AP Art: The 2013 Congressional Art Show

Congratulations to Smithtown High School East AP Artists: Brianne Hart, Devon James, (pictured above with Mr.Needles and Congressman Tim Bishop) Ali Parisi, and Kerin Grisanti whose work was included in this year's Congressional Art Show at the Lyceum Gallery in Riverhead. The show was juror was chosen by East End Arts Council and the exhibit’s opening was Saturday where they joined a selection students from schools across the 1st Congressional District and Congressman Tim Bishop who awarded them a special Congressional certificate of achievement.

Mr. Needles is proctoring the AP Art test Friday

Just a reminder that today is the AP Art exam so I will not be in classes even though we are in school.  Below is the assignments for Mr. Needles classes on Friday, I may pop into class and check on your progress:

Painting Class: will work on an initial sketch for the art history project listed on the blog below, you've all chosen a work from one of the artists we studied now sketch out your response in pencil on paper.



Film History: will write a short commentary on the work of director and musician Michel Gondry. We watched a number of his videos and short films in class and watched previews for some of his feature length works so discuss what you have seen and what is consistent in his films and music videos.


Photography: will complete their environmental portraits and continue working on the alphabet project listed on the blog below.


Advanced Film: will complete the screenwriting 'cheat sheet' supplied by Kevin Bisch and begin working on their second drafts of their screenplay.

Breadth Madness

Happy Halloween and congratulations- you're now almost 1/4th the way to the finish line! As the 1st quarter comes to a close I'd like each student to post the Breadth piece that you are most proud of and to comment on each others work. This will help give you some direction in terms of where you are headed for your portfolio and your concentration. The important question to ask yourself is- Why is this your favorite? What about it do you respond to? Try to write a short sentance or two summing up why the piece was chosen and when commenting see if you can help give each other some more focus in terms of your direction.

This week we'll go over the basics of blogging and working on the web!