Diane B.
Michaela B.
Tess D.
Ruby F.
Angelina O.
Hannah S.
Thea V.
Nia W.
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Congratulations to all the students who painted our winning snow plow:
Diane B. Michaela B. Tess D. Ruby F. Angelina O. Hannah S. Thea V. Nia W.
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We've been quite busy in Media Arts this month! Our biggest news is that we have officially moved into our new Media Arts classroom space, the former computer lab, room 109. In addition, students have been working hard on many exciting projects. Here are some highlights from this month:
Advanced Media Arts students and some 7th grade students (led by Shannon) began working on the volleyball shirts. First they cut 12 x 12 sheets of freezer paper and stuck it onto the mat for the cutting machine (called the Silhouette Cameo). They typed last names in Photoshop and dragged them into Silhouette Studio, which is the program that tells the cutting machine where to cut. The machine cut stencils of the last names, which students ironed onto the backs of the shirts. When the freezer paper was adhered, students used foam brushes and fabric paint to paint in the names. After they dried, students pulled off the freezer paper and turned the shirts inside out to heat set the letters permanently on the shirts. Then Mrs. Kushner had to create a screen with the logo for the front of the shirt. This proved difficult. Our next step will be silkscreening the logo onto the fronts of the shirts! Another group of Advanced Media Arts students took on the task of painting Chute's snow plow for the 8th annual Paint Evanston Plows contest. Inspired by the theme "Get Active: Run, Walk, and Play", students came up with the idea to have a snow globe with silhouetted figures displaying the activities people enjoy during the winter. Before painting the plow, students did some test paintings in class to learn how to paint snow, the globe, and trees. After a few days of experimenting, students began painting the plow. To paint the silhouettes perfectly, students found silhouetted images of active people online, then we used the Silhouette Cameo to cut stencils of the figures. You can see Tiera painting in the stencils above. Great work, ladies!
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Artist of the Month:
Jesse Joshua Watson Biography compiled from http://jessewatson.com/about/ by Jacob V. Watson's is a father of two boys, a dancer, and an artist. He has illustrated children books, CD covers, and magazines. A couple books he illustrated that we are reading here at Chute are Chess Rumble by G. Neri and Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri. He visited Haiti after the earthquake in 2010 and wrote a book to raise money to support the Haitian people, called HOPE FOR HAITI! View Jesse speaking with our 7th grade Media Arts classes via Google Hangout on October 3rd at this link. Categories
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