Category: Artsonia

August Upload Challenge Winner

8/30/2016

Earlier this month, in a letter to parents, I invited my students to use Artsonia classroom mode and upload their personal art from the summer.

It is always an awesome thing to see how some students will take advantage of that opportunity to showcase their work, even if it is not for a grade.

I want to take a moment to thank and congratulate Leila for uploading multiple pieces to the gallery for the challenge and winning an Artsonia gift card for participating!

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More GIFs

5/21/2016

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Here are some more GIFs from students last week.

In order to create these moving masterworks, students first went to the Artsonia galleries of our elementary schools. After selecting which image they would like to animate. They copied and pasted the work into a new Photoshop image. Using the quick selection tool, the clone stamp, and the motion workspace, students navigated between layers to create looping images. To save the files so they will move once they are uploaded online, students went to file>save for web and then save the GIFs to turn in on Schoology for a grade.

Overall, it has been really fun to see students learn this method and the amount of interest in turning other student's works into something new.

It was a perfect feeder lesson into our final project, "Something Old, Something New," which we also started this past week.

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GIF Challenge

5/17/2016

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Students were challenged this week to make a GIF using the Artsonia galleries from our BCPS Elementary and Intermediate schools. Here are some of the results so far.

I got this idea from an an art exchange with Ian Sands a couple of years ago, when his students made GIFs of my students' work.

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Vote for Jewel321

4/7/2016

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Please take a moment and vote for this drawing by Jewel. If she wins, she will receive a $50 gift card and our classroom will receive a $100 gift card from Blick Art. I can think of several neat products we could purchase if she wins...

You can vote once per day per device.

Thank you for your help!

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August Artsonia Challenge

8/31/2015

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I am so excited for the students we had participating in this Summer's challenges! It was great to see the work they created and it really got me in the spirit for school to start again! Here are some of the works submitted for this month's challenge. Each student will receive a $5 gift card from Artsonia for their efforts!

Denver L.

Skyler S.

Lexi W.

Magnus S.

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July Artmaking

7/31/2015

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July's Artsonia Challenge!

This month I challenged art students through a series of Artsonia Newsletters to create and upload work with the chance to win prizes! I am excited to share that 23 works were uploaded for the month and congratulate the following students for participating; each will receive an Artsonia gift card to purchase items with their art on it:

Lexi

Eli

Skyler

Kaila

I was making art, too!

A pair of paintings that I completed as July wrapped up. These will go in my living room and a tribute to the miles of hiking I have done in Alaska, California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, and Tennessee.

After challenging my students to create work, I decided to get in on the action, too! I have been wanting to do this painting series for a while (at least 4 years) and figured July was a great time to get working on it! Before I got started on the paintings, I enrolled in the Strathmore Artist Workshop Series (which is free) and went through the Expressive Painting workshop. It was a great refresher on how to blend acrylic paints and work loosely to get the kind of results you see above. I am pleased with the outcome, although I am still planning to tweak it a bit before saying I'm done. To get a peek into the process, check out the images below. As you can see, there are many layers of work before getting to the end of any piece and I am happy to share that journey from start to finish.

Stay tuned for some more student work as we finish up the summer with an August Upload Challenge! I am excited to see what we get as we gear up for a new school year!

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Your Votes Can Help Us Win

3/12/2015

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Dalton's work was named Top 15 among Middle School work in the State.

Ava's work was named Top 15 among Middle School work in the State.

There are a lot of exciting things happening with student work this month. In addition to finding out that two of our MAEA State qualifiers made it into the top 15 for the State, it is also time to vote for the Meijer Great Choices Film Festival.

Last year, we won first place in all of the categories. With your help and votes, we can do it again! Please take a moment and vote for our videos and help our classroom win!

In addition to these great opportunities, Nate is up for Artsonia's Artist of the Week this week. You can vote for his abstract drawing daily until Saturday!

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Snow Day! and other cool things happening in Art

11/18/2014

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Snow Day!

Today is the first Snow Day of the year! I am excited about having the day to catch up on things and relax. I also decided to share a challenge with my students to create art and post it to Artsonia. They did not disappoint! Here are some of the works posted from today:

Eli: Today as I woke up this morning I checked the internet to find that it was a snow day! I then looked at schoology and I saw Mrs. Campbell's Snow day Art badge. I decided to sit at my sunroom window that revealed the mighty oak tree that still was holding some of its leaves. Then, I started drawing. I got a pencil and I started making branches and the main part of the giant oak out the sunroom window. After that, I used a rust colored pencil to display the leaves that still hang on the tree. I also used brown Tissue-Paper to make the drawing have some dimension to it. After that, I used white paint to represent the snow on the branches. I love the "Snow Day Art!" idea, and I thought It was a fun thing that I could make in my spare time on this snow day!

