Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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.







Wednesday, October 3, 2012

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 13th 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, 1st ,2nd , 3rd 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 13th 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.

Monday, October 1, 2012

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!