Submit your student artwork to MLWGS' Literary Magazine!
Submit your artwork! The staff at The Borogove is always looking for great artwork to grace the pages of it's next issue. Email a high-quality JPG image of your work (do not include matting/framing in image) to mlwgscwc@gmail.com with your name and grade by December 17.
Doodle4Google
This year's event begins Jan. 8th, 2018!! It’s time to put your imagination to work, because the Doodle 4 Google contest begins just after the New Year. Calling all K-12 students – bring your creativity to life in a doodle of the Google logo, using any medium you choose. The winner’s artwork will be featured on the Google homepage, and several finalists will win some great scholarships. https://doodles.google.com/d4g/
Spotlight Artist: Helen Frankenthaler
Helen Frankenthaler was among the most influential artists of the mid-twentieth century. Introduced early in her career to major artists such as Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline (and Robert Motherwell, whom she later married), Frankenthaler was influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting practices, but developed her own distinct approach to the style. She invented the "soak-stain" technique, in which she poured turpentine-thinned paint onto canvas, producing luminous color w
Week #13
Homework Sketchbook (60 minutes) - Curiosity page #2 Website (process post) 10 minutes DC trip on Friday NYC Spring Break trip- forms and deposit due Dec. 8th! Art club meeting 127 on Tuesday at lunch. Day 1 Introduction to acrylic paints Day 2 Introduction to acrylic paints Day 3 DC Field Trip- Assignment download
Week #13
Homework Sketchbook - Curiosity page #2 (60 minutes) Website - (10 minutes- process posts) DC trip on Friday NYC Spring Break trip- forms and deposit due Dec. 8th! Art club meeting 127 on Tuesday at lunch. Day 1 Proj. #3 Studio Day Continue work - Critique date- Dec. 11th Day 2 Proj. #3 Studio Day Continue work - Critique date- Dec. 11th Day 3 DC Field trip - Assignment download
Week #13
Homework This is our last month with Lynda.com Lynda Q2 playlist- Photoshop CC 2017 Essential training the Basics #8, 9, 10, 11 &14 (90 mins) DC trip on Friday NYC Spring Break trip- forms and deposit due Dec. 8th! Art club meeting 127 on Tuesday at lunch. Day 1 Studio Day- Finish Putting together identity packages Group critique - Identity packages Day 2 Studio Day- Begin working through new challenges Day 3 DC Field trip - visual research assignment
Spotlight Artist: Kathe Kollwitz
Born in the Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1867, Käthe Kollwitz established herself in an art world dominated by men by developing an aesthetic vision centered on women and the working class. Her representations of women, including her frequent self-portraits, effectively communicated her subjects’ predicaments during a period when women were still negotiating ways to represent themselves in the arts. While her naturalistic style appeared out of touc
Spotlight Artist: Guerilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous group of radical feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.[1] The group formed in New York City in 1985 with the mission of bringing gender and racial inequality into focus within the greater arts community. The group employs culture jamming in the form of posters, books, billboards, and public appearances to expose discrimination and corruption. To remain anonymous, members don gorilla masks and use p
Week #12
Homework Sketchbook (30 minutes) - Observation, play, spotlight artist Day 1 Introduction to acrylic paints
Week #12
Homework Sketchbook - Observation & Spotlight Artist Website - (10 minutes- process posts) Day 1 Proj. #3 Studio Day Continue work - Critique date- Dec. 11th
