educate /ed.jʊ.keɪt/

to teach someone, from the Latin educare- to lead

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Teaching High School students is much like plowing steel.

I am part of a group called to lead those who, for the most part, do not wish to be led- rebels without cause- unaware of potential or possibility, and yet, rich with both. My task is to help them see.

So, this week is Red. At least, for the painting students. Last week- Yellow, the week before- Blue. Students are reckoning differences between hue and value with portraiture, still-life and landscape painting, all in the 'color of the week'.  

The 'guy' table, working with red

Last Friday, the drawing classes finished self-portraits. Here is a sample:

The printmaking class finished their first engraving:

Last week also ushered in our Art History Lecture Series. The schedule is:

Giotto- Sept. 23

Masaccio- Sept. 30

Leonardo da Vinci- Oct. 7

Michelangelo- Oct. 14

Raphael- Oct. 21

Titian- Nov. 4

Van Eyck- Nov. 11

Durer- Nov. 18

Caravaggio- Dec.2

Rembrandt- Dec. 9

Vermeer- Dec. 16

18^th Century England- Jan. 7

Early America- Jan. 14

Classicism- Jan. 28

Realism- Feb. 3

Turner- Feb. 10

Impressionism- Feb. 17

Post-Impressionism- Feb. 24

Picasso- Mar. 3

Modern Art- Mar. 10

Pollock- Mar. 17

Op, Pop, Minimal- Mar. 24

Contemporary- Mar. 31

Contemporary- Apr. 7

(Parents are invited to attend)

Upcoming Fieldtrip

On October 22 we will visit The Mint Museum.