Congratulations to Geoff Grace, art teacher at Overlea High School. Geoff’s artwork is featured in “The Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Finalists: Artscape at the BMA” Exhibit. From 320 applicants, Geoff is one of seven finalists selected for this exhibit which will be on display through August 5.
Geoff Grace with Mayor Dixon at the Awards Ceremony, July 23, 2007
The Fall Professional Development Day is Wednesday, August 22, 2007.
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| Rebecca Hoffberger welcomes BCPS art teachers to the AVAM in August. |
All teachers will be meeting at the American Visionary Art Museum. The day will begin with an overview of our preK – 12 program and general business for all.
Elementary and middle school teachers will then view exemplary programs featuring sequential units of study. Feeder school groupings will be created to develop strategies for facilitating the sequential artistic development of all students as they transition between elementary and middle school.
High school teachers will meet to review the Advanced Placement results, view sample BCPS portfolios and discuss AP portfolio development strategies.
All teachers will able to tour the museum. Registration for transportation and lunch choices will be posted soon.
The
Visual Arts Department would like to thank Jim Smith,
Gloria Manges and all those who serve on the Board
of the Commission on Arts and Sciences for
continuing our Artist in Residency Grant during the
2006-07 school year. Our thanks also to Artist,
Duane Sabiston for his work with Dundalk High School,
Franklin High School, and New Town High School. The
students and teachers who benefit from this program
are grateful for this opportunity.
Congratulations
to our students whose artwork was selected to be
on display at the Maryland State Department of Education,
Baltimore Street Storefront: Todd W. from Parkville
Middle School and Emma C., Morgan S., Han Seung C.,
and Erin M. from Pine Grove Elementary School. Their
work will be on display through the summer.
Congratulations to our art students whose work was selected to be on display in the Youth Art Gallery at the BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport: Sydney S; Rogers Forge Elementary, Nhandi H; Timber Grove Elementary, and Kaitlyn K; Middlesex Elementary. The Youth Art Gallery is located next to the Observation Deck. The work will be on display through the summer.
“Cat Dreams” by Kaitlyn K., Middlesex Elementary
Congratulations to the art teachers and students of Perry Hall Middle School for their wonderful GT Art Exhibit.
Congratulation
to Parkville High’s National Art Honor Society!
Their work was chosen to be part of the Gwynn Falls
Trail “Art on the Trail” installation
art exhibit. The opening celebration and Family
Day is Saturday, June 2. The installation will
be on display until September 2. Thank you to the
Parkville High NAHS Sponsors, Anne Talman and Jim
Hesser, for all of their work with this project.
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The
exhibit “Portrait Photographs and Artist
Books” is on display at UMBC May 3 – June
1, 2007. It features work by students from
Parkville, Catonsville, and Lansdowne High Schools. The
exhibition is an outreach program organized by
the Center for Art, Design and Visual culture,
UMBC.
Congratulations
to the Parkville High School National Art Honor
Society for hosting a very successful “Chair-ity” May
3, 2007. Students, alumni, teachers and other
local artists created artful chairs to benefit
the PHS art scholarship fund.
Congratulations to our students whose work was selected to represent Baltimore County Public Schools at the Achievement Initiative for Maryland Minority Students Awards Event. This Excellence Awards Event was held on April 20, 2007 at Martins West and was sponsored by the Maryland State Department of Education and AIMMS. The artworks were on display with approximately 800 in attendance.
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Danielle J., Carver Center for the Arts and Technology
Antoniette H, Carver Center for the Arts and Technology
Andrea C, Carver Center for the Arts and Technology
Sahid W, Towson High School
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| Photo by Tim P, Towson High |
Congratulations to Tim P, a senior in Photography 5 AP at Towson High School for being named the Grand Prize winner of the Newton Marasco Foundation’s GreenFocus photography contest. This environment still photography contest is for high school students in the state of Maryland. The Newton Marasco Foundation and its partners, the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Department of the Environment have created the contest to use the art of photography to raise community awareness and foster the environmental education of our nation’s youth. Tim will be receiving his award at the Maryland Department of the Environment in Baltimore on April 20. Towson High School will also be receiving a donation from the Newton Marasco Foundation.
