May 14, 2012 |
Visual Arts Program Events and Exhibitions
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Aaron Tucker, 12th grade student at Meadowcreek High School, won 1st place in the 4th Congressional District Annual High School Art Competition on April 30, 2011, sponsored by Congressman Hank Johnson's office. Aaron won a $6,000 to Savannah College of Art and Design and a trip to Washington, DC this June, 2011, to attend the opening on the National Exhibit for all of the nationwide first place winners. His work will be on display for a year at the U. S. Capitol Building. Aaron has already been accepted to SCAD.
Estefany Morales, 10th grade student at Meadowcreek High School, won 3rd place in the competition and received a $2,500 scholarship. Chris Hellyer is the art teacher of these students at Meadowcreek High School.
Two of Jennifer Prince's visual arts students at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Ms. Prince, Lilian, and Sara publicly took first and second place, respectively, for the entire State of Georgia in the Holocaust Commission/Georgia Department of Education Art and Writing Contest! Ms. Prince, Lilian, and Sara will be publicly recognized in an official State of Georgia ceremony at a 10:00 AM on April 29, 2011 in the North Wing of the State Capitol. The artwork will be on display for the program, "Days of Remembrance of the Holocaust" which is the official State of Georgia ceremony. Governor Deal and the First Lady attended the program.
Lilian Chan (1st place statewide winner, art high school)
Sara Forgey (2nd place statewide winner, art high school)
Suzie Lee, North Gwinnett High School visual arts student, won 1st place in the Southeast for the Istanbul Center's Art and Essay Competition out of 2,500 submissions from 5 states! Not only is she the Georgia Winner, she is also the Southeastern High School Visual Art Winner!! She and a teacher of her choice will have an all expense paid trip to Turkey from June 1-10 this summer!
The Awards Ceremony will be held at Morehouse College on March 25, 2011. A reception will begin at 4:00pm and the Awards Ceremony will start at 5:00 pm
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Suzi Lee, North Gwinnett High School art student and sponsoring teacher Debi West, have placed 1st in the high school category of Istanbul Center’s Art Contest. Ellen Um, North Gwinnett High School art student and sponsoring teacher Debi West, have placed 7th in the high school category of Istanbul Center’s Art Contest.
Suzie Lee - 1st Place
Sabrina Cadien, Parkview High School art student and sponsoring teacher Judy Nollner placed 4th in the high school category of Istanbul Center's Art Contest.
Abigail Gregg, Parkview High School art student and sponsoring teacher Judy Nollner, have placed 5th in the high school category of Istanbul Center's Art Contest.
Michelle Partogi of Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology and sponsoring teacher Jennifer Prince, have placed 2nd in the high school category of Istanbul Center’s Art Contest.
Ellen Um - 7th place
This year's theme was Empathy: Walking in Another's Shoes. The students will be celebrating their achievement at an Awards Ceremony at 4:00 PM. on March 25th, 2011 at Morehouse College’s Executive Leadership Center (located at 830 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30314).
The Awards Ceremony will feature a keynote speech as well as recognition for each winning student, whose prizes will be awarded by distinguished sponsors including Consular officials and leaders from civic organizations, universities, business groups and more. Preceding the ceremony at 3:00 PM. will be a reception that offers winning students and teachers a chance to mingle with their fellow winners and see all of the winning pieces.
Shutter Sense exists for the development of student photographers attending public and private schools in Gwinnett County. It is the only exhibit that showcases the creative experiences taking place in our schools via the medium of photography. This show helps to promote the growth of the arts in our public schools. The teachers from sponsoring schools are committed to providing continuous, high level, creative experiences for the young people in our classes.This show will include digital work, traditional black and white prints, and alternatively-processed pieces and is judged by professional photographers. We are pleased that middle schools will also participate! It will be hosted by the National Art Honors Society students at Parkview High School, Meadowcreek High School, North Gwinnett High School, Collins Hill High School, Central Gwinnett High School, and the Digital Media Design and Production students at Phoenix High School.
The Hudgens Center for the Arts has graciously agreed to donate gallery space for the exhibit. We are in the process of collecting donations from various businesses to support the exhibit. November 2010
Gwinnett County Public Schools visual arts teachers' personal artwork was on display at the 2010 GAEA Fall Conference held at Callaway Gardens on October 21-24, 2010, read more . . . .
Debi West, visual arts teacher at North Gwinnett High School, has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the Virginia Art Education Association Conference. The 2010 VAEA Fall Professional Development Conference will be held in Norfolk, Virginia at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside from Thursday, November 4 - Saturday, November 6, 2010. read more . . . .
Students at Dacula Middle School under the direction of visual arts teacher, Tracy Powers, created a school wide art project - a tile mural. Every student who had Visual Art classes in grades 6-8 created a tile. The mural was unveiled at the Dacula Middle School's Fine Art Night on May 3, 2011. This mural gave the students an opportunity to feel a sense of community within the school and to leave a part of them at the school once they moved on to high school.
The project was a huge success. The students were inspired by textures and images found in and around the ocean. They used items that can be found in the ocean or can be used in the ocean to create their tiles such as sea shells, drift wood, coral, fishing net, and clay tools. The students learned about gradation and color theory which tied the mural together. Each tile is a work of art in itself, but the tiles create a masterpiece collectively.
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Melissa Mason, visual arts teacher at Five Forks Middle School, and her students displayed a "Famous Painting" Exhibit at the school with stained glass banners. March 2011
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Gina Perkins and Linda Van Houten, art teachers at McKendree Elementary for 23 and 21 years respectively, have been working on a two year project with Atlanta Oncology. Atlanta Oncology approached the art teachers regarding the construction of ceiling tiles for the treatment rooms at the center located on Highway 120 in front of Gwinnett Medical Center. The art teachers selected McKendree ES visual arts students from grades 4 and 5 to become part of an Art Staff which met before school to draw and paint the tiles.
Last school year the art students created an underwater theme for Treatment Room #1. This year's McKendree ES art students chose a jungle theme for the ceiling tiles for Treatment Room #2. The students drew the panels, and then painted them with acrylics. Several art students and their parents accompanied Ms. Perkins and Ms. Van Houten to the Gwinnett Medical Center on May 16, 2011 to present the tiles. The medical staff gave the student a tour of the monitoring room, showed them a radiation machine, and escorted them to the room where this set of tiles will be installed for patients to enjoy while having their treatments. The 15 Art Staff students were very happy to have contributed to the community with their artwork in such a meaningful way. May 2011
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Click on this linked web site and read how Roslyn Acosta, visual arts teacher at Kanoheda Elementary requested digital cameras for her students and how she received them from generous donors. You can also read the donor's comments. December 2010
Lauren Christine Phillips, Nesbit Elementary School visual arts teacher, was named the Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) Elementary Level Art Educator of the Year at the 2010 GAEA Fall Conference on October 22, 2010 in Callaway Gardens. Read more . . . .
Monica Sok, fifth grade art student at Meadowcreek Elementary, won first place in the "Peanuts, Plains and President" post card contest. She was the first place winner in the fifth grade division for all of Georgia! Monica and her visual arts teacher at Meadowcreek ES, Purna Ahuja, went to Plains, Georgia where Monica received a medal, a certificate, and a book from former President Jimmy Carter. September 2010 read more . . . .
Youth Art Month Proclamation
Jayla Gillis - Lovin Elementary (Jeannette Anthos, Art Teacher)