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UPDATE 9/20/2020 Please read the post below for the full story, and see the updates at the bottom! Congrats again to Mariska!  Last year, our school was lucky enough to have a winner in the annual Meemic Masterpiece Art Contest - current Sophomore Austin B! You can read about his win last year HERE. I was thrilled for him and his winnings, but also for our representation as a school, being the only winner in the Upper Peninsula. Last week, I was once again THRILLED to receive an email that we have a winner again this year! Out of 2400 applicants the Meemic Foundation judges chose 50 winners and MARISKA LAURILA was one of them as a 7th grader! As a winner, Mariska receives: 1. Amazon Fire Tablet 7 2. Sphero Bolt – the app-enabled robotic ball 3. A personalized Certificate of Appreciation 4. Artwork will be professionally framed and put on permanent display at Meemic’s headquarters located in Auburn Hills, Michigan. 5. Artwork will also be featured in a virtual art gallery that will be held this summer (date to be announced soon). 6. Artwork will also be featured on our website – MeemicFoundation.org! In addition to that North Central wins a $300 supply grant to be used at Office Depot for supplies for the art room!  Curious about what the actual winning piece is? Here is Mariska's artist statement from her digital portfolio, followed by the piece itself. For this project we had to choose a topic between a robot, futuristic house, and futuristic school. I chose a futuristic house. The materials I used for this piece were sharpie, pencil, watercolor pens, markers, and pen. To make this piece I first sketched out what I was going to do. I then used sharpie and pen to outline the sketch. Next I colored the picture in using watercolor and marker. Finally I added some final touches regarding the glass part of the house. Overall I think I did exceptionally well.  
The video below gives a little glimpse into last year's contest winners and the reception to follow. Congratulations again to Mariska and I'll post updates as they come along! UPDATE - 9/20/20 This summer Mariska received her prizes, and I used the $300 supplies grant to prepare for the start of the school year! Way to go Mariska and thank you MEEMIC!   All winners from the annual contest can be found HERE.
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 The Tree of Life - Gustav Klimt Students in Art 8 recently completed a TREE OF LIFE project to learn about the Principle of Art: UNITY AND VARIETY. Klimt's work is a great example of this principle, and each student created their own interpretation of the piece using sharpie, oil pastel or crayon and watercolor paint. Click on the images below to enlarge.   6th grade artists completed this mixed media project as an overview of the 6 Elements of Art: Line, Color, Shape/Form, Space, Value and Texture.  Click on the completed projects below to enlarge.  7th Grade artists completed these winter landscapes inspired by Jen Aranyi. Click to enlarge, and enjoy! Jen's original work can be seen below and at the start of this post.
 This project is a standard for my Art 7 class every year. Below you can click to enlarge the results of the 1-Point Perspective Rooms from my 5th hour Art 7 class! Click on the images below to enlarge the Art 7's Magazine Zentangles in progress... final results to come soon!   Congrats to the Outstanding Artists for the 2018-2019 School Year: 6th Grade: Haylee G 7th Grade: Anthony J. & Chloe B. (I just couldn't decide!) 8th Grade: Kallie K. 9th Grade: Destiny C. Outstanding Graduating Artists can be found HERE.  Art 7 and Art 8 classes worked together to create a collaborative piece to fill the display case for the summer and into this fall. The 8th grade class used zentangle techniques to fill the letters, while 7th grade students filled the background with warm colored designs.  Click the images below to enlarge. 
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