May 2, 2012 Grade 9 -10-AP

Congratulations!

The 2012 Discovery Week of the Arts was a celebration of
your creative spirit. From the poetry readings in the cafeteria (Pop…pop, pop…) to the Flash Masterpiece both Thursday and Friday, the opening of the art exhibit and the star studded Chronicles of Discovery Gala Friday night, it was a week to remember. Everyone participated in some way and most students in more than one way. We had singing, dancing, art work, comedy, drama, literature all from Discovery students. I am so very proud of all of you.

This week we will reflect on our art work and the work of others and restore the art room before we start new projects. Parents – art work will soon be headed for home. We will be selecting the “Best of Show” art work for our on line gallery at the Discovery website and the pieces to be framed for the permanent collection.

Good job students!
Well done!

Note - See Mr. Fenn about purchasing your copy of The Chronicles of Discovery 2012!

Elementary School Safety Posters

Congratulations to students in grades 2 through 5 on completing their
safety poster project. Watch for these posters during dismissal. Keeping our
students safe is our first priority. The first objective of the poster project
is to help students learn good safety habits.

May 29, 2012 Grade 10

Everyone please remember to pick up your art work this week. The unclaimed art sale begins June 4. You don’t want to have to buy backyour work. The Pigasso pigs are feeling abandoned please pick your up before they go into the sale next week.

This is a busy week for all of you, exams at last! Remember if you need a quiet place to relax between or before exams, the art room is always open. Good luck!

May 29, 2012 AP Art

Grade 11 AP students, we will have one last lock-in Tuesday
June 5-6 to add all the finishing touches to your fabulous rainforest mural. Please
stop by the art room and pick up a permission form.

Everyone please remember to pick up your art work this
week. The unclaimed art sale begins June
4. You don’t want to have to buy back
your work J

This is a busy week for all of you, exams at last! Remember if
you need a quiet place to relax between or before exams, the art room is always
open. Good luck!

May 29, 2012 Grade 9,

Grade 9 students, Kaya, Catalina, Katarina, and Victoria, will join the Grade 11 students for one last lock-in Tuesday June 5-6 to complete the Coral Reef and Rainforest Murals in the library. Please stop by the art room and pick up a permission form.

Everyone, remember to pick up your art work this week. The Unclaimed art sale begins June 4.

This is a busy week for all of you, exams at last! Remember if you need a quiet place to relax between or before exams, the art room is always open. Good Luck!

April 23, 2012 Grade 9 - 10 - AP

Ready - Set - Show!

The Walls are Waiting!

This is the Week of the Arts at Discovery School.

Student work is ready to hang in the library, art studio and computer lab. Our students have worked all year and now for the last step in our projects - EXHIBIT!

A work of art is not complete until it has been viewed by another.

Students will be helping to hang the exhibit all week. The exhibit opens Thursday after school 3:15 until 5:00 pm and will continue throughout the day Friday until 7:00pm and the start of the Chronicles of Discovery Gala. Please come view the exhibit with your student and stay for the Gala.

April 16, 2012 AP Art

Grade 11 students will be out of school this week. Grade 12 students will begin uploading the images of their work to the AP on line digital portfolio. Our goal is to complete these by Thursday April 19. They will be reviewed and then submitted. The five original works will be prepared for shipping May 2.

April 16, 2012 Grade 10

Grade 10 students are completing incomplete work and preparing work for the art exhbit next week. Students may begin working on the next unit - Inside the Box: Viewing the wild fantasy worlds of video games as serious works of art. They will begin working in their research/workbook on designing the CD cover for their own game.

April 16, 2012 Grade 9

Grade 9 students are finishing their self portraits this week. As they finish some students may work on the coral reef mural, while others will plan the "Flash Masterpiece" to perform during the Week of the Arts next week.

April 11, 2012 AP Art

First year AP students will begin a series of homework activities in their sketchbooks related to the development of their area of concentration.
Activity 1 – Monday April 16 homework
Activity 2 - Monday April 23 homework
Activity 3 - May 2 - 29 In Studio and/or homework

Second year AP students will work on uploading images to their AP digital portfolio and composing their artist statements. digital portfolorios are Due April 19 and will forwarded to the AP College Board for evaluation on that day. Original works will be sent when the shipping materials arrive.

April 11, 2012 Grade 10

This class will meet twice this week. This is the last day to make up any incomplete work from third quarter. Students will be introduced to next weeks lesson - Inside the Box -Viewing the Wild Fantasy Worlds of Video Games as Serious Works of Art.

April 11, 2012 Grade 9

Grade nine will meet twice this week. Students will complete the Andy Warhol self portrait and watch the demonstraton on mono-printing.

March 26, 2012 AP Art

AP students will be out of the classroom for the Grade 11 extended field-service trip. The Senior AP students will be participating in a class social service project.

Grade 11 students will be sharing their skills by decorating classrooms and teaching art lessons with the materials they have taken to donate to the school.

