This was an awesome year, filled with a lot of great accomplishments for my students. We made a lot of art, shared and collaborated with classrooms from around the globe, and had a ton of fun in the process. I am overwhelmed with pride as I try to pick one major event from each month to highlight the year.
January
Started using a great site (www.tagxedo.com) for the project that uses words to create a portrait. As you can see, 8th grade students did an awesome job on the project.
February
Students spent the month of February being recognized in various Awards programs in Downtown Grand Rapids. It was a stellar year for the Scholastic Art Awards and the MAEA Region 9 show.
March
Students created video games for the National STEM challenge.
April
The Skype interview with Noli Novak was a major highlight for students. Many cited it as their favorite moment of the year.
May
The collaboration in this effort was incredibly fun and rewarding. My students had a great time seeing their work re-imagined by talented students at KCTC.
Try our slideshow maker at Animoto.
June
Student work was selected for publication in this global collaboration between students expressing themselves using surrealism. Two BCWMS students were included in the book.
July
I was able to travel to Paris to prepare for the 2013 trip with students. I previewed the sites for our tour and cannot wait to take students to the amazing sites I was able to see with EFtours!
August
Students in my Color Dual Enrollment class through Kendall College of Art and Design created portraits for the Memory Project earlier in the year. We were given these images of the children with their portraits as well as a video of the children from Honduras receiving their portraits.
September
ArtPrize 2012 was an awesome experience. Thanks to a grant from ArtPrize, students were able to experience all kinds of activities downtown during our field trip.
Make a video of your own at Animoto.
October
Thanks to your votes, Reid won Artsonia Artist of the Week in October with this colored pencil drawing of Torch Lake.
November
Five BCWMS students won $100 for their environmental art entries for Sooper Art 2012. The work was also featured at the GRAM for the ceremony.
Students also had an awesome time learning more about comics from our Skype interview with author and illustrator, Emma T. Capps.
December
Students experimented with paper sculpture in a very open ended assignment using Jen Stark and Yulia Brodskaya as inspiration. It was awesome when Jen Stark responded to a link I sent her of the student work!
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