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Congratulations to Manya C. from Patapsco High and Center for the Arts, for winning Third Place for grades 9 – 12 in the MICCA (Maryland Instructional Computers Coordinators Association) Student Graphic Arts Contest. The artwork will be displayed at the MICCA Conference held at the Baltimore Convention Center April 24th – 26th.
Towson High School looked to the Art Department in order to make their mission statements come alive for their students. Students’ drawings, paintings, digital images and photographs were used to illustrate the mission statements that were written for the AFG process. Graphic Design students added the text to create large black and white posters which are now displayed throughout the school.
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Congratulations
to Allison H, a graduate of Franklin High School. Allison
is a Scholastic Art Award recipient 2006, and her
work is featured in School Arts magazine, April,
2007.
“If
you can, then you can teach, you can change the
world” a quote from Audrey Flack. Several
Baltimore County Art teachers attended the 2007
National Art Educators Association Conference in
New York City March 13-18. The conference
was an excellent opportunity for professional development. Two
of the keynote speakers were Daniel Pink, author “A
Whole New Mind” and Audrey Flack, painter/sculptor. We
were honored to have our teachers present some
of their outstanding practices and we were equally
proud to see Ann Summerson recognized nationally
as the National Junior Art Honor Society Sponsor
of the Year.
Congratulations
to the art students at Orems Elementary. Under
the direction of their visual art teacher, Grace
Hulse, they created beautiful mosaic murals for
their classroom. Third and fifth grade
students each created a garden element (flower,
critter, insect) from clay. After glazing
and firing they selected a spot for it on the wood
background. Broken ceramic tiles donated
from a tile store were used to fill in the background. Fifth
grade students came in after school to complete
the mural. The mural was attached to the wall behind
the art room sink and counter and grouted.
Congratulations
to the Towson High School National Art Honor Society
for hosting their Fourteenth Annual Edible Art
Exhibit. This exhibit has become a huge community
event with over one hundred entries and hundreds
of students, parents, and friends in attendance. After
the judging, all of the guests “EAT THE ART!”
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On Sunday, March 4, The Walters Art Museum in Partnership with Baltimore County Public Schools welcomed proud students, parents, teachers, and community guests to celebrate the creative talents of our young people. 122 students, Pre-K – grade 8, from all over Baltimore County were included in this exhibit. 700 people attended the event giving witness to the value that our community places on the arts as part of the well rounded education offered by Baltimore County Public Schools. |
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Congratulations to three seventh grade students from Perry Hall Middle School who received awards from the Lion’s Club at Oak Crest Retirement Village. The students created posters on the theme “Celebrate Peace” as part of a student service learning project in art class. The First Place winner is Samantha M. in Ms. Painter’s class and the Honorable Mention winners are Olivia K. and Marina N. in Mrs. Momenzadeh’s class. These students spoke about their posters and received awards at a reception in February. They will be featured in the community’s newspaper, the Oak Crest Village Voice.
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Congratulations to Andrew S. from Towson High School for being selected as the USA winner in the 2006/07 Unilever International Schools Art Project. Andrew’s photograph, “Stars Have Teeth” will represent the United States in an international exhibit to be shown at the Tate Modern in London. The nineteen students who had their work selected from thousands of entries from schools all over the world in countries as diverse as Pakistan, China, Russia, and the USA will now travel to London to see their work exhibited at a special reception. The exhibition is the culmination of the Unilever International Schools Art project (AISAP), an education project which invites schools and colleges around the world to create works of art using the annual Unilever Series commission as a source of inspiration. This year’s theme is Reality & Dreams and is based on the work of Carsten Holler whose artwork “Test Site” is on exhibit at the Tate Modern.
“Stars Have Teeth” by Andrew S., Towson High School
Congratulations to the art students at Overlea High for showcasing their artwork at the BCPS Administration Building during February. The artists and their families enjoyed a reception on February 20th. Special thanks to Overlea Visual Art teachers Nancy Fishel and Geoff Grace.
Some students attending the opening were Shayla c., Troy M., Chris E., Derrick L., Kourtney J., and Tara O.
Liberty Grayek recently had a workshop for Patapsco
High School and Center for the Arts faculty where
they made a bowls and donated them to the Empty
Bowls fundraiser, a charity dinner for low income
and homeless Baltimore residents. Congratulations
to all her participated.
