(18) Week of January 7th

REMINDER: All work must be removed from the class drawer and stored in a personal portfolio NO LATER THAN FRIDAY. Portfolios may stay at school as long as the work fits inside; over-sized work must go home as soon as it has been photographed (which will happen at the end of Q2).
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SEE "PROJECT DEADLINES" FOR MORE INFO.

MONDAY:

• AbEx exercises - to include but not be limited to: Vocabulary review, color theory, pours, zips, paint preparation, etc.

WEDNESDAY:

• Continue AbEx exercises - to include but not be limited to: Vocabulary review, color theory, pours, zips, paint preparation, etc.

FRIDAY: modified schedule/Pep Rally (30 min. class)

• Select/assign AS #8
• Finish sorting work/filling portfolios. Spray with fixative as needed. Measure work (keep a running list of work, title, medium, measurement).
• Continue Maggie Walker mural project 

​PROJECT DEADLINES: ​

• DUE ASAP but no later than end of Q2 (Jan. 29th) = Photograph artwork & add to your online Gallery; make note of measurements, as you will need to post this information in addition to title, date, and medium.

HOMEWORK DEADLINES:​ ​​

• ONGOING = Ab Ex PLANNING (make sure to watch "The Case for Abstraction"). NOTE: PLANNING pages should not be finite/ADD TO THEM AS YOU GO. The video posted above is a good example of additional info. that could supplement what you've already documented, including your conclusion from the D.C. field trip.
• DUE FRIDAY = SB documentation of the THREE AbEx painters to be considered for the AWARENESS/AS #8 post
• DUE Jan. 18 = AWARENESS/AS #8 & SB Q2/make sure to include (and follow) teacher/peer-review feedback as per the SB CHECK from December!

HAPPENINGS:​​​​​​​

• Jan. 16 =  Lunchtime Lecture/Kirk O'Brien/Politics in Cartoons (NOTE: NAHS members should consider this as their meeting)
• Jan. 23 = Art Club meeting
• ​Jan. 25 = Quiz #2
• Jan. 29 = End Q2/Semester 1
• Jan. 30 = student holiday/teacher work day
• Feb. 4 or 6... field trip to Visual Arts Center
• CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS​​​​​​​​​