(20) Week of January 21st

1) You should enter the Thank a Teacher AND Doodle for Google contests!!!
2) You should apply for VCU's FUTURE STUDIO!!!
3) You should gather your notes for Friday's quiz!!!
4) You should consider getting SB #4 done early and turning it in after the quiz on Friday - so you can get it off your hands and so I can get a head-start on grading!!!
5) You should, if you need to do so, plan to use time outside of class to finish building/decorating your natsume, mizusashi, etc.!!!

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MONDAY: NO SCHOOL/MLK Holiday​

​WEDNESDAY: Art Club/NAHS meeting + picture @ noon

• Daily drawing
• Introduction to glazing for different clay bodies (earthenware/stoneware) and firing processes (electric kiln/raku).
  • David will be here to introduce the glazing process for raku. Remember, the only tea bowls that are to be raku-fired are those you made on the wheel.... why?
  • Finish glazing these TODAY
• Clean up/refine Round 2 greenware, then load kiln (this is a 3 minute task)

FRIDAY: All "Round 2" greenware must be loaded into the kiln by the end of the day. 

• QUIZ #2 - open notes 
• Glaze Round 1 tea bowls, etc. for glaze-firing (in kiln, not raku)
• Clean up/refine Round 2 greenware, then load kiln (this is a 3 minute task)
• Continue Maggie Walker mural project

​PROJECT DEADLINES: 

• DUE FRIDAY = tea bowls for raku must be glazed while David is here; if you are not here, your bisque ware will be painted with clear crackle
• DUE FRIDAY = Absolute latest day for Round 2 work to be loaded into the kiln.
• DUE Jan. 30 (this is a change) = Round 1 tea bowls/other forms are glazed and ready to be glaze-fired in the kiln; please note that multiple firings are often necessary to achieve the desired effect... so you may be doing more glazing later...

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HOMEWORK DEADLINES:​ 

• ONGOING = Review current unit of study, vocabulary/processes/handouts, and related deadlines. 
• DUE Jan. 28 = SB #4 (but if you are ready to turn it in early, you are welcome to do so after the quiz on Friday).​

HAPPENINGS:​​​​​​​

• WEDNESDAY =  Art Club meeting @ 11:45 am; CLUB PHOTO, WEAR YOUR T-SHIRT!
• Jan. 30 = ODD day; End Q2/Semester 1 (this is a change)
• Feb. 4 or 6... field trip to Visual Arts Center... stay tuned
• Feb. 8 = Figure Drawing Friday!
• Feb. 13 = NAHS meeting/INDUCTION (Art Club members are invited)
• Feb. 13 = Parent/Teacher conferences
• Feb. 18/19 = Early release for students
• Feb. 20 = Lunchtime Lecture
• Feb. 27 = Art Club meeting @ 11;45am
• March 1 = Interim for Q3
• March 7 = YAMM event (Youth Art and Music Month), 6 - 9 pm
• March 9 = Figure Drawing Friday!
• CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS​​​​​​​​​​