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Art News from Around the School and Around the World…
And the “Art Star” of
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the Month is... I’m happy to announce that the “Art Star” award for March goes to Melany B. (Rm. 313). Please assist me in congratulating Melany for all the hard work, creativity, and independence that she has shown over the past month. Great Job!!
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Melany’s “Guided Drawings” and “Themed Drawing” can be seen at right. Additional “Guided/Themed Drawings” can be seen on Page 3 of this issue of The Andersonian.
1-2: Guided Drawings and 3: Themed Drawing.
Ulster County Savings Bank Art Show As I write, plans are underway for another joint art show with Expressive Outcomes (Anderson's adult art program) and the AEC’s Children’s Art Program. It will be held at the Red Hook (NY) branch of the Ulster County Savings Bank and is set to run for the entire month of April. An opening reception has been planned (April 22nd 5-7pm) to allow the artists and community members to mingle and admire all of the amazing art. I will pass on the details as they are worked out. Please check for further information via your e-mail and next month’s edition of The Andersonian.
Photograph of 2014 UCB show.
Thank You I wanted to send a “Thank You” to all of those who helped out the Art Program over the past month with art supplies and materials, including Kathleen M. (Dir. Of Program Services), Kendal W. (Rm. 119), Christine C. (Rm. 119), and Kathi K. (Rm. 123). To all of you (and those of you that I may have missed)... I say,
“Thank You!!”
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American Flag Sculptures
In honor of President’s Day, students created rustic looking American Flag Sculptures out of recycled/upcycled objects (As seen below). Materials: Cardboard, Tissue Paper, Glue/Water, Tempera Paint (Red, White, Blue), Newspaper, Tagboard. Techniques: Stamping, Decoupage, Assemblage.
Valentine’s Collages (Lft. To Rt.): “Roses” Aaron G. (Rm. 310); “Candy Hearts” Ocean P. (Rm. 310); “Valentine’s Candy” Jesse B. (Rm. 118) Michael R. (Rm. 119).
A’Vohn H. (Rm. 312)
Valentine’s Card Designs Last month, students created a few Valentine’s Day images to be used as possible future Noteworthy Card designs.
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Three Hearts — Students learned how to make a decorative deckled edge on paper, in addition to practicing other collage techniques (example #1). Double Hearts — Students used collage techniques, tracing/cutting and handwriting to create this design (example #2). HAVE INFO TO SHARE? IF YOU HAVE ANY ART NEWS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO NEXT
Love Birds — Students concentrated on layering color, tracing/cutting and collage (example #3).
1. Andre W. (Rm. 308); 2. Vincent G. (Rm. 120); 3. and John R. (Rm. 306). 2
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MONTH’S ANDERSONIAN PLEASE LET ME KNOW (X1569). ~ NATHAN (RM. 416).
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Geometric Collage Students also created Geometric Collages using recycled paper. The directions were to fit together the geometric shapes (squares and rectangles), like a puzzle, without overlapping the pieces. The resulting artwork has a quilt-like appearance (see pictures below).
John R. (Rm. 306)
Darien R. Valentine’s Collages (Lft. To Rt.): “Roses” - (Rm. 119)
Johnny R. (Rm. 306)
Aaron G. (Rm. 310); “Candy Hearts” Ocean P. (Rm. 310); “Valentine’s Candy” Michael R. (Rm. 119).
Jessica C. (Rm. 119)
Guided Drawings
Some St. Patrick’s Day themed guided drawings. (lft-rt.) A’vohn H. (Rm. 312), Melany B. (Rm. 313), and John G. (Rm. 313).
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Many classes have been practicing their drawing skills over the last few months, through a series of projects, including creating drawings following verbal cues only (ex. “Draw three triangles”), by modeling/copying given examples (as seen above), and by creating a drawing only given theme/subject (ex. “Draw a tree”).
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Artist Birthdays for March Mar. 2 – Theodor Seuss Geisel AKA “Dr. Seuss” (1904) Mar. 6 - Michelangelo (1475) Mar. 19 – Charles M. Russell (1864) Mar. 30 – Francisco de Goya (1746) & Vincent van Gogh (1853)
NATHAN (RM. 416).
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