How Much Is That Painting in the Window?

Ink Vein

2012/2013

Trinity's Literary Journal

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Eric Hurtgen
speaking to the students

"Work with good people.
It makes your work better."
Eric Hurtgen

     Artist/Musician Eric Hurtgen shared his thoughts Thursday-the final speaker for the year. Eric said,

“Information creates calluses on our mind that can lead to cynicism.” 

To combat this thought, I believe educators are called not to provide students with answers, but rather challenge them with better questions.

Here are a few questions for my students:

     What are you trying to say? For what purpose?

     Is your work inviting (from which side does the

            door open) or, does it say, “Go away!” ?

     Does your piece show good use of material or

            is it wasteful?

     Is what you are trying to say valid?

     Is your work a statement or a conversation?

     Does your work allow room for the viewer to participate?

IN THE NEWS

Number 19
Jackson Pollock

Wednesday of this week, Number 19 by American artist Jackson Pollock sold for $58.4 million at Christie's auction house, a new record for Pollock. The painting had an estimated value of $25,000,000-$35,000,000.

New Student Work

Hand Forged Knives

(from railroad spikes)

Cuinn McDermott
Cuinn is a Blacksmith Apprentice

Marker
Rachel Levi

Serigraph

Darian Bolten

Marker
Nick Nunziata

Origami
Elizabeth Hemingway

Watercolor
Emma Carter





A brief film from Christie's-

Here are a few student films produced this week-

By Will Vogel-

Will Vogel's World Travels from Good Day on Vimeo.

By Sara Ofenloch-

By Joy Proctor and Sebastian Bienert-

The Path from Good Day on Vimeo.

And, a short film from Mr. Carter-

 

Ink, Vines and Ink Vein

Picasso's Studio


"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
Pablo Picasso


A quick overview of this week (I want to save more room for the amazing pieces produced):


Art History- Pablo Picasso
Sculpture Classes- Vine Constructions and two kiln firings
Printmaking Classes- Serigraph wrap-ups and Etchings


And now, the results-

Wheel Thrown Pot
Eric Smith

Hand Built Clay
by Morgan Stafford

Hand Built Clay
by John Grimes

Hand Built Clay with Gold Leaf
by Will Levings

Vine Sculpture
by Emma Davenport

Vine Sculpture
by Christopher Gallis

Vine Sculpture
by Justin Lemmon

Vine Sculpture
by Sam Long, David Rogers and Will Levings

Star of David
by Mechal Harward

Vine Sculpture
by Sam Long

Etching
by Ben House

Etching Series
By Andrew Williams

Etching
by Emma Carter

Etching
by Molley Tyler

Etching
by Rachel Levi

Hand-Colored Etching
by Rylee Breed

Etching
by Christina Culp

Etching Series
by Samuel Carter

Etching
by Jack Traynor

Izak's Vine Sword

Menelik's Crown

Serigraph
by Madeline Keller

Serigraph
by Paul Venturo


and, a couple more things...

The Priority Boxes Art Project

What would you do if you suddenly received a box via mail, labeled “FRAGILE: Contains Peace”? How would you use it? Would you give it to someone else? Would you sell it?  Would you just throw it away?

Such a box is exactly what painter Franck de Las Mercedes has been sending since May

of 2006 to anyone who asks him, anywhere in the world, for free. 

"The Priority Boxes" project is a public art series that seeks to provoke thought, to make people reconsider their ability to influence change, communicate through art and make art accessible to people from all walks of life.

Me and a box of Hope


If you'd like to request a box, click here.


The results are in!
Ink Vein, Trinity's Literary Magazine, was awarded
Excellent
by the National Council of Teachers of English.


click here 
to view the list of North Carolina recipients

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Ink Vein is still available.
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Announcing Ink Vein

"If we do not teach our children, and ourselves, that what we imagine, and how we design the world, can make a difference, the culture of cynicism will do that for us. If we do not take the initiative to love our neighbors by imagining better neighborhoods and cities, despair will take the imaginations of their children and turn them

into destructive forces."

Makoto Fujimura

Ink Vein

Trinity's Literary Journal

After weeks of preparation, Ink Vein- Trinity's Literary Journal, is available. This beautiful edition of student work is available through Blurb.com by clicking on the link at the top of the post (where you can see a preview as well).

The art room is a busy place these days, with students working in encaustic, serigraphy, pinhole photography, cyanotype prints, watercolor, graphite, digital photography, Photoshop, oil, acrylic, plastic, metal, wood... not a place for the faint of heart. My approach is a hybrid of classical atelier and Montessori methodology and now, after three quarters of a variety of media and art history lectures, students have the opportunity to explore materials that speak to them. The results are exciting. Megan Bennett and Aden Huffman have worked on our visual timeline, adding cave painting and the Egyptian age. Davis Martinec revived interest in the Cyanotype process, discovering a 'better paper' (thank you Davis!), Chris Shreve is working through a print concept, incorporating unsolved proofs in math (click here for the list), Greg Scott and Dillon Harward are taking photographs for a Blurb book, Spencer Phillips is painting in oil on canvas, Maddie Keller is painting an original watercolor of multi-colored Coca-Cola bottles (classic shape) while Alli Meyer is (ambitiously) producing a serigraphy (silkscreen) edition of Four Cans- a poster print of four different soft drink cans with each can in five to six colors (that is alot of 'pulls'). As I survey the room, Proverbs 14:4 comes to mind- "An empty stable stays clean, but no income comes from an empty stable." 

Timeline Additions

Megan Bennett and Aden Huffman

Cyanotype

Jacob Byrom

Cyanotype

Emma Carter

Backwards Logic

Cyanotype

Christopher Shreve

Digital Photograph

Dillon Harward

Icons

Serigraph

Kaela Frappier

Encaustic and Oil

Tori Barbee

Who Am I?

Mixed Media

Lee Blackwelder

Graphite

Austin Carpenter

For parents seeking creative venues for their children this Summer, I highly recommend Masterpiece Project.

My wife and I were blessed several years ago when we participated in a Timothy Botts calligraphy workshop. Mr. Botts is the Artistic Director for Masterpiece Ministries.