The Dusty Art Room

Each month I like to take a few moments to recognize those students who show exemplary work in the art room.  These students work hard, contribute to a positive and peaceful environment and challenge themselves to improve their work with each project.   November Art Students of the Month 6th Grade: Aldin Halilovic 7th Grade: Maya Madej 8th Grade: Victor Alvizo 6th Grade: Aldin Halilovic Aldin has a great enthusiasm for his art work.  He works hard during class, thinks through his choices and treats the art studio with respect.  On the Field Museum field trip, Aldin was excited to observe the collections and listen and read more about the artifacts.   Aldin skydiving out of the plane!  7th Grade: Maya Madej Maya works well with others - talking out her ideas and taking her time to create them.  She uses the supplies with control to create a variety of effects.   8th Grade: Victor Alvizo Victor has been an ...

New to the art room this year is the incorporation of green screen technology!  Second trimester students created a paper collage background and then used the DoInk Green Screen App to add themselves and sometimes their friends to their portraits.  These are so wonderful that I just had to show them all!  Enjoy!  6th Grade Portraits:  7th Grade Portraits 8th Grade Portraits

Each semester Leyden puts on an art show to feature the work of the current art students in each of the art classes.  Hester is invited to display work during this show as well for 7th and 8th grade students.  It's one of my favorite shows to attend because I get to see the work of my past students and how they have grown as artists since graduating.  I am proud to say that just over 70 Hester Alum were represented in the Winter Art Show this year!  Since there were so many photos, I put them into a video, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!  Congrats to all the artists for their hard work! The following Hester students had work selected for this show: 7th Grade:  Andrea Gutierrez David Guzman Ernie Abdic Jason Merino Jessica DeValle Karely Garcia Mia DeLeon Nicole Fallorin 8th Grade: Amber Bautista Anna Rudka Andres Flores David Cardenas Eldin Sakanovic Erick Ramos Gabe Monarrez Hannah Stocks Jasmin N...