Welcome to Art Room 161

This blog was created as an extension of the dialogue that began in our classroom and the purpose is to share creative ideas, images, and critiscm. All posts should be appropriate for the high school classroom and critiscm should be helpful and positive.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Back To School Night


Welcome to art room 161 this classroom blog is used for all our assignments and is a great reference for due dates, study guides, extra credit, and keeping track of what's going on in class.  Here's some of our ongoing projects that we'll be working on in all Mr. Needles classes:



  • Our "Going Global" project with the Japan Society & Global Nomads Group projects
  • SKYPE in the classroom and Google Hangouts with professionals and alumni
  • The MSG Varsity program
  • College and alumni visits 



  • Studio in Media:
    IMDB- http://www.imdb.com/
    Short & Sweet NYC-http://www.shortandsweetnyc.com/author/tim-needles/
    You Tube- http://www.youtube.com/user/TimNeedles
    Vine: 
    https://vine.co/v/bt9Qbx5XBM0




    Studio in Art:
    Google Art Project- http://www.googleartproject.com/
    Illustration Friday- http://illustrationfriday.com/




    AP Studio Art:
    Wiki-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Placement_Studio_Art
    College Board-http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html
    Artnet- http://www.artnet.com/?gclid=CKW4_bj4m7ICFYFo4Aod61UAag
    Drawn- http://blog.drawn.ca/




    Drawing 1 & 2:
    Illustration Friday- http://illustrationfriday.com/
    Artnet- http://www.artnet.com/?gclid=CKW4_bj4m7ICFYFo4Aod61UAag
    Drawn- http://blog.drawn.ca/



    National Art Honor Society & National Media Art Honor Society:


  • Meets every Wednesday in Room 161
  • Volunteering at the Hampton's Film Festival on October 6-7
  • Building our Safe Halloween "Haunted Museum"
  • Our fall field trip to New York City and our spring trip to the Hampton's
  • Guest speakers & alumni visits




  • Contests:
    Young Arts- http://www.youngarts.org/
    LI Best- http://www.heckscher.org/
    Scholastic- http://www.artandwriting.org/

    Shanti- http://www.shantifund.org/


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