Blind Contour Drawings Continued…

More examples of student work from the bind contour drawing activity.

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Decking the Hall

If you’ve been on campus lately, you were most likely greeted by big, bold, brilliant faces on the walls.

LaTaja notices the recent artwork

The Neighborhood Academy art students have been drawing and painting portraits of themselves and each other using false color and contour lines.

Pointing out the details...

Here are images of current works on view.

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More on the portrait process with Ms. Sandy to come!

 

 

Get in Step

Arts Connection students (and one lucky observer) get in step as they practice for upcoming performances…

DIY for the Holiday Season + Ceramic Bling

Teaching artist, Sandra Moore is busy helping students get ready for the upcoming holiday season.  Her classes are making ceramic jewelry as gifts for family and friends.

These ceramic bling pendants will be glazed and fired in time for the winter break.

Mariah works on a holiday gift.

Mariah (pictured above) is making a pendant for her aunt.  Way ahead on her Christmas shopping, Mariah’s already crafted several items for other family members.

Almost done....

Alicia is designing jewelry with herself in mind.  She’s making a big letter “A” pendant for her own use.

Alicia works on a gift for herself.

Sophomore, Kianna likes making the pendants, “because if you mess up you can start over and you can just do whatever you want.  You can carve something out or you can draw something on a sheet of paper and then put it on another piece of clay and trace out the shape.”

Experiments in Theater

Arts Connection theater students are working on creating, writing, and staging short works of their own.  The student theater troop has been immersed in drama games and warm-ups to hone their theater skills and help them get comfortable on stage.

Last week Tyler, Shakira, and Alexis developed a short skit and improved the action around an important issue they care a lot about – pizza!

Awesome Video on the Neighborhood Academy

Check out this spectacular short video on the new school building and our mission!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150839813135078

New Artist of the Month, LaTaja Speaks About Process and a Finished Product!

Although this month’s featured artist is only in 8th grade, her work is complex.

At the moment, LaTaja upholds drawing as her preferred art medium.  She also enjoys painting, spray painting, and dance.

Speaking about the creative process, LaTaja says, “Sometimes I hate the process.  I want to quit.  But I will go back and finish it and I like what I see afterwards.”  She’s learned to “always look at the basic shapes of a picture.  That’s what Ms. Sandy taught me.”

LaTaja's shell series

This series was inspired by an image in a book on drawing.  She freestyled and did her own interpretation of an image of a shell.

Drawing one

Like many artworks, it started off as an accident.  Carried away by drawing the original vortex, LaTaja’s shell drawing moved beyond the original image of inspiration.

Drawing two

This series is a good example of how she practices seeing basic shapes in images.

Drawing three - her favorite

“I think the third drawing is my favorite because it was the one I made a mistake on and it still turned out to be a nice piece.”

Drawing four

LaTaja's self-portrait

TNA Featured in The Bulletin

Check out the front page of this month’s Bulletin, also featuring a beautiful photo of our new arts space!

The Bulletin

 

This Fall in Arts Connection

With our beautiful new space all set and ready to go, Arts Connection is offering students a variety of arts options to explore.

Ceramics student, Diamonte paints pieces for firing

This fall’s line up includes:

• Ceramics
• Theater
• Dance
• Photography
• Installation Art
• Public Art/Guerrilla Art Forms

Art in the Neighborhood student, Mariah researches guerrilla artists and their motivations

Goodbye to Penn Avenue…

As the Neighborhood Academy eagerly awaits our move into the new school, we say goodbye to the art room.  Thanks, art room!  You’ve served us well for many years.

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