OPEN STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT

Mrs. Switzer and National Art Honor Society will be holding Open Studio time Tuesdays & Thursdays from 2:30 - 5:00 in room 243.
Anyone who wants to work on art can stay after at this time.

SEARCHING for MEANING...

Looking for Meaning in Art? Good! because that's the goal of our semester. As we explore the art elements and various art media, we will be making deeper connections to a Big Idea. Some of the Big Ideas we will delve into will be: SYMBOLS, POWER, PLACE, IDENTITY.

We may examine more Big Ideas than this, or we may just wallow in each of these until we are saturated with all the contents of their possibilities.

Get ready to dive in!!!

More Information BELOW POSTS.

Read posts for important information about what we are learning in class and chances for extra credit below. Then find information for ways to earn make-up points and how to read the Parent Viewer, followed by the Calendar with info on what we do in class at the very bottom. You can also look at the Blog Archive for additional posts.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Action/Abstraction Museum Exhibit

Action/Abstraction
Pollock, DeKooning,
and American Art, 1940–1976

The St. Louis Art Museum is proud to present Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976. Action/Abstraction features over 50 key works from major institutions and collections throughout the U.S. and abroad. Action/Abstraction features key works by Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, as well as Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Hans Hofmann, Jasper Johns, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Clyfford Still among many others. Action/Abstraction looks at the Abstract Expressionist movement and its legacy through the lens of Clement Greenberg and Harold Rosenberg.

For more information, check out the St. Louis Art Museum's website. http://www.slam.org/ or more specifically http://saintlouis.art.museum/action_abstraction/about.php
The exhibition opens Tuesday–Sunday at 10:00 am. The last ticket entry will be at 4:00 pm Tuesday–Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Friday, the last entry will be at 8:00 pm.

See Ms. Ridlen for extra credit opportunities.


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Intro to Art Currently

Current Unit: Heroes


Current Project: Calaveras Hero Relief Portraits

Project Description: You will create a portrait painting with elements of relief & 2-D depth that honors a personal hero.

The face will be constructed from a papier mache mask and attached to a flat surface. The surrounding flat surface will provide a painted scene with a foreground, middle ground, and background for your hero (the mask). You should use what you know about creating the illusion of depth on a flat surface to enhance the feeling of space around the figure.


DUE: November 2nd









Past Projects: Street Art Symbolic Artwork