Visual arts submissions for the Chronicles of Discovery are
due in the art room March 28. Please see the criteria posted in the art room
and throughout the high school.

German, will be representing AP Art and Discovery School at the ABSH Art Competition this Saturday March 24 at the International School in Tegucigalpa.

March 26, 2012 Grade 10

The next two weeks we will be working on “concurrent” lessons. Grade 10 students will have the opportunity to finish incomplete work, work on their 3D design and begin working on the digital game design project. We have plenty of work to do in the art room before the Art Exhibit Opening Reception and Mural Dedication, April 26.

Jose Andreas and Andrea Lara are representing Grade 10 and Discovery School at the ABSH Art Competition Saturday March 24 at the International School in Tegucigalpa.

Visual Arts Submissions for the Chronicles of Discovery are due in the art room March 28. Please see the criteria posted in the art room and throughout the high school.

March 26, 2012 Grade 9

The next two weeks we will be working on "concurrent" lessons. Students who worked on the coral reef mural last year will continue on that projects. Some students will be putting finishing touches on the sacred vessel project and writing artist statements to go with them. All students will be working on a self portrait as part of the all school "Face of Discovery" project. Plenty of work to do in the art room before the Art Exhibit Opening Reception April 26.

Victoria Glynn Adam and Catalina Correa Contreras will represent grade 9 and Discovery School this Saturday March 18 at the ABSH Art competition to be held at the International School, Tegucigalpa.

Visual arts submissions for the Chronicles of Discovery are
due in the art room March 28. Please see the criteria posted in the art room
and throughout the high school.

March 19, 2012 Grade 9

Students are adding the finishing touches to their sacred vessels. This week grade nine students will begin their 3D Logo design projects. Those who did not finish their weaving project will be able to continue working on that project between coats of papier-mache.

March 19, 2012 AP Art

AP students are learning new ways to use dry pastels. They are working from the almost 500 images taken during the AP retreat. They using timed exercises to complete three to four compositions each period.

It is easy to see their growth at the end of each working session.

March 19, 2012 Grade 10

This week students will assemble their 3D Family portraits. They will also be adding color by learning to use spray painting techniques.

March 12, 2012 AP Art

AP Art Retreat to El Picacho - United Nations Park

Friday got an early start after we packed the school van with art supplies and picnic supplies. We arrived at the part and were working in the formal garden by 9:00 am. Students collected images with their cameras, sketchbooks and on canvas.

When the morning mist moved in we moved to a shelter overlooking the city and continued working and munching. Several birds with bright blue coats joined us for our mid morning breakfast break. They enjoyed the fruit flavored Cheerios and posed for lots of pictures.

The sun came out and everyone moved on to the mountain top part of the park at the foot of the statue of Jesus Christ. We visited the nature center and were awed by the displays of insects found in Honduras and Central America.

We got back in the van and drove to the Zen garden with its statue of Confucius, maze and moon bridge. Then it was time for lunch. We purchased cold drinks at the park snack bar and enjoyed our picnic lunch and a swing afterwards.

Time to check out the zoo! We only had an hour to talk to the animals and get them to pose for us. We were back at school with books, cameras and eyes full of images to turn into works of art in the coming quarter. Thanks to all of our AP students for such great participation and good sandwiches!

March 12, 2012 Grade 10

Grade 10 students will complete drawing, cutting and assembling their 3D Family Portraits and be ready to add color to their sculptures. The image above is the demonstration example.

March 12, 2012 Grade 9

This week students will complete their weaving projects March 14 and be ready to move onto their fourth quarter assignments.

March 5, 2012 AP Art

AP Retreat Friday March 9. We will spend the day at El Picacho - The United Nations Park. Our goal is to collect images, digitally, in our sketch book and with our drawing boards. We hope to get some animal portraits at the zoo. Please complete and return permission slips by Wednesday. Start making a list of materials you would like to bring as well as lunch and snacks.

Second year AP students are working on uploading images to their digital portfolios. Pre AP or first year students are completing details on their rainforest mural.

ABSH Art competition is March 23 and 24. All AP students are eligible to participate. If you plan to participate please pay the student enrollment fee of 50 Lempira to the business office. Students will provide their own transportation to the event at the International School Saturday morning.

March 5, 2012 Grade 10

Pigasso's friends are eager to be introduced to everyone at Discovery School. They will make their debut at the Spring Art Exhibit May 10. In the meantime Vincent Van Hogh, Gary, and Pigisse will be tucked away in their pigpen.

Grade 10 students are developing a symbology for their 3D sculptures. They will be completing these constructions March 7.

March 5, 2012 Grade 9

Weaving experiments continue this week. Students are finding ways to create a variety of forms using a variety of non traditional and traditional weaving materials and techniques.

February 27, 2012 AP Art

This week AP students will begin a series of drawing explorations based on the theme inside-out. We will look at objects in new ways and continue to explore a variety of drawing materials.

We will continue to make plans for the AP Art Retreat Friday March 9.

