(15) Week of December 10th

SNOW UPDATES:
1) Signed Scholastic permission forms and YAM flag designs are now DUE FRIDAY!!!
​2) FRIDAY is still INTERIM, I guess?... check Powerschool
but note that grades will be delayed.
​3) The DUE date for Philadelphia permission/$ has been moved to Dec. 18th.
4) re: Friday's agenda... be prepared for anything!

MONDAY:  SNOW DAY.... which means that the below tasks will happen at some other time.... but you'll just have to stay tuned to know when... assume nothing, be prepared for everything!

• Review the term "greenware" - and ALL clay terms (see handout)
• Finish trimming stoneware chawan - leave to dry/to be bisque-fired in time to glaze on Friday (this is a change). 
• Continue hand built chawan; make MULTIPLES, using MULTIPLE techniques (incise, excise, impress, appliqué, etc.). This is your opportunity to EXPLORE the possibilities through trial and error while using the Japanese aesthetic and function of the tea ceremony as inspiration.

WEDNESDAY: SNOW DAY.... which means that the below tasks will happen at some other time.... but you'll just have to stay tuned to know when... assume nothing, be prepared for everything!

• SB SHARE (SB #3 + D.C. field trip)/field trip de-brief
• Check wheel-thrown chawan, refine as needed, load kiln - start "candling"

FRIDAY: ODD DAY

• SB SHARE (SB #3 + D.C. field trip)/field trip de-brief
• Review goals/processes for hand-built chawan;  Check for proper moisture level before leaving work over the weekend.
• NOTE: Glazing of stoneware chawan and making progress on the Maggie Walker mural will happen at a later date

PROJECT DEADLINES: UPDATED DUE TO SNOW

• DUE DEC. 17th by end of day = Stoneware/wheel thrown chawan (trimmed/signed/ready to dry). 
• DUE Dec. 19th by end of day = Earthenware/hand-built chawan (@ least ONE). THIS IS A FIRM DEADLINE; Must dry fully over beak, to be bisque-fired upon our return and glazed/fired thereafter.  ​
  
• NOTE: This unit of study WILL continue after the break (the remainder fo Q2). You will be making other vessels/forms/containers, as inspired by both Mizusashi and Natsume (multiple, earthenware). You are also encouraged to continue wheel-throwing!

​HOMEWORK DEADLINES:​ 

• ONGOING = Review current unit of study, vocabulary/processes, and related deadlines
• DUE FRIDAY = SB #3 (includes D.C. field trip) (THIS IS A CHANGE)

HAPPENINGS:​​​​​​

• Cancelled WEDNESDAY = NAHS (t-shirt distribution and snowflake making)
• Moved to FRIDAY = CONTEST DEADLINES - Youth Art Month Flag and Scholastic
• FRIDAY = INTERIM 
• Cancelled FRIDAY = Art Cinema/Loving Vincent, 4 - 6:30 pm, in the art room. Free for NAHS/Art Club members, $1 for others. 
• Dec. 19 = Art Club (t-shirt distribution and making art for the water fountain gallery)
• Jan. 19 - 21, 2019 = Art trip to Philadelphia!
• CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS​​​​​​