NEXT YEAR’S JUNIORS & SENIORS:
Apply for
ADVANCED PLACEMENT
Art Studio Courses
*2-D Design*
*3-D Design*
*Drawing & Painting*
Submit a small portfolio:
5-8 best examples of your work,
along with sketchbooks,
by WEDNESDAY, February 13th (Drawing & Painting, February 6th).
Questions? Ask the nearest Art teacher.
Myron Nutting was commissioned in June 1934 to design and paint the Wauwatosa High School murals in the school’s art-deco style front lobby. 
Anyone who stood by the railing at the well between classes will remember the three-story high mural “Spirit of Education,” the WPA mural, in the main entrance hallway of Lincoln High School in the Cleveland Municipal School District. The mural is now a cultural and historical memorial which was painted specifically for the school in 1939 by artist, William Krusoe.
The large mural on the east wall of Dubuque’s Senior High School was painted by Cyrus Ferring in his spare time, the necessary expense borne by the student fund, and is a gift from Mr. Ferring to the school. It was hung in its present location in the summer of 1935.
This appeared, unannounced, over winter break in January 2013, filling some available space above the already-busy entry wall of Barrington Huge School. Rotating displays concerning student activities (occasionally giving way to student art), sit next to a patriotic collage hung over the shoulders of the reception desk attendant.
Rather than taking the allegorical approach used by many artists commissioned in times of financial uncertainty, the new piece consists of politically-correct buzzwords partially obscured by reproductions of yearbook-style photographs, each representing a decade of this particular school’s history; current logotypes used on district and school stationery; and the district’s “motto,” written in the style of other nearby districts. The application of spot color in the monochromatic reproductions, popular in 1980s television commercials and used sparingly (once) in a 186-minute Stephen Spielberg film twenty years ago, is employed no fewer than five times, apparently in an effort to unify the images. The designer is anonymous (design may have been by committee).
The Heart Department has been reinventing and renovating its webbed pages for your delectation, adding “slide shows” of engaging work from this year and the previous two years. Nothing is in its final form, and selections will probably change as time goes by.
http://www.barrington220.org/Page/10991
http://www.barrington220.org/Page/11013
http://www.barrington220.org/Page/11021
For some reason, that last display seems a little too… I dunno… caffeinated? I’m sure we’ll find a way to slow it down.
These tips are useful for artist’s statements, grant applications, and college applications:
“Write down as much as you can. Write everything down. It doesn’t need to make sense. That thing you don’t know how to say? Just write it down. The more material you have to work with, with the easier it will be to edit. Go through your first draft and rewrite using everything below, then rewrite again.
Never begin with “My work”. Avoid any use of “my work” in the statement.
Sometimes (often), what you wrote at the start should go at the end, and the end should be the beginning.
Don’t try to sound smart. The world is full of people whose job is to be smart. An artist isn’t held to the same ideals.
Should you repeat a word more than twice, it’s likely something you’re not adequately describing.
Always use precise words rather than general words. Construct is better than make; elegant, symmetrical, graceful, or overwhelming will take you further than beautiful.”
Gleaned from http://consumptive.org/2012/10/02/how-to-edit-your-artist-statement/
See also http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/extended/archives/on_statements/
Summer School Fo-Do, one of the best imaginable experiences in huge school, will run from 7:20 to 12:00 until June 28.
Some of you have expressed an interest in picking up work; please e-mail Yours Truly at least one day in advance in order to facilitate matters (and to be sure we’ll even be there, ’cause, y’know, it’s so nice out). Work pick-up time will be noon on days when it’s feasible. Oh, and be aware that Main Street will be completely closed at the CN tracks through Friday, the 15th.
If you’d like to use the lab on a particular day, likewise get in touch ahead of time to be certain there’s room.
If we’re engrossed in some sort of media presentation, please do not mar the mood by doing anything with the door.
…this being the morning after, Mike Cygan’s picture could be of Steven Spielberg’s puppet show.
