Visual Art and the Community
9/21/2019
Last May the Eighth Grade completed a five foot by four foot painting that was donated to the veterans of Alaska who also are served at the VA Medical Center. Many thanks to Rachel, Piper, and Pearce Botson who helped deliver the artwork to Samuel Hudson, the Public Affairs Officer at the VA Medical Center. Last week the painting was hung in the front lobby where hundreds will view it every week. This is a permanent display.
The Lower School artists are also making postcards to give to the veterans. They will be distributed all over Alaska. You will hear more about this later. The Early Childhood and the Lower School are completing their displays for the Annual Harvest Festival. The Early Childhood's 3-D pumpkins demonstrate their two-handed painting techniques, learning to hold cardboard vertical and paint at the same time as holding on, rinsing the brush to change colors, mixing orange, and mixing green from primary colors. The Early Childhood have been developing their brush holding skills, and refining their scissor work. They have been learning and reviewing their color mixing. Lots of laughter and lots of paint fill the rooms! It is great to hear the music coming from Andrea Gardner's classes, and the Spanish from Emani Secret's teachings while I am in the Early Childhood Center. The Lower School have been developing their knowledge of painting techniques and skills while learning the elements and principles of design. They have been working with experimental painting techniques. At first, we learn the precise art of holding and moving the tools we use. Next, we gain confidence through using the tools frequently, and developing our skills. We have been working with the experimental techniques of spatter and paste papers for our journey into book arts this fall. Self-portraits are starting to be reviewed and developed. Art Notes about the instructor, Ms. Brenda Jaeger: I have a painting, Box Canyon, on display at Jens Restaurant through the Georgia Blue Gallery. There are two just hung paintings of mine at the Georgia Blue Gallery. A couple from Chicago just purchased a large painting they saw at Jens through the Georgia Blue Gallery, and it's being shipped there. I'm donating a painting to the Annual Jewish Gala I have a solo show at the Allstate Office in Palmer. The images are of construction workers. I took down the work at the group show at the State Fair, (guitar imagery), and the group show at Humdinger's Artisan Pizza in Palmer (Alaskan landscapes). Comments are closed.
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