More Outstanding Student Art gets into MIDDLE SCHOOL EXHIBITION!!!

I am so pleased to announce that 14 out of 25 works of art were chosen for this years Duval County Middle School Art Exhibition!  7 of the pieces were given awards!!

 I could not be a happier Art Lady!

                                                    Aiden Baugh- Work Of Excellence 

DERENTHAL: Honorable Mention

 

Aliya Franqui: Honorable Mention

                                           
   
                                                        Kiera Hatten: Work of Excellence

                                                       Chase Heck: Work of Excellence

                                              

                                                Chloe Hollinger: Work of Excellence

                                                    Allana Kellum: Honorable Mention

 

                                                     Jemaine Mamaba: Honorable Mention

                                              Ashley Pellicer: Work of Superior Excellence

       

                                                    Grace Pulak: Honorable Mention

                                                   Isabella Sumerski: Work of Excellence

                                                Edwin Valintin-Cruz: Work of Excellence

                                                   Rhea Valladares:Work of Excellence

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                                               Michael Worley: Work of Superior Excellence

CONGRATULATIONS 7th and 8th GRADE ARTISTS

Congratulations! The artwork of the following students who entered the Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards we chosen to be in the show AND won awards!!!!!

You should be especially proud as over 1700 highly quality works were entered and less than 400 were selected for awards.
We congratulate all students, teachers, parents and/or guardians, and principals.  Please come to the Awards Assembly where your students and teachers will be recognized.  Please join us in this day of celebration, January 31, 2015. To be certain that you have VIP seating, please RSVP to nefsaa@gmail.com.

Name                       Medium             Title                        Award

Ashley Pellicer        Drawing           "Mugshot"               SILVER KEY

Grace Pulak            Drawing      "The Face of Grace"        SILVER KEY

Chase Heck                Drawing           "Self Portrait"         HONORABLE MENTION

Tamia Raggins       Drawing     "The Doodles Within Me"    HONORABLE MENTION

Cailey Ruffin       Drawing      "Tie Dye Portrait"         HONORABLE MENTION

REMINDER!!!!!

Scholastic Art and Writing awards are around the corner- 

Apply online at http://www.artandwriting.org/

Register under Ms. DeFeo 

digital submission photos can be uploaded during class.  

 

Selfie Portrait Progress

We have been so busy buzzing away at our "Selfie" Portraits I have not had a chance to post! Here is some of the progress...


Rubric posted:

 

 

Chec

What have we been up to?

The last 2 weeks we have been busy learning new procedures and rules for the Art classroom as well as diving into a few creative challenges.

Day 1: we created 3d name tags so we could all get to know each others names. Check them out!:

Day 2: Students were given a visual poetry project. The idea was to read a poem and try and create a visual in their head from reading the poem, then translate that onto paper! This is definitely a way to use problem solving and figure out how to represent what you are envisioning. (One of the hardest things for an artist to do) I would say the kids did a great job. Here are a few examples:

              Oh Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman

                  RICHARD CORY : EDWIN ROBINSON

 

DREAMS: LANGSTON HUGHES 

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.  

 

 

 

Took my Dog: Emily Dickenson

 

Welcome back!

 

Parents: Open House is September the 9th at 5:30 

Hope to see you there!

DOODLE 4 GOOGLE

Google presents: Doodle 4 Google contest!!

Participation is easy!

This year we’re asking K-12 students to create their doodles based on the theme “If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place...
This year the competition will be a class project and grade! The application form that needs to be signed will be going home with students today!  In class students will doodle their version of the Google logo based off this year's theme and turn it in. I will submit the entire class' entries into google. Parent permission is required to submit the work to Google. Please fill out the permission slip and return it before the submissions are sent out: MARCH 14th (day before spring break!)

Visit: Doodle 4 Google for more information!

Judging Criteria

Doodles will be judged based on the following three categories:

• Artistic Merit: based on grade group and artistic skill.
• Creativity: based on the representation of the theme and use of the Google logo.
• Theme Communication: How clearly the competition theme is expressed in both the artwork and the written statement. 

AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!
 Prizes 

One (1) National Winner

The National Winner will have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage. He or she will be awarded a $30,000 college scholarship to be used at a school of his or her choice, a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, a Google Chromebook computer, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it. We’ll also award the winner’s full-time school with a $50,000 Google for Education grant towards the establishment/improvement of a computer lab or technology program with Chromebooks for Education and/or tablets with Google Play for Education
Four (4) National Finalists
Each of the other four National Finalists will win a $5,000 college scholarship to be used at the school of their choice, a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it.
Fifty (50) State Winners
Each of the other 50 State Winners will win a trip to the Google Headquarters in California for the final awards ceremony on May 21st, 2014, an Android tablet, and a t-shirt printed with his or her doodle on it.
Two Hundred and Fifty (250) State Finalists
Each of the other State Finalists will receive an official winner’s certificate and their Doodles will be featured on the Doodle 4 Google website.