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High School: Grade 9-12

Grade 9: After studying the work of Braque, Gleizes, and Picasso and watching the BBC documentary Simon Schama's Power of Art: Picasso, students brought in objects from home and assembled their own still life. After choosing a color palette to work in they created an abstracted drawing of their still life using oil pastels.

Grade 9: After looking at the history of comic books and graphic novels, including Roy Lichtenstein and contemporary manga artists, and watching the PBS film American Masters: Andy Warhol-A Documentary Film, students wrote and created their own graphic novel.


Grade 11/12 Advanced Art: Using one point perspective, students created an ideal interior space, which was used as the springboard for a project on industrial design and advertising.

Grades 11/12 Advanced Art: After studying the proportions of the human head and looking at the expressive self-portraits of Frida Kahlo and Francis Bacon, students created their own graphite self-portraits.
CAS (Creativity, Action, Service) Student Advisor for 11th Grade student.
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