2012 Peace Poster Winners

Each year our 6th grade art students compete in the Lions Club Peace Poster competition.  

This year the theme is "Imagine Peace".  

Congratulations to our Trinity 6th grade winners!

1st Place:  David Ducote

2nd Place:  Carter Grice

3rd Place:  Gage Bendinger

David's poster will continue to the next level of competition for the state of Alabama.  This is an international art competition sponsored by the Lions Club.  

Best of luck to David as he continues in this competition!!

artist:  David Ducote

artist:  Carter Grice

artist:  Gage Bendinger

DAR Constitution Poster Contest winners!

Congratulations to the following 6th grade art students who all received Honorable Mentions in the DAR Constitution Poster Contest:

Carter Grice

Bracken Osmer

Nolan Sasser

Ben Bricken

The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, October 28 in the Goodwyn Hall Auditorium and Lobby at Auburn University Montgomery.  The event will begin at 2:30.  Participants are asked to arrive around 2:00.  A reception will follow in the lobby.

TPS 5K / Fun Run t-shirt winner!

Congratulations to 7th grade Advanced Art Student, Ann Price Bishop.  Her t-shirt design will be worn by participants in the Trinity 5K and Fun Run Race to be held Saturday, October 13.  

Great job Ann Price !!

7th grade Howliday Card winners!

Congratulations to 2 of our 7th grade students who are finalists in the Humane Society Howliday Card Contest:

Henry Britton 
Miller Johnson

Here is the information that I received from Mary Hughes, Education Coordinator, Montgomery Humane Society:

Congratulations to our winners!

The following students have won an award in our Howl-iday Card Contest! Their names appear in no particular order. We will announce which prize they have won at the annual Walk ‘N Wag on October 13^th on the grounds of the Blount Cultural Park at the Shakespeare Theater. Please let them and their parents know they have won something (could be Grand Prize, 1^st ,2^nd , 3^rd or honorable mention) in our contest.

Teachers of these students: Please tell them that their family will receive free entrance to the event, and to be at the park no later than 9:30 a.m. on Saturday October 13^th when we announce our winning artists and which prize they won! If they cannot attend, we will deliver their prize at a later date. If none of your students won this year, please enter our other contests that will be held  throughout the year.

Art Competitions!

8th Grade Advanced Art!

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Art selected 2 entries from the 8th Grade Advanced Art class for the corridor exhibition, Art That Transforms,  in connection with the museum exhibition Accumulations: The Art of Joelle Ford and Stephen T. Johnson. 

There were nearly 170 entries from 14 different teachers & schools, so the selection process was very difficult! 

Congratulations to 

Katie Jackson

Brian Roth

The opening reception for the corridor show is Friday, October 5, from 5 - 6 P.M. We hope you will encourage your students to stay for the special glass blowing demonstration by Stephen Rolfe Powell, along with other artists' demonstrations, art making activities, music, and more that evening from 6 - 8 P.M. Boxed dinners are also available, which need to be pre-ordered by calling 334.240.4333. The dinners will be offered at a discounted rate for ARTWORKS Corridor students and their families ($12.60 adult/$8.10 student). Menu options are available at mmfa.org. 

6th Grade Advanced and Exploratory Art!  

Ten posters have been selected to go on to compete in the 2012 DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest.

Congratulations to the following finalists:  Carter Grice, Haylee Bode, Bracken Osmer, Reese Lynch, Ben Bricken, Hazen Finlay, Rob Chandler, Hayden Tipton, Dean Herndon and Nolan Sasser.

The DAR committee will select 1st - 4th places and honorable mention awards among all of the private school finalist.  We will be contacted if any of our students place.  

Save the Date for the awards ceremony:  Sunday, October 28 at 2:30 (arrive 2:00) in the Goodwyn Hall Auditorium on the Campus of AUM.  

7th Grade Advanced and Exploratory Art!

We recently submitted work to the Montgomery Humane Society for the Annual Howliday Card Contest.  We hope to have some of our students place in this competition!  

Trinity 5K and Fun Run T-shirt Design Competition

The winner for the T-shirt design will be announced tomorrow during the Middle School lunch.  This is always a fun competition and the students enjoy getting to create a t-shirt design that will be worn throughout our community.  

I am always so proud of our students and their hard work and creativity in the art room!

Trinity 5K and Fun Run t-shirt design contest

All of our Middle School Art Classes will be submitting t-shirt designs for the Annual Trinity 5K and Fun Run.  This year's verse if from Hebrews 12:  1b-2a, ". . . and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith."

We will begin this project in 1 1/2 weeks and will complete prior to September 13.  

Current Project Work:

6th grade advanced and exploratory are working on the DAR Constitution Poster Contest.

