I’m happy to announce that the “Art Star” award for November

goes to Sean D. (Rm. 104). Please assist me in congratulating

Sean for all the hard work, creativity, and independence that he

has shown over the past month. Great Job!!

And the “Art Star” of the

Month is...

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C E N T E R F O R

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The Andersonian

Art News from Around the School and

Around the World…

D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1

V O L U M E 3 ~ I S S U E 2 2

In the July edition of the Andersonian it was reported that the annual “Young and Emerging

Artists” art show put on by the Dutchess Day School (Millbrook, NY) was no longer going to

be held. The director of the show, Allison M. stated that the production of the show and the

responsibility of managing her art program had become too much. Well, this week I received an

e-mail stating that this show (due to popular demand) will be held again next year.

The 2012 art show will be held at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum (Hyde Park,

NY) on Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th. Hope to see you there!

Annual Art Show Back On

Pictures from the 2011 “Young and Emerging Artists” art show.

Sean’s “Fall Mobile” can be seen at right. Additional examples of

the completed “Mobiles” can be seen on page 2 of this issue of

the Andersonian and on display in the Art Room (Rm. 416).

P A G E 2

The Andersonian

H A V E I N F O

T O S H A R E ?

I F Y O U H A V E A N Y A R T

N E W S T H A T Y O U W A N T

T O A D D T O N E X T

M O N T H ’ S A N D E R S O N -

I A N P L E A S E L E T M E

K N O W ( X 1 5 6 9 ) . ~

N A T H A N ( R M . 4 1 6 ) .

I wanted to send a “Thank You” out to the mother of

Margaret A. (Rm. 125) for the card and nice note she

sent to the Art Department in November. It was great

to hear her kind words about the ACA’s Art Program.

Thank You!!

Margaret’s completed “Fall Mobile” can be seen above.

As I right this the last classes are in the process of completing

their “Fall Mobiles” (Seen below and on the front page of this

edition). All though they took awhile to finish, I think they all

turned out great!

The “Mobiles” were created through a decoupage technique

using water/glue (2:1) and paper towels over tagboard. This

was later cut into “leaf” shapes (templates) and painted with

Fall colors. Yarn was cut , beaded and tied to a painted card-

board ring and the decoupaged leaves.

“Fall Mobiles”

Margaret A. (Rm. 125)

October’s “Art Star”

“Fall Mobile” with her “Abstract

Design” drawing seen behind.

Materials:

Tempera Paint, Masking Tape, Paper Towels, Tagboard, Glue,

Newspaper, Yarn, Beads, Markers, and Cardboard.

Techniques/Concepts:

Beading, Decoupage, Tracing, Cutting and Painting.

Miguel R’s (Rm. 118)

“Fall Mobile” on display in the Art

Room (416)

P A G E 3

The Andersonian

H A V E I N F O

T O S H A R E ?

I F Y O U H A V E A N Y A R T

N E W S T H A T Y O U W A N T

T O A D D T O N E X T

M O N T H ’ S A N D E R S O N -

I A N P L E A S E L E T M E

K N O W ( X 1 5 6 9 ) . ~

N A T H A N ( R M . 4 1 6 ) .

Village Center Art In the last edition of the Andersonian, it was re-

ported that the Art Department was in the

process of selecting, matting and framing student

artwork for display in the new Village Center. I

am happy to report, that over the last weeks the

process has continued and is nearing completion.

Below is a list of art and artists that has been cho-

sen to adorn the Village Center walls since the

last edition of the Andersonian.

Frank A. (Rm. 120) “Collie”

Douglas O. (Rm. 117) “Akita”

Aamil B. (Rm. 313) “Winter Cardinals”

Jonathan B. (Rm. 307) “Spooky Tree”

Michael R. (Rm. 119) “Spooky Landscape”

Katherine M. (Rm.117) “Winter Tree” (at right)

Over the last few weeks Classroom 310 has been creating 3-D “Ice Skating Dioramas”

using many of the art techniques and materials that they have learned about over the last year,

including masking, decoupage, collage, painting, coloring, cutting and gluing.

Through the next couple of months the rest of the classrooms will be creating their own dio-

ramas. Be on the look out for them!

Ice Skating Dioramas

Daniel L. (Rm. 310) Ocean P. (Rm. 310)

P A G E 4

“Winter Trees”

H A V E I N F O

T O S H A R E ?

I F Y O U H A V E A N Y A R T

N E W S T H A T Y O U W A N T

T O A D D T O N E X T

M O N T H ’ S A N D E R S O N -

I A N P L E A S E L E T M E

K N O W ( X 1 5 6 9 ) . ~

N A T H A N ( R M . 4 1 6 ) .

Students have also been hard at work creating “Winter

Trees” paintings/collages (seen below and on page 3).

The creation of these “Winter Trees” allowed students to

practice and reinforce most of the painting techniques that

they have learned over the past few months, including

shaped masking (clouds), crayon resist (tree “bark”), and

stenciling (trees).

These “Trees” are intended to be used as future Notewor-

thy card designs.

Materials: Tempera Paint (White, Blue, Silver Glitter), Masking Tape, Crayons, Drawing Paper,

Construction Paper (Brown), Glue, Tagboard, Newspaper, and Glitter (Silver).

Techniques/Concepts: Crayon Resist, Masking, Stenciling, Collage, Coloring,, Painting Tech-

niques (“Dabbing”).

Artist Birthdays for December December 2 — Georges Seurat (1859)

December 3 — Gilbert Stuart (1755)

December 4 — Wassily Kandinsky (1866)

December 12 — Edvard Munch (1863)

December 28 — Stan Lee (1922)

Above: Jesse B. (Rm. 309) put-

ting final touches on his “Winter

Trees.”

Above: Alissa S. (Rm. 310) starting

one of the three variations of “Winter

Trees.”

Tyler W.

(Rm. 113)

David P.

(Rm. 309)

Have a Happy Holiday!!