by Erin REHIL | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Visual Arts
Students in Grade 9 have finished their graphic novels and are now working on a mini-unit about photography. We started with two scavenger hunt activities, looking in and around our homes for examples of texture, pattern, color contrast, and value contrast. Students...
by Erin REHIL | Jun 3, 2021 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Visual Arts
Now that self-portraits are finished and all assessed tasks have been graded, students in Grade 7 are enjoying some more flexible, asynchronous art activities at home. We are exploring plastic bag monoprinting, fruit printing, and other techniques that make use of...
by Erin REHIL | Apr 11, 2021 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Visual Arts
Grade 8’s last activity before going online was to work in small groups to creatively photograph a cardboard box in as many ways as possible. There were no rules—the boxes could be held, moved around, suspended, painted, or even cut up and destroyed. At the end of...
by Erin REHIL | Apr 7, 2021 | Grade 10, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Visual Arts
It is never easy to transition from face-to-face to remote learning, but thankfully Grade 10 students were able to get their unit artworks done before the shift, even if they had been planning on making a more polished final version. Congratulations to them all for...
by Erin REHIL | Mar 24, 2021 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Visual Arts
Grade 7 students have done a lot of hard work to prepare for these artworks. We have gotten to the point where everyone comes in knowing exactly what they are going to work on that day, and can simply sit down and dig in. The atmosphere in the art space is fast-paced...
