This page is the source for all the information on the current activities and fund raisers of the Washburn Rural
Art Department.
Art Staff:
Gina Baer-Witt, Department Head
Michael Mize
Cindy Daniels
Brad LeDuc
Theresa Shetler Logan
The
Blue Print is a huge art exhibit that showcases student artwork that
was created throughout the 2009-2010 school year. Any student
that was enrolled in an art class this year is eligible to submit work
for possible exhibit in the show. The Blue Print is scheduled
this year for April 26-28 and will be on display in our fabulous new
library. In addition to the opportunity to have their work on public
exhibit, the students will have a chance to receive recognition from a
number of different award categories.
Up
for grabs are honorable mention certificates, silver and gold medals.
Trophies for the Principal's Choice and the Foundation Choice. As well
as cash prizes for two purchase awards and the Best In Show. A panel of
judges have been selected to jury the show and select the award winning
artwork. The judging panel includes: Edw. Balda, former art teacher and local artist. Bruce Petersen, former art teacher and current HR Director for Auburn-Washburn. Catharine Morris: elementary art teacher
The
exhibit will be set up and judged on Friday, April 23rd. Any students
winning a commendation will be notified with a blue star on the name
tag of their artwork when the exhibit opens on Monday, April
26th. Students with blue stars are encouraged to attend the
Awards Ceremony that night at 7:00pm in the WRHS Library.
The
logo for the The Blue Print this year has been selected and is
displayed above, it was created by student graphic designer, Jake
Gregg. Each of the Graphic Design students enrolled this semester
were challenged to create a logo for the Blue Print. From these,
the Art Dept. Faculty narrowed the results down to 6 nominees.
These six logos were shown to all the art classes and the students
voted to select the winner. Congratulations Jake!
View a slide show of the Award Winning Work from the 2009-2010 Blue Print
View a pdf file of the Award Winning Work from the 2009-2010 Blue Print
View and print the invitation for the 2009-2010 Blue Print.:
Please feel free to print and distribute copies of this invitation to
anyone that might be interested. Thanks for your support!
See the Final 6 Nominees in the Blue Print Logo Challenge
View the Award Winners from last year.
The WRHS Art Dept. would like to welcome Bryant Laude who is joining us this semester as a student teacher. Mr. Laude
is currently an undergraduate student at Kansas State University, and
in May will be receiving his degree in Art Education. He and his
wife have both lived in Kansas their entire lives thoroughly enjoy the
rapid change in temperatures. They are both student teaching this
semester in Topeka schools. Mr. Laude extremely enjoys the Renaissance
period because of the political climate of that time, and also the fact
that it was the birth of the Ninja Turtles! His favorite piece of
art work is Michelangelo’s Pieta. Mr. Laude is excited to be able
to help further your student’s education in art. If you would
like to see some of his art work you may visit his website.
Once
again we are planning to host an Art Night Lock-In as a fund raiser for
the Blue Print. The Lock-In is an all night event in which 20
students will be invited to spend the entire night at school with the
art teachers creating original paintings and artwork The Lock-In
will be on the night of Friday, February 26th, from 7pm until 7am the
following morning.
We are excited to announce that this year local artist Barbara Waterman-Peters has graciously agreed to act as guest artist for the event. Mrs.
Waterman-Peters has agreed to spend some time painting alongside the
students at the Lock-In. In addition, she will also be conducting
a two and half hour workshop on Friday, February 19th in which she will
demonstrate painting techniques and help students generate ideas for
the paintings they will create on the night of the Lock-In. All
of the paintings created during this one night event will then be
auctioned of at Southwind Gallery on March 5 from 5:00-8:00pm in conjunction with
the Topeka First Friday Art Walk.
Last year we also had the privilege of hosting a visiting artist during
the evening. Lawrence artist Paul Flinders spent the entire night with us talking and painting with the students.
Mr. Flinders generously donated the two paintings he created that night
to the fund raising efforts.
