December student work

Students at the high school recently completed some drawings using value to create "mood". Many of those are published on the Artsonia.com website, under Bigfork High School. Here are some samples from that series by (from top) Olivia, Bayne and Abi (below).

Current projects include hallway perspective drawings and one and two point interior/exterior drawings.

Ceramics class is in the process of their first cone 6 firing, and can't wait to see the results of a mid-range fire. Their teapots have been extremely well crafted and should make a great "tea party" when complete.

Photography students are working on self portraits and some pop-up cards, after having worked hard on a photo essay and photographer research online. Some of the students sent entries to an online contest for wildlife photography as well, while others photo-share on flickr or photobucket. Watch for more in this blog!

Hockaday Museum of Art visited!

7th and 8th Graders carving pumpkins:

"Color, is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul." ~Wassily Kandinsky

Kindergartners were painting Rainbows!

~Watercolor paint

Student Honored

Bigfork High School has another talented artist honored by the Governor and the State of Montana! Halisia Hubbard, a sophomore, submitted a piece of artwork to the Signatures from Big Sky magazine and her piece was selected to be displayed in the capitol rotunda during the month of October. We are very proud of Halisia and appreciate the support of the Montana Arts Council in this selection. Her work and others who were chosen can be seen online at www.art.mt.gov soon.

High School News!

The High School art department is busy this year updating our online gallery at artsonia.com, and contributing new entries to this blog.

General Art started the year studying line, and infused color, shape and space to make a three part contour drawing. Stay tuned for pictures as soon as we finish.

Ceramics has begun to fire pieces and plan to work with local artist Treg Miller on the East Side Brick project. We'll be placing ceramic architectural tiles in the basement to enhance the walls and future coffee shop.

Photography class can be spotted around at events and in the school community shooting leading line photos and using homemade pinhole cameras. We're working hard to become familiar with different technology on the camera and computer.

Photo by Jesse Venteicher 2009

k-8 Native American Artwork October 2009

First and second Grade N. A. Tepees, Watercolor and Tempera

Kindergarten N.A. Hands, Oil Pastel

Junior High Native American portrait, Pen and Ink

Junior High N.A. portrait, Pen and Ink

Junior High Native American portrait Pen and Ink

Kindergarten Native American Buffalo, Oil Pastel

1st grade Teepees, Oil pastel, and tempera

4th grade totem animal design

2nd grade Tepees, Watercolor, Tempera, and Oil Pastel

2nd grade N.A. bear, Oil Pastel

For k-6, we have been focusing on Native American and Western art. Pictures will be posted soon. 7th and 8th grade has been working on Grids and Portraiture with the india ink as the medium focus.

Local Color

A display of "color" coming soon from Bigfork Elementary and Highschool Art Department