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News from the Visual Arts Team |
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G/T Art
Program Nomination Process Reminders |
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The
nomination process for the gifted and talented art program
opened during the month of October. Students may approach the
process themselves by asking their art teacher for the
appropriate forms, or they may be nominated by their current or
previous art teachers. A portfolio of student artwork and three
nominations are required of all students. Art teachers are
available to provide counseling to students in the preparation
of work.
A review
process will be conducted in April to review portfolios and make
recommendations of eligibility for the G/T art program. Students
whose portfolios do not meet the eligibility criteria may
reapply the following year after further counseling and acting
upon recommendations.
Completed
nominations and portfolios are due to the art teachers at Pine
Grove Middle School on or before April 11.
(We have received many
questions concerning this process, so we are reprinting this
information.) |
Danielle H. and Monet D.’s Artwork Exhibited at MAEA
Conference |
A
self-portrait with an expressionist theme drawn by Danielle
H. was selected to be exhibited at the Maryland Art
Educators Association conference at Towson University on
October 19. Danielle was a student in Mrs. Morgan’s gifted
and talented grade 8 class last year. She drew herself from
a photograph that shows her face filled with expression. The
drawing shows her talent in working with value and contrast
using drawing pencils.
Monet’s
drawing showcases her skills in drawing from observation
and using colored pencils to accurately show color and
shadow. The soda can was drawn in four stages, first as an
un-crushed perfect can, and then in three more subsequent
stages, with the can being crushed a bit more at each stage.
The challenge for Monet, one of Mrs. Morgan’s current grade
8 students, was to show the details of the can, such as the
lettering, as it was changed by each stage of crushing .
Both
students did excellent jobs on their art assignments, which
is why their work was chosen for the exhibit.! |
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Art Magnet
High School Portfolio Assistance |
Save Those
Sketchbooks! |
Box
Tops |
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Students planning on seeking admission to
Carver Center for the Arts and/or Patapsco High School
and Center for the Arts should see their Mrs. Morgan for
information about portfolio requirements. Assistance
with the required drawings is also available, as well as
some of the materials that are needed for the portfolio.
Students should notify their art teacher that they are
interested in preparing a portfolio and Mrs. Morgan will
get in touch with them through the art classes.
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Sketchbooks are used each year in all art classes. There
is no need to purchase a new sketchbook next year if
there are still pages left in the old one. Keep the
sketchbooks in a safe place over the summer, so they
will be ready in the fall. The art team will have
additional sketchbooks for sale in the fall.
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Don’t forget to save your
Box Tops
for Education from your
holiday cooking and baking items! Students can bring
them in to their art teacher, and perhaps win a prize!
Thanks!
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