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.