"A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful
attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who
tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing."
William Dobell
NEWS & EVENTS
Advanced Students Take a Field Trip
Advanced Art and Photography students took a field trip on October
11th to the College of St. Rose. They visited the Massry Center
Gallery to see work by world renowned graphic designer, Michael
Beirut. Beirut is currently exhibiting his notebooks along with
finished print designs. In addition, they took a tour of the art and
design building, where they could see an exhibit of current freshman
work, and work spaces for printmaking, painting, drawing,
photography, and sculpture.
Senior Liesa Lajeunesse Wins " Best
Cinematography" at Rod Serling Film Festival
Tamarac senior Liesa Lajeunesse won the Best Cinematography award at
this year's Rod Serling Video Festival, a competition featuring
hundreds of entries from across New York State. Liesa's music video
"Tunnel" by the band The Used was created as a school project for
her TV and Video Production class, shot entirely on location in
Brunswick. Liesa directed, edited and acted in the video. She will
receive her award at a June 3 ceremony in Binghamton. Congrats Liesa!
Senior Hollyn Blair Takes First Place in Juried High
School Exhibit
Senior
Hollyn Blair entered her Corruption Series into the 22nd
Annual Juried High School Art Exhibit in April. Out of 18 area
school districts that entered, her series won first prize.
She accepted her award at the opening reception at WMHT headquarters
in Troy on April 13th. During an interview, she spoke of the
importance of personal expression in high school art. Catch the
interview in its entirety below.
Speakers at the reception were WMHT President
and CEO Robert Altman, Questar III Arts in Education Specialist
Arlene Sampson and President of the Arts Center of the Capital
Region Amy Williams. Ms. Williams was also this year's guest juror,
and spoke highly of Hollyn and her work, complimenting her ability
to make her viewers think.
Hollyn has been accepted into a number of prestigious art schools
including Massachusetts College of Art, Maryland Institute College
of Art, Pratt Institute, and the Sage Colleges. She will be
attending Pratt's upstate campus in the fall. Many congratulations
and best wishes for Hollyn!
Freshman
Artist Featured in Albany Gallery
Adiya Henderson experienced her first public exhibition on Friday
April 1st, showing her work, Magazine Reflection. She was a
featured artist in Black Women in Words, History & Art,a gallery event celebrating black history and women's history. The exhibit was put on by the Women's Building
in Albany, and was part of
1st Friday, a citywide event geared toward strengthening the
local arts community.
Attack
of the Clones!
Mrs.
Girard's Digital Photography classes created clones of themselves.
Utilizing masks in Photoshop®, they layered pictures creating the
illusion of being in multiple places at once. Students were asked to
use the elements of space and color, to create meaning through
interaction with themselves, or to illustrate humor or a clever
concept.
Mrs.
Sheffer's and Mrs. Girard's Studio in Art classescreated Cubist works of art, drawing still-life
compositions from different points of view. They painted the works
using neutral colors they mixed, applying their knowledge of color
theory.
Freshman
Artist Featured in Albany Gallery
Attack
of the Clones!