Trinity art students win awards!

Congratulations to the following 6th and 7th grade art students who have received art awards!

7th grade: Montgomery Humane Society Howliday Card Contest

3rd place Montgomery Schools: Sydney Bassett

Honorable Mention Montgomery Schools: Mary Carmen Haynes

6th grade: DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest

1st place Montgomery Private Schools: Mac Parsons

3rd place Montgomery Private Schools: Christopher Howard

Honorable Mentions Montgomery Private Schools: Thomas Helms,

Lauren Millo and Jessica Wilson

(*these students will receive their invitations to the Awards Ceremony this week)

Awards Ceremony will be held Sunday, October 23 2:00 pm at AUM Goodwyn Hall.

Coming up next!!

6th grade students continuing to work on their Lions Club Vision of Peace Poster Contest final design ideas. Their practice copy is due on Wednesday. We will begin the final poster on following Monday.

7th grade students are learning about painting in a looser style with a palette knife. We have looked at the work of Atlanta artist, Susie Pryor and will begin experimenting with this art style this week. Students will complete their assessments on edmodo at the end of week. We will begin studying about the Japanese Tea Ceremony and will glaze and fire a rice bowl in the upper school art room kiln the following week.

I want to say a big Thank You to all my students who are working so hard and staying on task! I appreciate you each and every day!

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognized for their recent work!

7th grade: Montgomery Humane Society "Howl-iday" Card Contest Finalists:

Mary Carmen Haynes and Sydney Bassett

6th grade: DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest, Trinity Top 10 Finalists:

Lauren Hemmings, Collier Wilson, Caroline Chapman, Sam Farris, Christopher Howard, Ensley Craven, Katie Scott, Echols Jones, Lauren Millo, and Luke Hufham.

Four additional finalists were also included: Mac Parsons, Ann Price Bishop, Jessica Wilson and Thomas Helms!

Here are Important dates to remember for awards ceremonies! (Both organizations also send invitations to students via their home addresses.)

Humane Society Walk 'N Wag event is Saturday, October 8th at Blount Cultural Park / Shakespeare Theater. Students who are finalists should be at stage no later than 9:30 am. Admission to event is free to these students and their families.

DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held on Sunday, October 23 at Auburn University Montgomery Campus, Goodwyn Hall Lobby and Auditorium. Reception begins at 2:00 pm and Awards Ceremony begins at 2:30 pm.

I have uploaded PDF files with images of these student's work. Please see the 6th grade page link and 7th grade page link to view these files from our Middle School Art WIKI site.

Here is a link to the Art WIKI site. It can also be reached from the side bar of this blog site and also from the Middle School Art page on our Edline site.

http://jbrickenmsart.pbworks.com

What's up this week:

7th grade: We are rendering with colored pencils. Students have created a color wheel and rendered a tomato still life with step by step instruction. We spent Wednesday discussing what defines a still life and studying famous artwork from the early Middle Ages to Modern Art. Students spent Thursday and Friday creating their own still life with props. They were able to photograph their work and will use this design to render with colored pencils showing realism. We will then learn to paint with a palette knife (plastic) and paint the same still life in a more abstract style.

6th grade: The Vision of Peace Poster Contest is next! This event is sponsored by the Montgomery Lions Club. We have been discussing the theme in class, learning to draw a realistic hand and peace dove. On Tuesday, we will be in the Mac Lab researching images to use to collage our ideas. Students will then hand draw their poster ideas on 81/2" x 11" format and enlarge to the final poster format. We will be working on this project for the next 2 weeks minimum.

We are looking forward to a great week with lots of hard work!!

SAVE THE DATE !

Mrs. Miller and I are proud to announce that we will taking our 8th grade and 7th grade art students to see the Picasso to Warhol, 12 Modern Masters art exhibit at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta !! We will travel on Tuesday, November 15 by bus to Atlanta. We will be leaving early and should return late afternoon. We will need at least 7 adult chaperones to attend our field trip. The tickets will be $6 per student and bus expense should be around $36 per student. Our tour will begin at the High Museum at 11:00 eastern standard time (10:45 check-in). We will eat a late lunch near the Museum (probably Colony Square food court).

Please let me know if your child will not be able to attend.

I will also need adult chaperones that will be able to lead a group of at least 7 students. We will have audio headsets that guide each student through the exhibit. The students will also have a written assessment and sketch assignments to complete during the trip. Let me know if you are interested in attending the field trip as a chaperone!

6th grade ! You will not be left out. We will have several special guest artists during the year and tour the Montgomery Museum of Art in the late Winter / early Spring!

Your students have started off the year with such enthusiasm.

Both 6th and 7th grade are already working on competition projects. 6th grade students are designing posters for the DAR Constitution Week Poster Contest. 7th grade students are busy creating Christmas Card designs for the Montgomery Humane Society's annual "Howl-i-day" Card Contest.

Have a great Labor Day Holiday Weekend.

Welcome to our middle school art blog and the 2011-2012 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 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 will post any new information to the blog so that you will be able to receive any updates via email.

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

dress down / paw prints, portfolios

Parents,

Mr. Palmer announced Friday afternoon that students could use "paw prints" to dress down during exams ! Many of the students kept their paw prints locked in a file cabinet in my classroom. I will be in my room at 7:30 on Monday to hand out envelopes. I will also be at school off / on Monday - Thursday. I will leave a note on my door and take envelopes to upper school office when I am not in the classroom. Students can pick up their remaining paw prints there.

Best of luck to all during exams !!

Please remind your student to come by and pick up their portfolio as soon as possible. I will not be able to keep left over work after Thursday.

I hope everyone has a wonderful summer !!!

Mrs. Bricken

art show and portfolios

I hope you all had a chance to see the art work displayed in our library last week ! Spring Week of Arts was a wonderful time for our students to share their artwork with our Trinity staff, students and parents.

We were also busy last week creating some very special Mother's Day artwork!! Sixth grade created a beautiful bird nest with speckled robin eggs. Seventh grade experimented with watercolor to create a field of tulips. Our last piece is a number painting somewhat inspired by grafitti.

Friday is our last day of class. Your student will be bringing home their artwork beginning Thursday and Friday of this week.

It is always fun to see the student's progress from the beginning of their sketchbook to their final projects. We have covered many art styles, media types, competed in many competitions and discussed various careers in art. I hope your student feels more confident in his / her ability to draw, paint, establish a concept, create a color scheme and appreciate various styles of art in our culture and world.

• We have decided to change the format for the Spring "Night" of Arts to a Spring Week of Arts !! This will give our entire student body, staff and teachers the opportunity to see the artwork that your children have produced !! Each student entered a piece of their work that they chose to be displayed. The 7th grade students will also display their self portraits with all the elements of design. The work will be on display in our library from May 3-6 (Tuesday-Friday).
• Students will receive their artwork, and sketchbook back at the end of the year. A few of the competitions do not return work, but we have most of it.
• Remind your students to keep working hard !!! We have 2 weeks left of regular classes and I want to see their best effort !!!