Visual Art
Aimee Florence & Roy de Vries, Art Committee Co-Chairs
Russ Sperling, Drama District Representative
Beatriz Gonzalez-Sallach, VAPA Staff Representative
News!
All across America, high school art students were challenged to compete in the seventh annual Lucerne Art of Dairy Contest. The theme this year is "Red, White and Moo; Celebrating American Ingenuity" This theme was designed to challenge student artists to feed off of America's ingenuity and showcase their own creativity.
Olympian High School art students entered their designs into the competition last November and we now have a finalist! Congratulations to junior art student, Lori Lopez who has been chosen as one of the nine nationwide finalists for the Lucerne Art of Dairy Contest, she will be representing the state of California (Region B).
Her design, which she titled "Don't cry over spilled milk!", is based on the work of Roy Lichtenstein ( American pop artist), was chosen out of 9,267 entries from across the nation, so this is truly a huge accomplishment and Lori is super excited! The nine finalists designs were judged on the following criteria: Originality: 30%, Technical Ability: 30% and Relevance to the "Red, White, & Moo™" theme: 40%.
Lori received her life sized cow sculpture and set out to paint her design which took a lot of time, hard work and determination!
This will mark the third year in a row that an Olympian High art student is a finalist in the Lucerne art of dairy contest. Olympian High School is really proud of their art students and their accomplishments.
This year the Lucerne company has decided to let the public decide who wins the top three prizes and on April 16th voting will open up to everyone to cast their vote via email or text message. Please make sure that you support your fellow eagle and take a moment to cast your vote for Lori Lopez!
Remember you can start voting on April 16th, 2012 for Lori's cow at:
www.facebook.com/safeway
or http://www.artofdairy.com/Finalists
To take a look at the top nine finalists; click on the following link:
http://www.artofdairy-artcontest.com/finalists/Index
Congratulations to Kirsten Dael student from Suriya Stewart (MOM) for winning Best in Class Award for her self-portrait painting and Daniel Avitia student from Lynette Young (ELM) for winning Best in Class Award for his pencil drawing in the 2011 Student Showcase at the San Diego County Fair this summer.
2011/2012 Visual Art Teachers
TRADITIONAL ART
Melody Brown SOH, Juan Arteaga ELH, Shizuka Baker MVH, Nicolas Braunn BVH, Donna Burner RDRM, Roger Churley BVH, Roy de Vries CPM, Monica Derrick SYH, Laura Esquivel SOH, Elizabeth Exum OH, Aimee Florence CPH, Trina Garcia BVH, Bruce Groff HTH, Dirk Harman ORH, Melinda Hennessey ORH, Emmalee Huls HTH, Richard Love SUH, Thomas Lynn CVH, Sandra McGinty BVH, Mary Polland BVM, Robert Sias MVH, Michelle Spielman CVH, Suriya Stewart CVM, Cynthia Trepanier SOH, Stephanie Yaussy SYH, Lynette Young ELM.
DIGITAL ART AND PHOTO please see the digital media link.
Visual Art Events
Sweetwater Summer Arts Academy (photos)
District Art Show (online slideshow)
DVD's
Applause!
Students in our community competed in a photography calendar contest. Students won cash prizes as well as have their winning photography published in an annual calendar which was sent to all the residents in the Sweetwater Authority distribution area. Once again SUHSD students took the majority of the calendar spots.
Winning SUHSD Students: Courtney Hargraves (SUH), Adriana Hice (HTH), Sarralane Amon (HTH), Emmanuel Gomez (SUH), Joshua Luna (PH), Camille Pizarro (HTH), Deangelo Rodriguez (HTH), Taylor Hargraves (SUH), Sarah Diaz (HTH), Laura Lopez (CPH), Joyanna Cazares (CVH), and Briana Cosio (BVH).
Link to photos: http://www.sweetwater.org/index.aspx?page=241
FREE visits (including transportation) to the Timken Museum of Art in Balboa Park!
Attention Teachers . . .
During the 2010-2011 school year, the Timken Museum or Art is offering FREE transportation, FREE admission, and FREE docent-guided museum visits to all Sweetwater students.
Visual Art teachers from SUHSD can schedule school visits to the Timken Museum immediately! To make arrangements, please email tours@timkenmuseum.org or call 619-239 5548 x102 and mention the Sweetwater Arts Education Partnership. Visits are designed to introduce k-12 and college students to the museum.
After scheduling a visit with the Timken, please fill out a Transportation Requisition form at your site, obtain the proper signature, and submit it to Jenni Jouan. You may fax your bus request to Jenni (619) 796-7714 or mail it through district mail to our VAPA office. Thank you.
Upcoming Events: Link to VAPA Now.
For updates and corrections on this page, please email: beatriz.gonzalez-sallach@sweetwaterschools.org