My 8th graders have had a challenging and introspective quarter!  I only wish students were not leaving, so that they may continue on their creative journeys. Visual Art plays  such a vital role in students' social and emotional growth at this stage of development its a shame our time together is so short!

Students have been working hard on creating symbols based on their experiences to create a personal visual vocabulary. They have been using these symbols in a multimedia a collage that incorporates block printing, acrylic painting, photomontage and drawing. Each symbol was prescribed a number and used within their collage according to relevance in their lives. The combined images are composed together in a layered fashion indicating how we, as humans, contain individual ideas and experiences and are all layered in different ways. They have learned about 20th century Visual Artist, Marc Chagall, and have been introduced to the theory of "the collective unconscious" by psychologist Carl Jung. Their work is finally finishing up and can be seen displayed throughout the school.

Come and check it out!