On Monday, December 2nd, 10th grade Intro to Visual and Commercial Art students attended a field trip to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisico. Students worked in groups and learned how to create short, stop motion animated films using the mult-plane method, which is a plexiglass box that allows for foreground, middleground and…
Continue reading ➞ Work Based Learning Field Trip to the Walt Disney Family Museum!
On November 20th, students in Mr. Treacy's Art 2 and a few AP Art students explored the Legion of Honor Museum in the beautiful Presidio. In the museum, students explored the work of James Tissot in the special exhibition "Fashion and Faith." Students were excited to be transported to Paris and the intricate paint handling…
Continue reading ➞ Art 2 Visits the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco
Freelance Illustrator, Ryan Floyd Johnson (www.oldfloyd.com) visited CTE Illustration on October 23 and 24 to present his artwork, demonstrate his process and provide one on one feedback. Illustration students were midpoint on a career exploration project, in which they researched artistic careers, found artists that work in those fields, and created a work of art…
On Friday, October 25, local painter, Eileen Starr Moderbacher, visited Studio 26 to share her work with the students in Dual Enrollment Beginning Painting. She shared several series of works with us, and students had a ton of questions! We are particularly proud of everyone for showing up after Titanpalooza. If you'd like to see…
Continue reading ➞ Eileen Starr Moderbacher Visits DE Painting
On October 22, students from Mr. Treacy's AP Studio Art, Art 2 and Dual Enrollment Painting courses visited San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. Students explored the giants of abstract-expressionism, post-war German art, contemporary video installation, and much more. AP Studio Art students explored artists who work in series or sustained investigations, in order to…
