is the final day of the quarter so make sure any incomplete or missing assignments as well as any extra credit assignments are submitted by tomorrow because I'll be closing out the grades over the 3 day weekend.  I hope you enjoyed part 1 of the class and learned something valuable!

AP Art: Visit From Hartford Art School Today

Today in AP Art we will have a visit from the Hartford Art School where we have had a number of successful alumni attend before their careers in art such as Chelsea Norwich, Steve Ponzo, Aidi Wang, Jess Brett, Dylan Ahern,.  We will be learning about their programs and looking at portfolios.

Digital Media: STEAMroom

In Digital Media class we will be closing out the first quarter which ends Friday by completing and sharing our video games.  We will be beta testing them later in the week and revising them for the Scholastic competition in December.  

We will also begin to learn about some of the most important figures of STEAM using The STEAMroom quizlet. We will be using these figures to begin our animation unit in quarter 2 but we want to be familiar with them first. 

November Extra Credit: Wyland Art Contest

November's Extra Credit assignment is creating designs for the 2018 Wyland National Art Challenge.  You can begin by creating a design in your sketchbook and share it with so I can give you suggestions and advice based on what I know about the contest then you can  flesh it our with color and complete it.  We will take all the final images and talk about our favorite designs then choose one for our personal entry or a collaborative mural which we will enter at the end of November.

National Art Honor Society: Museum of Modern Art

In National Art Honor Society today we will hand out permission slips for our upcoming field trip to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC.  The trip will take place during the school day 8am-4pm on Tuesday November 20, the week of Thanksgiving.  The museum is the home to some of the world's most famous art such as Vincent Van Gogh's Stary Night and Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory so we'll discuss the relevance and history of the art the week before our trip.