Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Personal Artwork Post
Sometimes students ask me if what kind of artwork I like to do. Honestly, creating is always fun for me, but I really enjoy portraits... a lot of times I find inspiration in popular culture. Movies, television, internet, etc. Here are some of the things I've created.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Playing Catch Up
This past nine weeks were crazy! Lots of changes in the district and preparing for changes at the state level has put a lot of paper work on my desk and less time to update the blog. So I'm doing a haphazard photo dump. Here are some of the students and projects from the last nine weeks!
{Can you see the resemblance?}
Monday, August 13, 2012
DFTBA!
We've got just about one week before we return to school and I've already decided this years' motto will be "DFTBA"!
Bonus points if you know what the initialism stands for!
Anyways, one of my favorite YA authors/internet celebrity posted this video last week about going back to school and raises some very interesting points about school and education.
This year, let's learn to be less stupid together!
P.S. The video is a HUGE clue as to the DFTBA slogan.
Bonus points if you know what the initialism stands for!
Anyways, one of my favorite YA authors/internet celebrity posted this video last week about going back to school and raises some very interesting points about school and education.
This year, let's learn to be less stupid together!
P.S. The video is a HUGE clue as to the DFTBA slogan.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Doodling is Good For Me!
I hope your summer has been relaxing and enjoyable! I also hope that you haven't completely neglected your brain or body and have taken on some challenges or creative endeavors. If you haven't, you still have a little bit of time {and might I suggest going up to the Akron Art Museum and checking out the El Anatsui Grace and Gravity exhibit running through October 7.}
Of course, we all want summer to last just a little bit longer, but it is hard to deny that soon we will be getting back in the the routine of school, homework, and studying.
So, before I forget I wanted to share this video with you about the positive impact doodling has on human learning...
Take care and I will see you all next month!
Of course, we all want summer to last just a little bit longer, but it is hard to deny that soon we will be getting back in the the routine of school, homework, and studying.
So, before I forget I wanted to share this video with you about the positive impact doodling has on human learning...
Take care and I will see you all next month!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
8th Graders who participated in the 2012 Washington D.C. trip,
The NCMS Art Department is hosting a DC inspired photography contest!
While in DC, using your digital or film camera (no cellphone images accepted), take photos that fall under the following categories:
Most Patriotic
Most Historic
Most Artistic
Most Humorous
School Spirit
Points will be rewarded for creativity & style! Photographs can be in color or black & white.
You can submit ONE image per catergory & share them via e-mail to puccia@northcantonschools.org (film can be dropped off in the main office for art teachers mailbox). The deadline is Thursday, April 5, 8pm.
Make sure each file is clearly saved at it's full size with your FULL NAME, TITLE, & CATEGORY.
For example: MrsVillersUntitledMostPatriotic.jpg
There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category.
Winners will be announced when we return from Spring Break on April 3.
Winning photos will be displayed in the school and online at the North Canton Patch.
Monday, March 5, 2012
7th Graders Sketchbook Assignments
Seventh graders were asked to take their sketchbooks home for a week and work on an assignment that involved art journaling. They were to start with an image from a newspaper or magazine, and from there tell a story about something funny or shocking that they had experienced.
The students showed a lot of creativity and it was fun to see some of the stories they had to share!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
What Is Art? (A Classroom's Response)
Blog originally posted at North Canton Patch.
So, it is that time of year again. We are halfway through the school year. Can you believe it? I can’t. 2011 flew by and I can only imagine 2012 will pass by just as quickly.
It has been exciting to see this group of young people learning and creating. It was a busy semester creating a portfolio of work that included ceramics, written interpretations, paintings, drawings and sculptures.
I thought it might be fun to ask my eighth graders, after 18 weeks of daily art classes, “What is art?”
Being that this is a middle school, I figured I would surely get a bunch of ridiculous answers, but you know what? I didn’t. The things they wrote down were inspiring and thoughtful.
“Art is a mixture of color and design. It is music, performance, and a lot of other elements combined. Art is passion flowing through the artist for all to see. Art is texture, pattern, movement and color... But, art is more than all of this. Art is feeling. It’s the emotion your feel inside when you sing a beautiful song or create a magnificent painting that the world is ready to hear and see.”
“We use art to inspire people.”
“Some people are very passionate about art. It takes a lot of courage to be good at art. You have to commit to it.”
“Our Earth couldn’t live without art.”
“Art is an expression of ourselves using a visual representation. It can be imagined and interpreted and it is often thought of as beautiful, though it has no need to be beautiful. It is a way for people to show their feelings and desires. It can be made to entertain, please, express, or represent something... Art is so much more than a nice sculpture, or a pretty picture.”
And certainly one of my favorite responses,
“Art is a big, fat, question mark. There is no specific answer. Nor a right or wrong answer.”
But, honestly, art is hard to define! It takes so many various shapes and forms. I’m pleased and proud to see that my students have an understanding for what art can be and encompass. I’m happy to see they have an eye for design, they can articulate their feelings, and they can brainstorm, create, cooperate and connect.
I’m realizing in my third year of teaching, that THIS is why I am here. Why I wake up early, stress myself out and put up with insane amounts of hormones and messy art materials. Because I want to be the person who helps them discover, design and dream.
(I’m currently at home writing this; check back with me tomorrow while I’m elbow deep in recycled clay, have a blinding optical migraine and a stack of ungraded projects, and I might say otherwise.)
So, it is that time of year again. We are halfway through the school year. Can you believe it? I can’t. 2011 flew by and I can only imagine 2012 will pass by just as quickly.
It has been exciting to see this group of young people learning and creating. It was a busy semester creating a portfolio of work that included ceramics, written interpretations, paintings, drawings and sculptures.
I thought it might be fun to ask my eighth graders, after 18 weeks of daily art classes, “What is art?”
Being that this is a middle school, I figured I would surely get a bunch of ridiculous answers, but you know what? I didn’t. The things they wrote down were inspiring and thoughtful.
“Art is a mixture of color and design. It is music, performance, and a lot of other elements combined. Art is passion flowing through the artist for all to see. Art is texture, pattern, movement and color... But, art is more than all of this. Art is feeling. It’s the emotion your feel inside when you sing a beautiful song or create a magnificent painting that the world is ready to hear and see.”
“We use art to inspire people.”
“Some people are very passionate about art. It takes a lot of courage to be good at art. You have to commit to it.”
“Our Earth couldn’t live without art.”
“Art is an expression of ourselves using a visual representation. It can be imagined and interpreted and it is often thought of as beautiful, though it has no need to be beautiful. It is a way for people to show their feelings and desires. It can be made to entertain, please, express, or represent something... Art is so much more than a nice sculpture, or a pretty picture.”
And certainly one of my favorite responses,
“Art is a big, fat, question mark. There is no specific answer. Nor a right or wrong answer.”
But, honestly, art is hard to define! It takes so many various shapes and forms. I’m pleased and proud to see that my students have an understanding for what art can be and encompass. I’m happy to see they have an eye for design, they can articulate their feelings, and they can brainstorm, create, cooperate and connect.
I’m realizing in my third year of teaching, that THIS is why I am here. Why I wake up early, stress myself out and put up with insane amounts of hormones and messy art materials. Because I want to be the person who helps them discover, design and dream.
(I’m currently at home writing this; check back with me tomorrow while I’m elbow deep in recycled clay, have a blinding optical migraine and a stack of ungraded projects, and I might say otherwise.)
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