7th grade advanced and exploratory are working on the Humane Society "Howliday" Card contest.

8th grade advanced art is working on a group project to design the bulletin boards for Willett Hall Lobby (one for the Senior Verse and the other for the Matthew 18 principle).  Each student will also complete a painting or drawing expressing what the text means to them.  We will select the top 5 from each group to display on the walls adjacent to the bulletin boards!  

2012-2013 in the ART ROOM!

Welcome to our middle school art blog and the 2012-2013 school year!

I will be using this blog to post information from our art room, images of student work, information concerning art competitions, award events and any other general information that you will need to know!!

A link to the Middle School Art Wiki site is also found on this blog. Information will be linked between the two sites. You are able to subscribe to this blog via email. 

I am looking forward to a fun year with your children, and I look forward to seeing their artistic talents develop.

Trinity 6th grade students created cards for Rep. Martha Roby to deliver to Afghanistan!

See below press release from U.S. Rep. Martha Roby.  Our 6th grade art students created some of the cards that Martha was able to deliver to our U.S. Soldiers serving over seas!   Thanks to your sweet children for sharing their creativity! For Immediate Release Contact: Brecke Latham Roby.house.gov Phone: 202.225.2901  MEDIA ADVISORY: Roby Set to Return from Afghanistan                   (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Martha Roby is presently on her way back from Afghanistan today, where she spent time with U.S. military forces in and around Kabul and Kandahar. Roby led a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) of five House members overseas to observe U.S. military operations, receive briefings about NATO activities, and evaluate the contributions, efforts, and concerns of local Afghani women. Tonight, Roby and members of the CODEL are in Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. There they will receive an update on Israel and Iran before they return stateside. “Rep. Roby is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, which has oversight responsibilities over the U.S. military,” said Brecke Latham, Roby’s Communications Director. “She takes those responsibilities seriously, and was eager to return to Afghanistan to evaluate our progress there. She looks forward to returning to Alabama to share her observations with her constituents.”  Earlier today, Roby took part in a lunch with troops from Alabama deployed to Afghanistan, including one soldier from Enterprise. While in the country, Roby distributed more than 200 handmade cards to U.S. troops. The cards were authored and illustrated by schoolchildren throughout Alabama’s Second Congressional District. Roby’s return marks her second trip to Afghanistan.

Middle School Advanced Art !!

Instructions for submitting artwork for the advanced art classes

The advanced level middle school art classes will the require the following for consideration:

1. Portfolio- Include 3 pieces of artwork. Label each piece of work (on back) with your name, and upcoming grade level for the 2012-2013 school year. Your work may include pieces of art that you have completed at school, home or in another studio setting. Sculpture or a photograph of a large piece can be included, as well. Please try to include a sample of both drawing and painting, if possible.

2. Paragraph- Include a paragraph describing why you would like to be in an advanced art class. Make sure your name, the date, and your upcoming grade level is on the top right corner of your paragraph.

Submission of work: Please put your work in a folder with your name, and your upcoming grade level for the 2012-2013 school year and submit the portfolio to the Middle School Office by Friday, April 27, 2012.

Email me if you have any questions! A panel of judges will be ranking the artwork and aiding in the recommendation of class selection.

Thanks,

Mrs. Bricken

jbricken@trinitywildcats.com

Spring Week of Arts !

Middle School and Upper School art student work is on display in the Middle School Library and Willett Hall. Please stop by any time to see your child's work between now and Friday ! Each student selected the piece of art that they wanted to submit for the art show!

6th grade Alabama Wildlife Youth Wildlife Art Contest

The 6th grade students recently completed their drawings / paintings for the

Alabama Wildlife Federation Youth Wildlife Art Contest!!

Winners will be notified by April 5, 2012.

The following students were selected as finalists to be judged for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The winners will be awarded plaques and art supplies at a luncheon on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at AWF's headquarters in Millbrook (3050 Lanark Road, Millbrook, AL 36054).

Congratulations to the following students whose work will be judged:

Ann Price Bishop, Henry Britton, Nicole Brown, Ensley Craven, Sam Farris, Lauren Hemmings, Reed Henderson, Christopher Howard, Luke Hufham, Mackenzie LeGrand, Mary Pruitt Mantel, Benjamin Martin, Lauren Millo, Maria Stevenson, Collier Wilson and Jessica Wilson.

ARTWORKS Corridor competition and current works

Congratulations to the following 6th grade art students whose art work was selected among 130 entries and 9 schools to hang in the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art ! The exhibit is entitled Color Vibrations. Of the forty-one students selected, Trinity's own, Ensley Craven, Ben Pope, Mackenzie LeGrand and Madison McKelvey will have their art work hanging in the exhibit. The student work was inspired by the work of artist Lois Mailou Jones.