Sixteen solid portfolios flew out the door and up into cyberspace yesterday at the huge school. These images were included.
A picture apiece by Zach Rowe, Victoria Taylor, Rachel Parker, Michelle Henneberry, Melissa B. Jones, Matt Wloch, Margaret Rajic, Kendall Wallin, Justine Kaszynski, Joyce Gaffney, Jesse Filian, Jamie Gray, Emma Haney, Corey Nguyen, Chanelle Biangardi, and Caroline Horswill. Here they are, finishing the paperwork:
See also:
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/one-of-those-magical-days/
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/late-summer-work/
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/catalog-preview/
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/pieces-for-the-ap-senior-catalogue/
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/recent-ph-d-documentation/
https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/how-they-look-online/
For those of you who are scheduled to attend next Tuesday’s field trip: bring $6.00 with you for a round trip Metra fare (that’s the student ID discount rate) and $2.25 for the CTA (if you bring, say, $100.00, that leaves you $91.75 for a gourmet luncheon). We’ll take our attendance at the school before we get bussed–to the rail depot–then we’ll commute downtown and walk to the Cultural Center to see two, or possibly three, exhibits. There may be time for the Gage Gallery as well, one block away, and nourishment of the food sort. We’ll ride the Brown Line El to visit galleries in the River North neighborhood; then we’ll hoof it back to the 1:30 train and return to Borington at 2:32.
Here are links to current exhibits.
http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/dca_tourism/writenow.html
http://www.roosevelt.edu/GageGallery.aspx
http://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2012/04/survival_techni.php
http://www.edelmangallery.com/exhibitions/2012/beltra/beltrashow2012.htm
http://schneidergallerychicago.com/home.html
The Interstate Creative Camerawork Invitational is back after a year’s hiatus. Participating schools include Schaumburg, Lincoln High in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Lake Zurich, Cary-Grove, Buffalo Grove, and good ol’ BHS.
No awards per se this time, but certificates of participation all around.
Ms. Covelli of LZ chose to attend over another event at their school (I always thought she was brilliant and perceptive).
The show is so wide-ranging that it’s diffcult to know where to look.
Get in to see everything tomorrow or Friday; don’t try on Monday or Tuesday (some sort of SWAT training will make a visit to the school potentially life-threatening); after spring break, the AP Seniors exhibit will displace this stuff fairly rapidly.
Artists in the exhibit are Grace Barbolla, Morgan Behrens, Sarah Betar, Kyler Bruner, Olivia Bueno, Maddie Carrigan, Kaeley Ferguson, Kailey Gilbert, Alex Hallerberg, Cassidy Karwowski, Nicole Kornely, Sarah Lagenstrass, Duyen Le, Mackenzie Lestan, Elisabeth Monsen, Kelly Neises, Nikki Nixon, Sammy Padiak, Austin Presti, Margaret Rajic, Marcus Rowe, Sean Ruffatti, Hayley Schaut, Brooke Schocker, Katie Strack, Hana Vanderveen, Stephanie Walterman, Stephanie Washko, and Karlee Wech.
…held a lovely reception last week on Friday night. The show extends to April 15, so hie thee to the stacks before you figure your tax.
Annnnd it was my surprise birthday! Thanks, Leslie!
Here are the Library’s PR pix as well:
As soon as an award list is published we’ll add it here.
UPDATE: Here ’tis.
Best in Show: Alicia Parrish
Gold: Kristen Holland, Zachary Rowe, Rachel Parker, Samantha Labar, Stephanie Walterman, Michelle Henneberry, Nicole Galanti, Yin Ming Wang.
Honorable Mention: Joyce Gaffney, Jamie Gray, Kristina Bastidas, Michael Colby, Alexa Hanaford, Lauren Captain, Justine Kaszynski, Fay Jenson.
(Hmmm… twelve of the seventeen share a certain 7th hour class.)
Creative Camerawork 