The annual Baltimore County Student Art Exhibit
will be on display at the Walters Art Museum from
February 28- March 4. Join us on Sunday,
March 4 from 1-3 for a reception to celebrate the
accomplishments of these young artists.
Congratulations to Renee Whelehan, her students and their parents at Harford Hills Elementary for taking part in "Valentines for Vets" a program where, the children and their parents are invited to create a beautifully decorated valentine with a heartfelt message to an injured veteran.
"To my wonderful soldier, my name is Eden and I am a nine year old girl. I love spiders and I love to run and take a long nap- and I can!! Because of you. One day, I will grow up and when I do, I want to be a world traveler, and a poem writer, and an animal saver and a zoo keeper, and a dancer, and a singer, and other things I haven't even thought of yet. And I can!! Because of you. Thank you for my freedom. Love Eden"
All of the valentines and donated to the long term VA rehabilitation center on Loch Raven Blvd.
Congratulations to the following students whose work is on display at The Maryland State Department of Education- The Nancy Grasmick building. The work will be on display until the first week in April.
| Catonsville High | Justin L. |
| Catonsville High | Tim St. |
| Cockeysville Middle | Fan W. |
| Dulaney High | Bingjie L. |
| Dulaney High | Sooyeon K. |
| Dundalk Middle | Tony B. |
| Franklin High | Roman Z. |
| General John Stricker Middle | Danielle F. |
| General John Stricker Middle | Heather L. |
| Halethorpe Elementary | Joanna S. |
| Jacksonville Elementary | Conor T. |
| Lansdowne Middle | Sarah G. |
| Middlesex Elementary | Kaitlyn K. |
| Middlesex Elementary | Nick C. |
| Parkville High | Larissa G. |
| Parkville High | Zach J. |
| Parkville Middle | Dhruti P. |
| Parkville Middle | Todd W. |
| Pine Grove Middle | Molly F. |
| Ridgely Middle | Sungwon K. |
| Riverview Elementary | Samantha S. |
| Rodgers Forge Elementary | Katie N. |
| Rodgers Forge Elementary | Margit M. |
| Sudbrook Magnet Middle | Ariana V. |
| Towson High | Hollis M. |
Congratulations
to Ann Summerson, art teacher at Dumbarton Middle
School, for being named the National Junior Art Honor
Society Sponsor of the Year, 2007. Ms. Summerson
will receive her award at the National Art Education
Association Conference in New York, on March 15,
2007. The Dumbarton Middle School NJAHS is
a very talented group of art students who have created
numerous service projects in the school and community
with Ms. Summerson’s support and guidance. We
are very proud of her and her National Junior Art
Honor Society members.
The Office of Visual Arts is proud to announce 100% participation in this year’s Underground Exhibit. Artistic Visions- Celebrating March as Youth Art Month in the tunnel area connecting the State House to other legislative offices in Annapolis, MD. The exhibit features artwork by over 600 elementary, middle and high students from public and AIMS schools in the state of Maryland. The artwork will be on display throughout the 2007 legislative session from January 10 through April 9, 2007 and can be viewed during normal business hours. The display celebrates excellence in art education and thanks our legislature for its continued support of art education. (The legislators travel through the tunnels each day when in session.)
Student artists, their family and friends can visit the exhibit during State House business hours. The hours for the State Buildings are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday through Friday. The Legislative Services Bldg., 90 State Circle, (use the security entrance by Lawyers Mall take the elevator to floor B, turn right and follow signs to the tunnel ) has access to the tunnels until 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday during session. No visitors are allowed during weekends due to security risks. All visitors will be asked to go through a security checkpoint; adults will need a photo identification.
Sample works:
Brianna A.
Rodgers Forge Elementary
Grade 5
Marina N.
Perry Hall Middle School
Grade 7
Alex K.
Carver Center for Arts and Technology
Grade 10
This art work will be displayed on the Freedom Wall
Congratulations to LoriBeth Petruzzi and her students at Sandy Plains Elementary for making community connections with displays at the Wise Avenue 7-11 and the Unilever plant.
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Parkville Middle and Towson High Celebrate 2007 with calendars filled with student art.
