Please congratulate two amazing young women and their work! Winners of Gold Seal Awards at State V.A.S.E.!

Gold Seal - Anastasiya!

Gold Seal - Anastasiya!

Gold Seal - Brooke!

I couldn't be more proud!  Anastasiya and Brooke left the State V.A.S.E. event with a total of three (count 'em - 3!) Gold Seal Awards from the State Visual Arts Scholastic Event on Saturday!  Out of 24,000 entries at the Regional level events across Texas, 1499 pieces were selected to be judged at the State level in Bryan, Texas.  From the 1499 pieces, 150 were selected to receive the prized Gold Seal award - and three of those went to Bowie Students!  Brooke received one for her fabulous shell sculpture and Anastasiya not only received two, one for her Grandfather piece and one for her piano keys, but she also received a 500.00 check from VASE for her incredible work!  Congratulations to these amazing young women!

Andy Goldsworthy - Roots

V.A.S.E. WINNERS!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO'S WORK HAS ADVANCED TO STATE V.A.S.E.!

Anastasiya Kulikova - Long Distance

Anastasiya Kulikova - Ebony and Ivory

Brooke Lewis - Anatomy of a Shell

Charlotte Schembri - Flying Crane

Anastasiya Kulikova, Long Distance

More images to come!  State V.A.S.E. is April 5-6th at Bryan High School .

I'm very proud of all the hard work and dedication - you are the best!

Tick Tock...

I've just finished taking a look at what you all have been doing (or not doing) again.  Please make sure to post what you are working on, your sketchbook that led up to what you are working on, and if you haven't already, organize or reorganize your work so it can be viewed as you final portfolio will be by the AP readers.  

Tick tock, baby.

...more beautiful work.

I ran across the work of Kenne Gregoire, a contemporary Dutch artist and couldn't help connect the detailed work to that of the art of Jan Van Eyck in the 15th century.  Art history is everywhere...

Keene Gregoire

Jan Van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434

Thinking visually outside the lines:

Horses by Cynthia Brants

More thoughts on your AP Portfolios and Scholastic...

I thought I'd post a few images I thought might be inspiring along a with a few words of encouragement.  I appreciate the images some of you have posted but am still, as usual, looking for everyone to post.  Please comment on each other's work as well - that really is the strongest connection you might have to get you thinking in a number of directions.

Please comment on EVERY site - send me a notification that you have done just that.  I will be tracking what you say with each of the pieces you comment on.