by Erin REHIL | Oct 8, 2020 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), IB DP Visual Arts, Secondary Visual Arts
DP visual art students in Grade 11 have begun a two-year process of curating their own exhibition, documenting their development over time, and completing a deep analysis of several historical artworks. All of the work done in the MYP—researching, studying the...
by Erin REHIL | Sep 21, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Visual Arts
We began the year with an introduction to the Surrealist art movement and how it was influenced by World War I, French polite society, and psychology. So far, we have discovered that the Surrealist artists and writers used specific techniques to generate their...
by Erin REHIL | Sep 17, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Visual Arts
Grade 9 art students are exploring the key concept of change. They looked at the work of sculptor Kirsteen Pieterse, who is interested in large-scale engineering projects and how these affect, and are affected by, the natural world. Kirsteen Pieterse, Shan Shui...
by Erin REHIL | Sep 8, 2020 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Visual Arts
The Blue Dolphins are student-led and don’t let technology get in their way. Last week, Blue House held its first formal online meeting, led by Kate and scribed by Abhishek. In smaller advisory sessions, students discussed who would be interested in serving as...
by Erin REHIL | Sep 3, 2020 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Visual Arts
In Grade 7, we were lucky to have art blocks on both Wednesday and Thursday. We began by joining Google Classroom, creating digital process journals, and finishing the task of putting school timetables into our Google Calendar apps. There were also some fun...
