Field
Trips & Competitions
It is
the aim of the Visual Arts Department to expose the students
in the various classes offered, to a selection
what Atlanta has to offer. This year, with the help of Mary
Stanley the students in the Advanced classes went
to
The Museum of Contemporary art and experienced a photography
workshop with Atlanta artist Matt Hafner.
They
also went to see The Andrew Wyeth exhibit 'Memory and Magic'.
Both of these experiences enriched their
work
and it was amazing how the students took on board the photography
techniques Matt uses in his paintings.
The
sculpture class also went to Cherry Lion studios where they
were able to learn from the atelier master
himself,
Martin Dawe. If you did not know this already, Martin Dawe
is responsible for the magnificent sculpture
of
the bronze men carrying the world at the Northern end of Peachteree
St. The students were incredibly
fortunate
to be able to learn from Martin Dawe (his classes are booked
solid for the year) and they were
delighted
at the end of the day with what they had accomplished and
learned.
The
Claywork classes went to the Carlos museum to see at first
hand what they had been studying in class.
This
museum is one of the gems of Atlanta, and houses a fine collection
of South American pottery and a
fantastic
collection of Greek vases. We were also fortunate to have
Jo Ann Paschall-Derby come and give
a
demonstration of the art of bookbinding to the Printmaking
class. Having been the Director of Nexus
Prints
here in Atlanta since its inception............her skills
were definitely impressive and inspiring.
Advanced
Studio and the Advanced Placement class enjoying a break
outside
the High Museum of Art in Mid town, Atlanta.
Jo Ann Paschall-Derby
engages the students in the Printmaking class as she
demonstrates how
to make and bind a soft cover book. In the background ..
Steven Orr graduate
of 2005 works on his concentration section for his AP portfolio.
National
Competitions:
The
Scholastic Arts Awards 2006:
Every
year St. Pius X has students who are awarded gold or silver
keys.
This
year the award recipients were Megan Kisling (gold Key)
Megan
Brigham (silver Key) and Danielle Brutto (silver key)
Megan
Kisling in front of her Gold key
Megan Brigham in front of her silver key
award winning
winning
relief print, Child in The Dark
pen and ink drawing Apple transforamtions
Danielle Brutto
in front of her Silver award winning dyptych painting
Toreador
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