O’Keeffe at the Hyde Museum

In early September students in Studio in Art, Drawing & Painting, Advanced Drawing, and a several elementary students  visited the Hyde Museum to view the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit. Students spent time in the Butterfly Garden, drawing flowers from observation in the style of O’Keeffe. Students then viewed O’Keeffe’s artwork in the gallery. Students were also able to see several photographs by Alfred Stiegliz.

Reflecting on the museum visit, students interpreted a flower inspired by the style of O’Keeffe. Students enlarged a flower using oil pastels.

Photo II End of the Year

It has been an eventful exciting year in Photography! It is time to say goodbye. This is my Photo II group of students. Most I had in Photo I at the beginning of the year and they continued on to Photo II. This was a creative group of students. We had fun learning the basics of photography. These students were dedicated. They even took time on their weekend to take a field trip in the cold of winter to photograph motion in downtown Glens Falls. It was cold but so much fun! During our last critique yesterday I was able to see how much they had progressed through the year. They are a talented group and I will miss them as most of them are graduating. Best wishes!

David Smith Estate Field Trip

I took my sculpture class on a field trip today to the David Smith Estate in Bolton Landing. David Smith was an artist that created abstract sculptures. The fields on his estate were at one time covered with his sculptures.  We learned about Smith in class and used his work as inspiration for a carved plaster sculpture and a welded sculpture. You can see our class in front of one of Smith’s sculptures.

North Warren K-12 Art Show

Tuesday May 21st is the 3rd Annual k-12 Student Art Show. I hope to see you there!

NCAC Reception

Megan Erickson with her charcoal drawing (above). Dakota Wood next to her framed award winning photo! The reception was wonderful. The show will remain on display until the end of May.

 

NCAC Student Art Show

There is a reception tonight from 6-8 for the North Country Arts Center Student Art Show. The gallery is on Main Street in Chestertown. Fourteen NW students will have artwork on display. Dakota Wood won an award for Best in Category! The show will remain on display until the end of May.

Dakota Wood “Remnants of the Storm”

Talent Unlimited Journal

North Warren is proud to recognize and congratulate the following; Megan Erickson “Lys” and “Reflection”, Clarissa Deffenbach “A Look Inside a Small World”, and Lydia Kenney “A Walk on the Tracks” for having their artwork accepted in this year’s publication in our BOCES district’s Talent Unlimited. Not only was their work accepted in the publication, but each student had their art chosen to be part of an exclusive exhibit at Barnes and Nobles in Saratoga Springs. This display will be available for the public to see beginning April 26th through the month of May. Congratulations once again, to our devoted hard working students! You have made our school and especially Mrs. Leonard proud!

Hyde Juried Art Show

Congratulations to Megan Erickson! Megan’s artwork was accepted into the annual Juried Student Art Show at the Hyde Museum in Glens Falls. There were 1,111 student entries and Megan’s sculpture was accepted in the final 100. You can see Megan’s sculpture and the other art pieces at the Hyde Museum beginning 4/27 until 5/26.

7-12 Student Art Show

Make sure you take some time to stop by the Chestertown Library to see the 7-12 Student Art Show. The show will be available for viewing during the library hours until February 27th. The artwork includes photography, paintings, drawings, mixed-media, and pottery. It is worth the trip!

Self-Portraits

Students in Studio in Art are finishing up self-portraits. Students learned about facial proportions and value. The first part of the self-portrait was drawing a realistic portrait of themselves. Then students thought about what makes them who they are. Students combined their personality traits with things they like to help describe who they are for the background of the portraits. Students also learned about some basic watercolor techniques.