Sydney: This piece is made from pictures in a magazine and paper with green and a hint of yellow paint. I made them into snowflakes by cutting out squares from the magazine and cutting out shapes to make all the snowflakes different. As you can see I painted over them too to make them look more collage looking.

Since its snowing today and im into the cold right now I made snow flakes out of hot glue. Happy snow day!

More work

8th grade students are continuing to work on their theme, with some final entries making their way to our online gallery. I am so pleased with the intelligent risks students are making with their work and how they are going beyond the materials they have used in the past. It is going to be fun to see all of the finished works roll in before next week's Thanksgiving Break. Here is a peek at a few:

Olivia L.: To execute this piece I used the printmaking technique. This supports my theme because prints can be repeated as many times as wanted, and that replicates my feeling for soccer. Every time I play a soccer game that outcome can be repeated if I put forth my effort. The same is for print making. An artist that I connect to with my art is Audrey Flack. I can do this because I was inspired by her bright colors in her work. That is why I chose these bright colors for my piece.

Logan S.: The material I choose was cardboard and I choose it mainly because I didn't want to have to mess with clay but, it turned out very aesthetically pleasing in the end so that is a plus. It also conveys that all objects eventually get destroyed because cardboard is a not very sturdy or tough material. The shoes in question are actually modeled after shoes I own and wear they have wing because shoes can take you anywhere. I think my art most resembles Wayne Thiebaud's art because it conveys a positive message and is fairly realistic.

Jayson G.: My piece uses groups of certain kinds of clothes to communicate my ideas. The piece represents how people can express themselves in many ways, even though we think about it; we are all very similar to each other. Although each picture may just be hats or shirts or shoes, the different colors and styles of clothes represent different ways people express themselves. This concept is evident in my personal life as well as those in my community. Everyone uses things like clothes to express him or herself, and people often recognize others by these characteristics. Art is a good way for people to communicate ideas and themes to others. Artists like Mitchell Feinberg have used art for this exact reason. Feinberg made a piece consisting of cigarettes and a watch. Although it is not directly said, the piece makes people think about how cigarettes impact lifespan and the consequences of using them. By using art, people are able to make people see and think about different ideas and themes.

Here are some pieces in progress:

Where Mrs. Campbell Was...

I have the awesome pleasure of being able to speak to other teachers from time to time on the great work my students do in my classroom. This past weekend, I had the honor of participating the MAEA conference in Lansing, MI. It was an amazing time filled with learning from educators across the state of MI and beyond. I had a great time sharing what we do in our classroom, too. You can read more about it on my blog.

It was also quite an honor to be selected as MAEA Middle Level Educator of the Year. I was nominated by previous winners and Visual Arts teachers, Kim Cairy and September Buys.

It was also fun to see the top 15 Middle Level show, that features two of my students from last year, Sara Thompson and Morgan Baker. I had a great time at the conference and am so proud of sharing what I get to do with my students in my classroom.

Work by Morgan Baker

Work by Sara Thompson

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Vote for Asia!

10/29/2014

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We have another student up for Artsonia's Artist of the Week! Please take a moment and vote for Asia. You can vote once, daily, until Saturday. The artist with the most votes by then will be awarded a gift certificate (and so will their class)!

You can also take a moment and vote for Benjamin, from our elementary school, who is also up for Artist of the Week in his grade level.

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Finishing Up

10/2/2014

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8th grade students are finishing up their Indentity themed projects this week and posting them on Artsonia. It has been fun to see ideas emerge as students used The Design Thinking Process to investigate, plan, and execute their visions and interpretations of the theme of "Identity." I especially appreciate the artist statements included with the work to explain their ideas, choice of media, and inspiration from other Artists.

From paint to clay to plaster to wire, students pushed themselves and others around them through the inventive use of materials and experimentation with ideas. Here are just a few examples below. I am really proud of the effort of my students as we move into a divergent classroom model where thinking differently is celebrated.

Emma M.

Kat W.

Matt P.

Gabe H.

Payton C.

We are moving on to the theme of "Environment: Space and Place" next. Today we watched this video from The Art Assignment to learn more about exploring and depicting landscapes.

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August Upload Challenge Winner

More GIFs

GIF Challenge

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August Artsonia Challenge

Denver L.

Skyler S.

Lexi W.

Magnus S.

July Artmaking

July's Artsonia Challenge!

Lexi

Eli

Skyler

Kaila

I was making art, too!

Your Votes Can Help Us Win

Snow Day! and other cool things happening in Art

Snow Day!

More work

Where Mrs. Campbell Was...

Vote for Asia!

Finishing Up

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