(24) Week of February 18th

It's time to select and prepare art to hang in the annual Youth Art Month exhibit. This annual exhibit highlights the work of EACH art student while also illustrating the SCOPE of the OVERALL art program. Select 2D work you've done THIS year in order to best represent the content of the ART 3 curriculum 

DUE Feb. 28: Put ready-to-hang work (2 pieces) in the Art 3 portfolio (or as indicated for oversize work), write the required info. on the sign up list,  ​AND submit label info. HERE.

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MONDAY: EVEN day/Early release

WEDNESDAY: 2 hour delay + Lunchtime Lecture

• Daily Drawing
• Critique AbEx paintings
• Start AbEx self-evaluation (due date TBD, depends on completion of critique)

FRIDAY: ODD DAY

• SB/WS CHECK - including discussion of AS #10
• Take down Old Master drawings (these will stay at school until they are photographed, after which they will go home for safe keeping)
• Clean
• (no Maggie Walker mural project today)

​​PROJECT DEADLINES: ​

• DUE WEDNESDAY:
  • AbEx painting
  • WS PROCESS post(s); include your AbEx practice paintings! & tag your post as "PROCESS" category

HOMEWORK DEADLINES:​ ​​Sketchbook work always includes OBSERVATION and PLAY. Additional details are listed below:

• DUE FRIDAY = SB & WS CHECK:
  • (SB) Daily Drawing should always be happening
  • (SB) 1st CURIOSITY - Global Focus - what can you learn from the ways that non-western cultures have used sculpture?
  • (SB) PLANNING/sculpture - use the Projects page to get prepared for the sculpture unit (this will be ONGOING)
  • (SB) PLAY should happen weekly - review ALL PLAY pages from the start of the year.... what's next? What is staying the same? What is changing? SUBJECT? CONTENT? MEDIUM? Look at how Susie Ganch "plays" and how her work develops because of it!
• DUE Feb. 28 =  YAM work and online label info.
• DUE March 1 = (WS) EXPERIENCE/Lunchtime Lecture 
• DUE March 15 = SB & WS CHECK:
  • (SB) Daily Drawing should always be happening
  • (SB) PLANNING/sculpture - continued, this will be ONGOING throughout the duration of the project but as you develop your own ideas, your PLANNING pages will be specific to your work.
  • (SB) 2nd CURIOSITY - art-related free choice (but related to sculpture); use this opportunity to further investigate media, methods, and artists who can help you with YOUR sculpture.
  • (SB) PLAY should happen weekly - review ALL PLAY pages from the start of the year.... think about what you are doing with sculpture.... in what other directions can you take these experimentations?
  • (WS) GALLERY - Photograph all artwork & add to your online gallery with title, date, medium, and measurements. These photos must be high quality/resolution with appropriate cropping/editing. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST BE PROACTIVE HERE... YOU WILL LEARN TO USE THE CLASS CAMERA BUT YOU CAN ALSO GET STARTED ON YOUR OWN.
• DUE March 22 = SB Q3

CONTEST DEADLINES:

• March 15 = Asian-American Society Art Competition (this is the entry deadline but the actual art deadline is March 29th)(read the info. for details)
• March 18 = Doodle for Google  

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HAPPENINGS:​​​​​​​​

• MONDAY/TUESDAY = EVEN DAYS/Early release for students 
• WEDNESDAY = Lunchtime Lecture
• FRIDAY = Colossal Clean-Up; an annual NAHS tradition. All Art Club and NAHS members - and those who want to be - should attend. Community service hours are available for those who participate for the full 4 hours.
• Feb. 27 = Art Club meeting @ 11:45am​​
• March 1 = Interim for Q3
• March 7 = YAMM celebration event and exhibit, 6 - 9 pm
• March 9 = Figure Drawing Friday!
• CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​