Towson High students can be proud to see their
work in full color adorning a 2007 calendar. As
you page through the calendar you can celebrate
the incredible talents of the Towson students and
wonderful accomplishments of the department.
The Parkville Middle calendar was created as a landscape project where students explored the works of Wolf Kahn, Richard Diebenkorn, and April Gornick before using digital photography manipulated in Adobe Photoshop to influence and plan their final charcoal drawings. These wonderful works can be seen throughout the calendar.
Congratulations to the following students whose art work was published in the end of year budget report.
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Tasha Y. Perry Hall High |
Andrew Y. Patapsco High
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Pilar D. Towson High |
Justin L. Catonsville
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Evgeniya
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This year marks “A Century of Creativity” in Baltimore County Public Schools. 100 years of art- WOW! We will celebrate this great occasion on Sunday, May 20th at Martins West from 1 – 5, A Gala/ Bullroast with all the expected food and fun with the addition of an art auction. Call or email Debra Balcer for more information dbalcer@bcps.org 410-887-4030
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| 100 logo by Daniel S. - Towson High |
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| Postcard design- Maura C. - Sudbrook Middle |
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| Elementary Honorable Mention: Sara A. and Hannah P. – Sparks Elementary |
The
fourth graders of Harford Hills Elementary held their
sixth annual silent auction during American Education
Week. Each student created a mixed media horse
with their own “Gallopalooza” theme such
as the “Italian Stallion”, “The
Colts”, “Black Beauty”, or “Maryland
My Maryland”. The student artists raised
$350.40 which they decided to donate to the “Kids
Helping Hopkins” program. Congratulations
to all the artists that took part and thanks to Renee
Wheelehan for creating such a positive experience
for her kids!
Congratulations to our ARTS winners!! BCPS has seven finalists (of the 30 total) and numerous Honorable Mentions and Awards of Merit and in the Visual Art, Photography, and Film & Video categories. The Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS) is the award program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. It is a national competition that provides recognition and awards to young artists in the performing, literary, and visual arts.
Visual Arts Finalists: 
Maura D., Carver Center
Vera F., Carver Center
Scott G., Carver Center
Justin S., Carver Center
Photography Finalists:
Taylor D., Towson High
Paige M., Franklin High
Film & Video Finalists:
Colin L., Carver Center
Visual Arts Honorable Mention (top 5% of all
national applicants):
Garrett A., Towson High
Justin B., Carver Center
Jason K., Carver Center
Anath S., Carver Center
Suhyeun Y., Perry Hall High
Photography Honorable mention (top 5% of all
national applicants):
Andrea C., Carver Center
Ashtin D., Patapsco High & CFA
Eric E., Patapsco High & CFA
Alex W., Franklin High
Visual Arts Merit Winners (top 10%):
Carly A., Towson High
Elizabeth B., Carver Center
Anne C., Carver Center
Danielle J., Carver Center
Rachel K., Towson High
Kari O., Patapsco High & CFA
Nicholas P., Carver Center
Sally S., Carver Center
Caroline T., Towson High
Photography Merit winners (top 10%):
Garrett A., Towson High
Isabelle D., Towson High
For more information about ARTS, go to http://www.artsawards.org
Photograph by Taylor D., Towson High, ARTS finalist
Congratulations
to art teachers Windy Spiridagliozzi, Jen McBrien,
Angie Dunn, Joel Thornton, Joanne Hicks-Bare, Martha
Jacobs, Nancy Fishel, Corinna McShane, Denise Matuke-Kroupa,
Annie Yuill, Liberty Grayek, Joanna Perlin, James
Bullough, Diana Robinson, and Anne Talman. Their
work will be featured in an exhibit of observational
drawings and paintings, “Here’s Looking
At You, Kid,” at Cazbar. Opening reception
is 7 – 9 pm, December 14, 2006.
Art students at Oliver Beach Elementary, Hereford Hills Elementary, and Deep Creek Elementary participated in the “Maryland In Miniature” project by creating ornaments depicting Maryland themes for the State House holiday trees. The trees will be on display during the month of December. Maryland’s First Lady Kendel S. Ehrlich will host a reception for students, families, and teachers on Sunday, December 10, 2006.