February 27, 2012 Grade 10

Grade 10 students are putting the finishing touches on their Pigasso and Friends project. They will be writing their artists statements that will explain their reference to an artist or art movement. This project will be completed February 28.

We will then begin an abstract sculpture using forms as symbols.

February 27, 2012 Grade 9

This week students will continue to explore the "vessel" and weaving techniques. We are learning to think "outside the box" or "outside the basket". Students will be developing a personal theme for their "sculpture" and expressing that theme in writing in Mr. Fenn's class.

February 21, 2012 AP Art

While AP seniors work on their digital portfolios, Juniors will complete their second exercise in Painting as a Lanuage. They will begin planning four compositions in their area of concentration. They will also begin planning for their spring portfolio day March 23.

Students may wish to participate in the ABSH Art competition March 24.

February 21, 2012 Grade 10

Pigasso's Friends are beginning to express themselves. Some interesting things are happening in the Pig Pen. This week more embellishments will be added to these bright young pigs, all of which would no doubt would be admitted to Hogwarts, Hogvard, Pigston, or other fine institutions of higher learning.

February 21, 2012 Grade 9

Grade 10 students will continue their weaving unit. We will look at a variety of "vessels" and explore their significance in the history of art making and how this is expressed in contemporary art forms.

Students will begin experimenting with ways to use the weavers they made last week. They will look for natural and man-made materials that express a theme or concept to use in their weaving construction.

February 13, 2012 Grade 10

Grade 10 students are ready to embellish their "pig" form. They have looked at installations from around the world of decorated fiberglass forms from the Cow Parade. They have also looked at the Cincinatti Pig Gig and the Sante Fe Trail of the Painted Ponies. Now they are ready to decorate their pig for the Discovery School Pigasso and Friends Exhibit. The pigs are primed with white latex paint and are awaiting their artists in the "pigpen".

February 13, 2012 - AP Art

This week AP students will continue working on the Language of Painting exercise #2. They will also complete several short exercises. They will do some expressive drawing exercises using the pencil.

February 13, 2012 Grade 9

Grade 9 students have begun a weaving project. They are forming a basket from heavy brown paper. The first steps involve losts of measuring, cutting and folding before they can begin the weaving process. One of the challenges of this project is to be able to read and follow multi-step directions.

February 6, 2012 AP Art

Students completed their compositions based on Picasso's Three Muscians last week.
AP students will begin the second exercise from Painting as a Language. They will “layer languages”by creating a drawing or painting that borrows or addresses the language of another nonart discipline. This composition is due Friday February 10.

February 6, 2012 Grade 10

Congratulations Grade 10 Students!
The Jackson Pollock birthday celebration last Wednesday February 1, was a success!
You brought the whole school together to share the art of Jackson Pollock, a twentieth- century cultural icon. The cake you decorated to resemble his painting (Number 8) was enjoyed by all. The efforts each of you made to imitate his technique resulted in two canvases that demonstrate his goal of control yet freedom. Your efforts didn’t stop there. Everyone participated in the clean up of the cafeteria and the work area. Well done!

This week we will begin the Pigasso and Friends project. Your “pig” can be purchased from me for 50Lempira. Buy your pig so it can join “Gary” in the pigpen

February 6, 2012 Grade 9

The Traveler by Kaya

Grade 9 students finished working on their pop-up books Friday. They will be turned in to Ms Ashley Monday. It was a great cross curricular project. This week we will resume work
on the 3D logo designs. Bring clean cardboard – at least 2, 15”x15” pieces for the base of your design.

January 30, 2012 - AP Art

Students continue to work on the three exercises from Painting as a Language.

First compositions will be completed Friday February 3.

January 30, 2012 - Grade 10

Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock!

This week we will celebrate Pollock and the Modern Art Movement of the mid twentieth century by sharing Pollock with the school community. Students will go to elementary classrooms and explain his painting technique and invite them to his birthday party. Last week we practiced the dripping techniques by looking at film of Pollock working and then trying to imitate him. We dripped and dribbled on to T-shirts to wear during the Wednesday birthday party and demonstration. Please feel free to join us any time throughout the day.

January 30, 2012 Grade 9

This week students made masks to use in their literature class with Mr. Fenn. They are reading Romeo and Juliet and will act-out the masked ball scene. They will use their masks as they give a dramatic reading of the scene. We used papier-mache and the plastic face forms to get the basic shape of the mask. Then they customized the shape and embellished the surface with acrylic paint, glitter, feathers and ribbons.

Next week they will work on the graphic designs and content for the pop-up books they made in Geometry class with Ms. Ashley.

January 23, 2012 - AP

This week AP students will complete the first of three exercises from Painting as a Language. They will:

1) Create an artwork that mixes materials and images from more than one "hierarchy".

2) Create a painting in which the composition or subject matter is appropriated from one artist while the style is appropirated from another artist.

3)Create a painting whose content borrows or addresses the language of another nonart discipline.