Congratulations
to advanced art students at Washburn Rural High School who recently
competed in Scholastic Art. Scholastic Art Awards are the largest
and longest running recongnition program for young people in the United
States with alumni of the awards including Truman Capote, Andy Warhol,
Sylvia Plath and Robert Redford. There were 1547
entries this year to the show and only 313 were accepted for
exhibit. Washburn Rural received two out of the five best of show
awards (American Vision Nominees). Senior art students reeived a
total of $41,500 in scholarships from area universities at the
Scholastic Awards Ceremony held at the Wichita Center of the Arts on
Sunday, February 8, 2010. All of the Gold Key winning work will
be sent on to be juried in the National Scholastic Art Show in New York
City this coming spring including works by students Alex O, Hanna Y.
and Kimi F.
See the full list of students who were awarded for their efforts and
received top honors for their work.
See pictures of the field trip and award ceremony, and student award-winning artwork.
On
Friday, Feb. 5th a group of WRHS art students joined Mrs. Daniels and
Mrs. Shetlor Logan in attending the WU High School Art Day.
Students had the opportunity to take various workshops with Washburn's
Art Faculty, visit the Mulvane Art Museum, meet peers from other high
schools as well as Washburn students, and display their own artwork in
the John R. Adams Gallery. Workshops included Ceramics, Photography,
Digital Arts, Sculpture, Bookmaking, Painting, and more. Each member of
the WU Art faculty is a working, exhibiting, and nationally known
artist, and this was a great chance for our WRHS students to work
alongside these talented educators.
Students
were also invited to bring one piece of their own artwork to
participate in a juried exhibition. Our own Lisa Peterson was
awarded the "Best of Show" for her print "Restless Attman"!
Contgratulations, Lisa!
See pictures from the days events
Visit WU Art Home Page
The
WRHS Art Department is hosting a new event at the high school that is
meant to connect multiple subject areas in an combined effort to
explore and investigate a specific world region or culture. The first
annual Cultural Heritage Week is focusing on the Middle East and/or
Islam. Check out the poster for more information and a schedule of
events.
Over the next year and a half WRHS is undergoing extensive construction and renovation as a result of a bond issue. Once completed, the improvements to the building will be fantastic, however, in the meantime we've have some growing pains to live through. Once such adjustment is the relocation of the main entrance of the building which resulted in a temporary hallway which runs through the cafeteria. The art department was invited to adorn these walls will murals to add a little excitement to what students and visitors will see upon first enterning the builidng. After several weeks and a lot of hard work the murals are complete and look terrific! Thanks to all the students who came in on weekends and stayed late after school to help get these paintings done. Your effort and creativity is much appreciated.
View Pictures of the Murals
Jr. Blues Newsletter: See the featured article on the Cafe Murals and Art Geeks
PATRICK DOUGHERTY @ THE MULVANE MUSEUM
The Mulvane Art Museum has invited Patrick Dougherty to design and build a site specific sculpture during November 2-20,
2009 on the Museums grounds on the campus of Washburn University. Dougherty, from Chapel Hill, NC, is internationally
known for his unusual and dynamic sculptures built with tree saplings. During the past several decades Dougherty has
build over 200 sculptures all over the world. His signature woven sculptures, waving, willowy, whimsical and
windblown-looking, tower over or fold into buildings, trees, and other landscape elements.
Mrs. Baer-Witts advanced ceramics class and Mr. LeDuc's AP Studio Art class are going to be participating in assisting
with the construction of Mr. Dougherty's sculpture piece on Tuesday, Nov. 17th.
You can see more of Patrick Dougherty's work at his website:
www.stickwork.net
See the pictures of WRHS Art Students helping with Sculpture
Friday, November 6th is First Friday and the WRHS Art Department, in partnership with SouthWind Gallery, is marking the
occasion with another fund raising opportunity. Some of the art teachers and art geeks will be on hand at SouthWind
preparing and serving hot dogs right off the grill to hungry gallery goers. Stop by to see some great local artwork,
enjoy a hot dog, and support the WRHS Art Department! Check back soon for pictures!
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