In April, two students from the UConn ECE Drawing class, Junior Matthew Barden and Senior David Bordonaro, represented Berlin High School for the Vans Custom Culture Competition. The two students were chosen by their peers throughout Mrs. Miller’s Drawing Classes with the honor to represent BHS. Each student applied their designs to Vans shoes: 106, Sk8-Hi, Authentic and Slip on with four different themes: Art, Music, Action Sports and Local Flavor. Below you will see their design sketches.
On March 13, 2015, the Art Department took a visit to the Wadsworth Atheneum to see the Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland (1861-2008) Exhibit as well as the Matrix 171 featuring the work of Michael C. McMillen.
In the month of December, Ms. Galasso’s Art Survey class collaborated in a cross-curricular lesson with Mrs. Richards’ Child Development class in an Author/Illustrator project!
As part of the Art Survey Curriculum, Art Survey students participate in a 2D Design unit where they have to author children’s books. In doing this, they create the designs of each page using cut-paper collage techniques while creating symbolism through simple shapes, color lines, usage of Elements and Principles as well as Compositional Rules.
This year the project took a new twist! In the new building, the Art Department and Child Development rooms are right around the corner from one another! In the Child Development classes, BHS students worked with the Playschool students to create original stories. The Playschool students authored each story and the Child Development students wrote them down for them. From there, the stories were given to the Art Survey students to illustrate and bring them to life.
The project culminated with a celebration at the end of December where the Art Survey students got to share their children’s books with the Playschool kids and their parents, as well as the Child Development students!
Thank you to Mrs. Richards and her 4th Period Fall Semester Child Development class for being a part of this collaboration!
For photos of the events and the actual books, please click here.