2006-07
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.
Congratulations to the art students at Parkville
Middle School:
As a connection to the study of Africa in 7th
grade World Cultures, art students explored Adinkra
cloth and the symbols found in Adinkra designs. Students
designed symbols of their own that expressed
messages of hope and care to local victims
of fires, floods, and other natural disasters. They
used block printing techniques and silk screening
ink to print the symbols on fabric. The fabric
pieces were combined to make quilts that were donated
to Red Cross Disaster Relief Services.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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 |
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Andrew Y. Patapsco High
School and Center for the Arts |
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Pilar D. Towson High |
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Justin L. Catonsville High |
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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
