This will be the last blog for the year.  I bet Lexi will like that idea. The AP Art Showcase was a big success.  You all did such a great job of bringing it all together!  So proud of you. We will tally up the sales this next week and get checks out to all of you.

This next week is all about your AP art portfolios.  You will need to get all your work uploaded and get your quality sections looking good.  I think we are meeting with Ms. Emery on Wednesday.  Portfolios are due on Friday.  Remember how we made a website for your breadth section?  We will also be making a website for your concentration and quality section.

After the AP art portfolio week we are going to start on our last project.  We will be creating digital collages.  We will learn about the artist, do some research and then go on a field trip to take pictures of people in downtown Portland.  It's going to be a great way to finish off the year. 

AP Upload - Quality - AP Art Showcase

Hello crazy art week. 

What needs to be done before Thursday:

1. prepping your work for the showcase.  see handout
2. picking out your quality section - five actual works that will be sent for the AP test - 18 x 24 or smaller  (cannot be sold at the showcase.)
3. photographers - if you haven't done so already......  you need to print out your photos.
4. Upload, Upload, Upload  https://apstudio.ets.org/apstudioart/
5. bring all supplies that you have 'borrowed' from the school

I think that's enough!  Oh wait, don't forget to vote for the vans.  If you have, try and get someone else too!

We are a FINALIST! Your vote is needed!!!!

Please take the time to vote this weekend for your classmates.  Lakeridge High School is a finalist in our region, Northwest. 

Wahoooooo!!!!! Go here to cast your vote:  http://www.vans.com/customculture/

Put this on your Facebook page and earn extra credit!!!  Yes, it's true. 

Homestretch

We are almost there. The last critique of the year will be on Friday the 27th! Crazy. Once we get our portfolios together and upload them to AP we are heading off into a new direction.

This is the artist that we will be looking at for the Scholastic Art Magazine project. His name is Kehinde Wiley. We will be creating a collage, I'm still toying with the idea of creating the collage in Adobe Photoshop. We will definitely be going on some sort of field trip, most likely to downtown Portland to get some source material.

http://www.kehindewiley.com/Kalkidan_Mashasha.html

The Columbus Museum of Art, which hosted an exhibition of his work in 2007, describes his work with the following: "Kehinde Wiley has gained recent acclaim for his heroic portraits which address the image and status of young African-American men in contemporary culture."

Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps, 2005

Wiley’s paintings often blur the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation. Rendered in a realistic mode–while making references to specific Old Master paintings–Wiley creates a fusion of period styles, ranging from French Rococo, Islamic architecture and West African textile design to urban hip hop and the "Sea Foam Green" of a Martha Stewart Interiors color swatch.

Vans

A month ago I signed the Lakeridge High School art department up for a contest that Vans puts on. Essentially, you are sent four pairs of shoes from the company and then you transform them. Each shoe has a theme, this year we were required to have one shoe for each of the following:

Action Sports, Art, Music and Local Flavor.

I asked Katey Jacobsen, Kelly Sosa, Anna Engstrom and Nicholai Busch to participate. This is what they came up with! We have to wait a month to see if we are finalist in our region. If we are, we will need to rally the Pacers and start voting!!!!! Cross your fingers.

Which pair do you like the best?

Scheduling

I feel like we all keep saying this but... this year is going by super fast. Mr. Helle and I are having a rough go finding a date that works for the majority of the AP students for some kind of an art show. Any suggestions? The district calender is packed and you all are very busy little munchkins.

Maybe we all can think out of the box and come up with a new and exciting idea for an AP showcase? I'm sure you have nothing else better to think about...hee hee.

This week is the last official NEW art critique. We are going to have a visitor that day. A teacher in training. She is excited to see how we do things in the LHS art room. One piece is due on Thursday the 12th. The next critique will be a rework of an old piece. That critique will be later in the month.

Note: If you don't have a piece to work on in class you can always be photographing your work or adjusting it in Adobe or even uploading the work to the AP site. We all need to be having conversations about what pieces you will be using for your Quality section. Lots to do. Always!

BTW, I know the picture of the dog is random. I couldn't resist.

A New Week - New Deadlines

Is it really time to go back? You betcha!!!!

There are several deadlines most of you need to be aware of...

1. Wednesday, April 4th, Marie Walsh Sharpe applications due. Juniors who will be Seniors next year. Most of you are done, but just in case, I need the statements, forms signed by PARENTS and all your images no later than Tuesday. I have to have this postmarked by WEDNESDAY.

2. Friday, April 6th, OAEA Scholarships due. These are seniors who are graduating who will be majoring or minoring in art or art education. If you are one of these people you need to fill out the application and write your essay explaining your goals and interest in pursuing an art career. Essay should be a maximum size of one page, about 300 words typed.

THE ESSAY AND FORM ARE DUE IN MY HANDS ON MONDAY. EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE CLASS ON THAT DAY. THERE'S A TON OF STUFF DUE THIS WEEK, SO MS. MCB NEEDS IT NOW!

If you don't have your application anymore or have changed your mind and would like to apply here is the link to the website with the information:

http://www.oregonarted.org/index.php

3. If you are one of the students doing the VANS. Those are due on April 9th at the latest.

4. This month we have two concentration checks. One is a new piece, the other is a reworked piece. We are almost done!

See you all soon - can't wait. Ms McB