The
PTA Council of Baltimore County is saving you a
seat. Painted chairs created by BCPS art
students were featured at the annual Fall Reception
and Workshops on October 26, 2006 at New Town High
School.
On
October 24th, our County Executive, Jim Smith,
hosted a reception for artists whose works are
on display in his office. This current exhibit
will be on display until November. A new
exhibit featuring student artwork from around the
county, will be installed in November to be displayed
for four months. We appreciate this opportunity
to showcase our students’ artistic achievements.
This
year’s Maryland Art Education Association
Conference was held at Towson University on Friday,
October 20. Baltimore County was well represented
by teachers presenting workshops, exhibiting and
of course by State and County WINNERS!!!!
We were proud to have Linda McConaughy honored
as the State Middle School Art Teacher of the
Year and Denise Webster recognized as State High
School Art Teacher of the Year. On the
local level, Colleen Dulaj was honored as Elementary
Career Teacher; Jackie Morgan, Middle School
Career Teacher; Joanne Hicks Bare, High School
Career Teacher; Jaclyn Cross, Elementary New
Teacher; August DiMucci, Middle School New Teacher;
Matt Voelker, High School New Teacher; and Tom
Williamson, Retired Teacher.
Also honored were students whose work was on display including: Katie B., Bear Creek Elementary; Lyra M., Cockeysville Middle; Melinda C., Dumbarton Middle; Markella C., Fullerton Elementary; Zachary S., Joppa View Elementary; Jasmine M., Lansdowne Middle; Samantha N., Loch Raven Academy; Megan W., Loch Raven High; Jeannie P., Overlea High; Angela H., Owings Mills High; Melinda C., Owings Mills High; Heather L., Parkville Middle; Alex B., Perry Hall Middle; Abby H., Perry Hall Middle; Thao N., Pine Grove Middle; Kayla J., Pine Grove Middle; Temera L., Pleasant Plains Elementary; Britnie W., Randallstown High; Bria H., Ridgley Middle; Michelle R., Timber Grove Elementary; Vy L., Timber Grove Elementary; Matt S., Towson High; Joshua D., White Oak School. Pictured are the students who attended the awards ceremony.
Congratulations to the following students whose
work is on display in the Treasury Building in
Annapolis. The work will be on display through
April.
Josh M. Franklin Middle Grade 7 Teacher - Lois
Burger
Matt T. Overlea High Grade 12 Teacher - Nancy Fishel
Tasha Y. Perry Hall High Grade 12 Teacher - Corinna
McShane
Jamel
C. Randallstown High Grade 12 Teacher - Ben Dursa
(work pictured)
Abbey M. Rodgers Forge Elementary Grade 2 Teacher
- Kay Dilisio
Sarah C. Rodgers Forge Elementary Grade 3 Teacher
- Kay Dilisio
Zach B. Towson High Grade 12 Teacher - Kate Morrill
Our hats are off to the teachers and students from Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts for creating the wonderful window displays for the Maryland State Department of Education. You can see the displays in the windows of the Nancy Grasmick building 200 West Baltimore Street.
Art
Departments across the county celebrated International
Day of Peace by taking part in “Pinwheels
for Peace”.
Congratulations to our BCPS art teachers who were selected to make presentations/workshops at the Maryland Art Education Association Conference: Melinda Glackin, Middle River Middle; Caryn Martin, Towson High; Riselle Abrams, Timber Grove Elementary; Ann Summerson, Dumbarton Middle; Matt Voelker, Loch Raven High; and Craig Llewellyn, Lansdowne High. The conference will be held at the Towson University, Center for the Arts on October 20, 2006.
Congratulations to our art students who have been recognized as Maryland Distinguished Scholars in the Arts:
Danielle J, Carver CFA, Finalist;
Maura D, Carver CFA, Finalist;
Jake B, Carver CFA, Finalist;
Garrett A, Towson High, Finalist;
Kari O, Patapsco High & CFA, Finalist;
April S, Patapsco High & CFA, Finalist;
Vera F, Carver CFA, Honorable Mention;
Justin S, Carver CFA, Honorable Mention
Dan H, Parkville High, Honorable Mention
Nelson C, Hereford High, Honorable Mention.
Artwork by:
Kari O and April S
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