The Color Vibrations exhibit will be on view from March 15th through June 10th, 2012.

There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 15 from 6:00-7:00 to honor these students.

6th grade students are currently working on the Alabama Wildlife Federation competition.

7th grade students are currently work on their Self Portraits using the 7 elements of design. They have completed Line, Shape and we are working on Value and Color.

I look forward to seeing lots of my students running in the TPS 5K and Fun this weekend !

Also, please remind students that have missing work that it is their responsibility to turn in their work. I have graded all work that I have received to date.

6th grade art student Ensley Craven wins TPS 5K and Fun Run T-shirt design!!

We are so excited for our very own, Ensley Craven for receiving 1st place in the TPS 5K and Fun Run t-shirt design competition! There were so many great designs from our middle school art students! The race committee presented the award and a check for $150 to Ensley last week during middle school lunch! We look forward to seeing her design on our race t-shirt! Don't forget about the race on March 10!

What's coming up next?

6th and 7th grade art students have completed their Mini Art Works projects. We have selected finalist to be matted and framed and

sent to the Montgomery Academy Mini Art Works show. Exhibition dates are April 2-15 with a closing ceremony and award presentation at Montgomery Academy on Sunday, April 15 2:30-4:00. More details to follow!

6th grade students are currently working on the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Corridor Artworks Program: Vibrant Colors. We are studying the work of Louis Mailou Jones and her bold use of color and pattern to create artwork that expresses the multicultural mix that is America today. The exhibition dates for this event are March 17-June 10 at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Works will be submitted on Friday, March 2 and the museum will select the pieces to display as a part of this exhibit.

7th grade art students are currently working on their self portrait using the 7 elements of of design. We have been exploring line and will complete our first section this week. We will move to shape, color, value, texture, space and form in the upcoming weeks.

Your students are a blessing to teach!

7th grade students artwork hanging in the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art!

Trinity 7th grade art students completed their Folk Art projects and 12 students work were chosen as semi-finalist. The following students work was sent to the Montgomery Museum of Art to be selected for the Artworks Corridor Exhibit: Carolyn Albritton, Sydney Bassett, Ethan Gentry, Adam Hall, Abby Johnston, J. Payne, Allie Ramsey, Mary Todd Romanowski, Brian Roth, Mary V Stabler, Mary Conley Teel, and Kacey Tinney. The Museum had over 200 entries from 13 schools and selected 75 works to display. The following student's work

was selected to hang in the Fabulous Folk Art Exhibit:

Carolyn Albritton, Adam Hall, Ethan Gentry,

J. Payne and Allie Ramsey.

The Exhibit dates are January 22-March 4. Sunday, January 22 is Folk Art Family Day at the Museum. From 2:00-4:00pm, students can create "Earth" paintings and recycled art sculptures in the studios.

Congratulations to these students and all of our 7th graders for their hard work on this project!

6th grade field trip information

Parents,

I will be sending home an information and permission slip with your 6th grade student on Monday, January 9. Please sign and return the lower portion of this form to me by Friday, January 13. We will be attending the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art on Tuesday, February 7 from 9:30-12:00. The tour is titled "Looking at Art" and includes a Studio Activity in the museum classroom activity area. The cost of the field trip is $3.00 per student. We will carpool to the museum via parent drivers. Students will be provided a SAGE box lunch prior to our return. Please let me know if you would like to drive and attend our fieldtrip as a chaperone. We would love to have you! If you would like to drive and attend, please respond via email to jbricken@trinitywildcats.com.

new beginning to 2012!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone back in the art room! I hope everyone has had a great Christmas holiday.

Following is an overview of our first few weeks!

6th grade: We will continue our unit on Pop Art. We have studied the work of artist Andy Warhol and Jim Dine. Students have drawn Coca Cola bottles, and created abstract paintings using common, everyday objects. Our first few days will include creating a silhouette collage with images and colors that express each student. Artist Wayne Thiebaud is up next! We will look at his work using food as subject matter and create clay food sculpture.

Our 6th grade students will be going to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art on Tuesday, February 7. More details to follow!

7th grade: We completed our unit on Looking at Art in December. Students created some amazing fish designs inspired by artists that they saw at the High Museum of Art / Atlanta in November. Students are learning to use a project planning sheet to consider how they would like to design and develop their ideas. It is a great way to incorporate writing into our art program. Students consider how they will use the Principles and Elements of Art in their design in the early stages and then continue to develop their ideas. We completed this project with a written assessment on edmodo, as well. Students were able to write about their work and answer questions describing their projects. Our next unit will include Folk Art. We will submit our work to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art Corridor Program. Work will be inspired by images of Montgomery architecture.