All Art Students - Blog 2

Because of our snow days and I will be out Thursday (because my husband is having surgery), there will be no blog assignment this week.  Enjoy your time off and hopefully we will have some snowflakes!!!

Also, I have changed the grading policy regarding daily grades.  All blog assignments will count as ONE Project grade.  You will start at 100, and points will be deducted for missing blog assignments.  Please also remember that you have a Clean Up grade that counts the same way.  You begin with a 100, and I deduct points for a mess that you leave for me to clean up. 
In other words, there are no daily grades - only project grades.  Please let your parents know this, and have them contact me if they have any questions.

AP students will need to glaze their bowls on Thursday.  Mrs. Garrison will fire them that afternoon so that they will be ready for Friday.  Remember to paint 2-3 good layers.  Dylan, your handles did not stick, so I filed them off.

See y'all Friday!!!

Ceramics - Empty Bowls - Blog 1

Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.

Why should FPD participate?

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.

It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.

Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called Empty Bowls so that the idea can continue to spread. Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.

The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, Feeding America, reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever. Please find the time, make the commitment, get involved. Your single effort can have a profound impact.

“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.”

-Marjorie Moore

Art Two - Empty Bowls - Blog 1

Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.

Why should FPD participate?

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.

It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.

Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called Empty Bowls so that the idea can continue to spread. Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.

The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, Feeding America, reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever.  Please find the time, make the commitment, get involved. Your single effort can have a profound impact.

“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.”

-Marjorie Moore

Art One - Empty Bowls - Blog 1

Below is from the Empty Bowls website to further explain the project.

Why should FPD participate?

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger and was created by The Imagine Render Group. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls. Guests are invited to a simple meal of soup and bread. In exchange for a cash donation, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. The money raised is donated to an organization working to end hunger and food insecurity.

It is the collective genius of all the people involved that has made Empty Bowls what it has become. Events have now taken place across the United States and in at least a dozen other countries. Many millions of dollars have been raised and donated to hunger-fighting organizations. We could never have imagined all the things people have done or all the ways the project has touched people.

Each individual or group organizing an event designs it around the needs of their own community and is responsible for their own event. We ask that all such events are called Empty Bowls so that the idea can continue to spread. Please make your event inclusive, insist that it maintain a high level of integrity, include an educational component to raise awareness, and give the money raised to an organization helping to feed people in need.

The largest hunger-relief organization in the United States, Feeding America, reports that the nation’s food banks could soon be overwhelmed by demand. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 Americans struggle with food insecurity every day. Millions of people have lost their jobs during the most recent recession and the number of food stamp recipients has increased dramatically. Your help is needed now more than ever.  Please find the time, make the commitment, get involved. Your single effort can have a profound impact.

“Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year but when you volunteer, you vote everyday about the kind of community you want to live in.”

-Marjorie Moore

AP Art class - Blog 1 Semester 2

2D students and Tesch - recreate a landscape painting by Andre Derain in your sketchbook.  He was a French Fauve painter that used crazy colors.  Use a full page and remember, this should take some time..... more than 20 minutes - more like 2 hours.  Don't wait until the last minute.

3D students - Use sticks, bark and leaves to create a small shack or dwelling.  Photograph it, print it and tape in your sketchbooks.  Remember to use good (directional) lighting.  It could even be photographed in a natural environment.  Do not bring the sculpture to class.  When you photograph the object, you should save it in your AP folder in your Pictures library.  This will be the method used for the rest of the Friday assignments.  Again, do not bring it to class.  I only want to see it photographed and in your sketchbook.

Katherine, you may choose either assignment.