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Visual literacy is an important component of becoming a well-educated individual in our society.

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Art Awards

Quotable Quarantine Competition

On May 22nd, nine of our talented timberwolves participated in the BlackRock Center for the Arts 'Quotable Quarantine' competition. In this art competition there were twelve awards prepared to honor the most talented student's work. Our timberwolves walked away with nine of those twelve awards.

Ms. Flanagan framed the students' first digital art project based on the BlackRock prompt for the competition. Students will be able to "create artwork based on a quote mirroring their feelings pertaining to quarantine". Many students entered work including: Alina Wang, Eugene Borrisow, Meg Chen and Timothy Mulema.

There was an amazing response from the public. BlackRock had a total of 1,387 public votes! There were over 155 student entries. This was Blackrock's first virtual art exhibit!

Now, for the award winners!

Naamiah Corke (7) won third place for the "Public Poll Award'.
Liepa Vilkaite (6) won first place for the "BlackRock Staff Award".
Mirai Sakamoto (6) won second place for the "BlackRock Staff Award".
Naamiah Corke won third place for the "BlackRock Staff Award".
Liepa Vilkaite won honorable mention for the "BlackRock Staff Award".
Liepa Vilkaite won first place for the "ALOG Awards".
Naamiah Corke won second place for the "ALOG Awards".
Aurora Megna (8) won third place for the "ALOG Awards".
Kaia Trostel (8) won honorable mention for the "Creativity and Originality ALOG Awards".

Please join me in congratulating these hardworking, creative and kind students.

Naamiah's Art "I created my piece to convey some of the feelings I've experienced during quarantine, through art: sadness, fatigue and loneliness".
Leipa's Art "You may not control all of the events that happen to you but you can decide not to be reduced by them".
Mirai's Art "Stay Positive. Better days are on their way".
Aurora's Art "Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out".
Kaia's Art "All great changes are preceded by chaos".

Asian Pacific American Student Achievement Action Groups’ Inaugural K-12 Grade Competition

Congratulations to Marynell Curtis and her 6th grade student, Lyla Cho, for representing Tilden Middle School at the Asian Pacific American Student Achievement Action Groups’ Inaugural K-12Grade Competition to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage during the month of May. Lyla is the 1st place winner for her age group. What a great way to celebrate and honor our Asian Pacific American community.

Curriculum

Ceramics/Sculpture

A class designed to enhance the student's skills and to develop an appreciation of craftsmanship and the application of craftsmanship in the production of ceramic work. Attention to detail and an understanding of construction enable a student to experience pride in successfully making an object for use or a sculpture. Our culminating activity will be a PowerPoint presentation using the Internet as a research tool.

Art 8

Allows students to experience different media in the production of art. In addition, we learn about visual language and how we use it to communicate successfully in the world through graphs, presentations, Science Fair projects -- even in arranging their bedrooms. Students will make the connection to using this information as an adult, by developing a Web page, for example, or sketching a new deck, or as part of a career as a digital artist, graphic artist or architect, among others. We are learning to understand the creative process and its history through the works of other artists.

Art 6 and Art 7

Sixth Grade Studio Art - Exploring Identity Through Art

In art classes, students are provided authentic and meaningful opportunities to develop literacy skills in a contemporary age becoming increasingly visual in its communication.
The visual arts challenge students to synthesize concepts and skills by engaging in a wide-range of media to create original work.
Students are given opportunities in the visual arts to apply learning in new ways by connecting and integrating content across disciplines.

MS Art Level 1 Theme: IDENTITY

In MS Studio Art 1, students will explore IDENTITY and the many ways this theme can berepresented through visual art. Big Ideas that connect to the theme of IDENTITY may include but are not limited to:

My values and beliefs shape my identity, 2. Many factors influence the formation of my identity, 3. My identity evolves and changes over time, 4. A group of people can have a collective identity, 5. My place in the world affects my identity.

Seventh Grade Studio Art - Exploring Relationships Through Art

In art classes, students are provided authentic and meaningful opportunities to develop literacy skills in a contemporary age becoming increasingly visual in its communication.
The visual arts challenge students to synthesize concepts and skills by engaging in a wide-range of media to create original work.
Students are given opportunities in the visual arts to apply learning in new ways by connecting and integrating content across disciplines.

MS Art Level 2 Theme: RELATIONSHIPS

Each curricular level has an overarching theme that is intended to connect and deepen learning experiences. The theme provides reason and focus for exploring the curriculum. It is expected that teachers are able to provide a rationale or connection between the theme and all learning experiences. This establishes both a cognitive and motivation purpose for student learning. In MS Studio Art 2, students will explore RELATIONSHIPS and the many ways this theme can be represented through visual art. Big Ideas that connect to the theme of RELATIONSHIPS may include but are not limited to:

People have a relationship with the environment, 2. My relationship with others have impact, 3. My relationships change over time, 4. I have relationships with social structures.

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