Art Seen

First an apology to Ashley and Connie- I can’t get your podcast to load onto the server.  I have tried from various computers and the tech staff have looked at it, but to no avail.  I have given Ms Sampson a cd with a copy of it though, so she will still be able to listen to you.  So sorry!

This will be my last entry as I am leaving SAS to return to Melbourne.  I have signed over admin rights to Ginny Sampson, so there may be more podcasts coming this way.

I have had a brilliant 9 years at SAS. Thanks to everyone who has made my time here so rewarding, especially my amazing students.  I will miss you!

Please stay in touch.

Kate

Donna and Amy

Chingi and Isabelle

Bex and Anika

Ashley and Connie

Jessie and Anna

Inaki and Hannah

Felisa and Janina

Kevin and Emily

Tim and Nathan

This is the first group of exam podcasts recorded and edited by the students on Monday.  They’re a bit inconsistent, but for most of the kids it was their first time to use garage band in this way. I enjoyed listening to the conversations as I cleaned up the art room. The artworks the kids were discussing is in the IB drop down tab above. It’s probably easier to open them in another window if you want to see what they’re talking about as you listen- they’re about 20 minutes per pair.

Terrence and Min Ju

Max and Julien

Johnny and LiMing

The prints below show the studio component of the Art 2 Exam project.  The theme was ‘moods and emotions’ and each student was given a different topic. If you click on the image, it will open in a new window and hopefully you can read the explanation written in pencil next to the print. It was a very short project and none of them have done lino printing before, so I am very impressed with their efforts.

It might seem from these recent posts that there is not much happening in my room except for IB podcasts! There is actually a lot going on and with only two lessons left of the year, the studio has been full of student trying to get their work completed. I am in two minds about ending the year- in some ways I can’t wait for the students to hand in their work so I can clean up! But I am also acutely aware that these are my last few days to work with SAS students. I don’t know when I’ll be back in any classroom again, as I’m planning on pursuing my own art for a while when I get to Melbourne. If I was any less busy, I think I’d be really sad.

Anyway….. here are some images of the prints done today. They are based on the theme ‘The difference between a flower and a weed is judgement’ and were inspired by tessellations and William Morris. The students have printed them in multiples, but these were put together in photoshop to emphasise the continuous patterns.