Scholastic Fantastic!

The results of Scholastic are in...and as if you all didn't already know how amazing you all are...you rocked the awards!

Gold key: 14!
Gold key portfolio: 2!
Honorable Mention: 33!
Honorable Mention portfolio: 1
Silver key: 13!

Now the work to show your pieces begins...

I need your artwork to be ready for me to deliver. That means form attached, wrapped appropriately and boxed for transport by end of class Thursday. We will store everything in the studio office.

Also, I would appreciate a couple volunteers to help me load everything into my car Friday during 2nd period, SINCE YOU GUYS HAD TO GO AND WIN SO MANY AWARDS! :)

Important Dates:

• Friday, February 4: Delivery of Gold key work to PNCA 3-6pm
• Sunday, February 6- Friday, February 25th: Exhibition of Gold Key Individual Works
• Wednesday, February 23 6:30 pm: Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony, Portland Center for the Performing Arts Newmark Theater.

Thursday's Final

It is time for everyone’s favorite activity, the all important critique!

This is a perfect opportunity to discuss any issues, concerns or simply get feedback regarding where your work is headed. Working with other artists in a studio environment is a perfect way to assist in the development of your art and ideas, and build relationships that are a crucial component to continued growth as an artist. Obviously everyone’s participation is required.
Instead of a traditional verbal critique we will have an in class critique with table groups in a “silent auction” format where each studio member writes their ideas/feedback regarding their peer’s work out and then we will discuss and clarify ideas/ feedback.
3 works of art are due on finals day!
You need to be ready to meet, participate and bring/eat some delicious deliciousness!
Thursday 1/27 @ 10:10 AM

REMINDER.......Oregon College of Art and Craft will be at the school on January 27th to jury your work for the Biennial High School Exhibition.

(We will set up your work for the judge the last few minutes of class)

Goodbye and Thank You

Thank you for making this year's AP 3-D group so awesome.  Each one of you have added to the community that has become our classroom by caring, contributing, and working hard everyday.  It has meant a lot to me to see how each of you has stepped up to the challenge of this class.

Thank you for the unexpected baby shower the last time we had class!  I'll be sure to at least post pics on FB when Baby Boy Burnham comes out and be sure to stop by so you can meet him after watching him grow all semester.

Thank you for being you.... open and inviting...being willing to accept a new mentor into your lives in the middle of the year.  You have enriched my life this year.

http://www.boowakwala.com/preschool/preschool-goodbye-song.html

BTW: reminders for the week:

• Scholastic entries need to be completed asap.
• OCAC entries need to be brought to my office to be juried asap.  The judge will be at the school on January 27th to jury your work for the show.
• Sam is planning a pit firing at her house on the 29th....talk to her to get the hook-up for the fire!

Stuff to keep your plate full:

• This month you guys have 3 works of art due on finals day. By my estimations that means you will have only 6 pieces left to do before the end of April!!


• A few of you have recently spoken with me about changing concentration ideas. I think that at this point in the year, it may be a bad idea to do so. You will have to complete a full 12 pieces between now and the end of April, effectively doubling your work load for each month left! If you do decide to go against this advice, you will also need to map out your new concentration by completing the "Concentration Development" sheet again in your sketchbook.


• The deadline for Scholastic is quickly approaching. I HIGHLY recommend that you have all of the pieces that you plan on entering submitted before I leave at the end of next week. The postmark deadline is Jan 25, so if you enter work that day or the day before, you will make it very hard on Whitney and Mrs. McBride to make sure your work is included in the packet that needs to be sent in.


• Oregon College of Art and Craft will be coming sometime in January to jury work for the Biennial High School Exhibition. This is a pretty great show to get your work into. The work is all juried from the actual piece at Lakeridge, so get your best pieces here if you would like them to be included.

Have I told you guys that you are the best AP class and group of kids I have ever had? Well, you are. And you are making me really proud!!!

Pop Quiz!

Tomorrow is the day:

1. That you bring your Scholastic paperwork (x 2) and your fees at the start of class
2. Have 3 works of art ready
3. Bring a treat to share for our Winter Celebration

The correct answer is:

4. All of the above.

4 class periods before winter break!!

Starting tomorrow we have only 4 class periods before WINTER BREAK!! I'm very excited to have some time to sleeeeeeeeep iiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnn. But before then, you will have to get some things done.

1. Sign-up to help at Empty Bowls. There are many shifts that need to be filled.
2. Everyone needs to put up 2 Empty Bowls signs somewhere in our community (not on school grounds) and take a picture of yourself doing it to post on your blog (graded and DUE ON DEC. 17TH).
3. While you are out putting signs up for Empty Bowls...You also need to take a picture of yourself giving an AP ART POSTER to your sponsor (yes, even if it is just your parents). This will also need to be posted on your blog (graded and DUE DEC. 17TH).
4. Take pictures (with pennies if needed) and get them edited and submitted to Scholastic (2-piece minimum). Get a handout from me if you lost your old one. This is DUE BEFORE CLASS STARTS ON DECEMBER 17TH.
5. Have your 3 pieces of artwork ready for viewing at the beginning of class on Dec. 17th.
6. Be ready to celebrate the arrival of winter on Dec. 17th....sign-up to bring a yummy treat to share!

Ok, so I think that's it. I won't need to talk to you at the beginning of class if you read this post tonight ... just get there on-time and be ready to rock out!

By the way: TheThe picture of the snowflake is a photograph of a real snow crystal that fell to earth in Northern Ontario, Alaska, Vermont, the Michigan Upper Peninsula, and the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. They were captured by Kenneth G. Libbrecht using a specially designed snowflake photomicroscope. More very cool pictures of snowflakes can be seen at:http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm

Have you been working on your pictures?

Hi kids!

I'm wondering if you have been working on your photos yet. Just so you know, you will need to have all your pictures (taken with a penny if you're planning on submitting to Scholastic) edited, saved and uploaded to the Scholastic website before school is out. Remember that you won't have access to your school files from home.

By the way, all of your images can be found on the P: drive once you log on to a school computer. You can save your images to the P: Drive, or you can save them to the shared folder on the H: Drive if you prefer. You must be logged on to a computer that has PhotoShop software in order to successfully edit your images!

I wrote out all of the instructions that you need for successful photo-editing on the handout I gave you in the library.