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Art 2/Weekly Agenda:

What are we doing this week?
Am I prepared for class?
Did I do my homework?
Do we have a quiz this week?
What deadlines do I need to plan for?
How should I dress for class today?
When is the next NAHS/Art Club meeting?
When is the next Lunchtime Lecture?
Are there any special events coming up?
Is there a change in the schedule?
What opportunities can I take advantage of?
In what other ways can I prepare to do my best?

Check the MLWGS Calendar!

(16) Week of December 17th

12/17/2018

Last 3 days before break ;-)

Philadelphia trip permission/$ DUE TUES.

If you need to mat your CREATE page, please come by at lunch to do so

MONDAY:

FINISH stoneware/wheel-thrown chawan; load kiln. What does "finished greenware" look like?
CONTINUE earthenware/hand-built chawan (multiples/will finish tomorrow)
- FOCUS on: shape (function/season of the tea bowl), thickness of walls (1/4" throughout), methods to create texture and/or pattern (incise, excise, impress, appliqué), balance (no wobbles!)>

WEDNESDAY: modified schedule/Holiday concert

FINISH earthenware/hand-built chawan; refine, sign, leave to dry over the break.
Take all still lifes down from the wall/out of the class drawer - place them in your portfolio for safe keeping.
General clean up - check the room, check the class drawer, check your tray

PROJECT DEADLINES: These are greenware deadlines:

DUE MONDAY = Stoneware/wheel -thrown chawan/load kiln
DUE WED. = Earthenware/hand-built chawan (multiples)
- NOTE: This unit of study will continue for the remainder fo Q2. You WILL be making other vessels/forms/containers, etc. as inspired by the tea ceremony, including Mizusashi and Natsume. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE WHEEL-THROWING AND MAY DO SO ON YOUR OWN TIME AS LONG AS YOU CLEAN UP PROPERLY.

HOMEWORK DEADLINES:

ONGOING = Review current unit of study, vocabulary/processes/handouts, and related deadlines. Use your sketchbook to generate new ideas for your various ceramic projects.
While there is no homework assigned over the break, you are always welcome to PRACTICE (observational drawing) and to CREATE (be original) on your own, knowing that those efforts will count towards the next sketchbook assignment.

HAPPENINGS:

WEDNESDAY = NAHS/Art Club (holiday party, t-shirt distribution, and art-making for the water fountain gallery)

Jan. 16 = Lunchtime Lecture/Kirk O'Brien/Politics in Cartoons (NOTE: NAHS members should consider this as their meeting)
Jan. 19 - 21, 2019 = Art trip to Philadelphia!
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

(15) Week of December 10th

12/10/2018

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

(14) Week of December 3rd

12/3/2018

D.C. Field Trip is FRIDAY! Prepare for it!
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You are encouraged to work on the wheel outside of class; you are responsible for thorough clean-up.

MONDAY: see HW

DISCUSS: What about Hokusai's work can be applied to your chawan and other ceramic work? How can you take something "Japanese" and make it your own?
QUICK: First-round D.C. field trip assignment review/questions
Wheel-throwing/trimming with guest artist, David Camden - TRY TO MAKE AT LEAST TWO so you are sure to have at least one :)
- If you are not on a wheel in the clay studio, you will be making hand-built chawan in the art room, using earthenware clay (not for raku)

WEDNESDAY:

QUICK: Last-chance D.C. field trip assignment review/questions
Wheel-throwing/trimming with guest artist, David Camden - TRY TO MAKE AT LEAST TWO so you are sure to have at least one :)
- If you are not on a wheel in the clay studio, you will be making hand-built chawan in the art room, using earthenware clay (not for raku)

FRIDAY: D.C. Field Trip

PROJECT DEADLINES: These are greenware deadlines:

DUE WEDNESDAY (you can work on Thursday but you are on your own) = Wheel-thrown chawan (@ least 1, stoneware, trimmed). Must have time to dry fully to be bisque-fired in time to be glazed on Dec. 12th, in order to be raku-fired on Dec. 17th.
DUE Dec. 19th = Hand-built chawan (@ least 1, earthenware). Will dry fully over beak, to be bisque-fired upon our return and glazed/fired thereafter.
NOTE: There WILL be more time to work after the break (the remainder fo Q2). You will be making other vessels/forms/containers, as inspired by both Mizusashi and Natsume (multiple, earthenware).

HOMEWORK DEADLINES:

ONGOING = Prepare for the D.C. Field trip by FRIDAY - set up your sketchbook, use museum links to make decisions, start research, etc.
ONGOING = Review current unit of study, vocabulary/processes, and related deadlines
DUE MONDAY = AS #7
DUE Dec. 12 = SB #3 (includes D.C. field trip)

HAPPENINGS:

FRIDAY = Washington, D.C. field trip
Dec. 12 = NAHS
Dec. 12 = CONTEST DEADLINES - Youth Art Month Flag and Scholastic
Cancelled: Dec. 14 = Figure Drawing Friday!
Dec. 14 = INTERIM (check Powerschool/follow up as needed)
Dec. 19 = Art Club
Jan. 19 - 21, 2019 = Art trip to Philadelphia!
CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS

Art 2/Weekly Agenda:

(16) Week of December 17th

Last 3 days before break ;-)Philadelphia trip permission/$ DUE TUES.​If you need to mat your CREATE page, please come by at lunch to do so

(15) Week of December 10th

(14) Week of December 3rd

D.C. Field Trip is FRIDAY! Prepare for it!-----You are encouraged to work on the wheel outside of class; you are responsible for thorough clean-up.

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Last 3 days before break ;-)

Philadelphia trip permission/$ DUE TUES.

If you need to mat your CREATE page, please come by at lunch to do so

D.C. Field Trip is FRIDAY! Prepare for it!
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You are encouraged to work on the wheel outside of class; you are responsible for thorough clean-up.