The other Art II winners

These are the winners for the catagory of independant work in Art II
By A Garver

By E Cotter

By L Lagrange

Here are the Art 2, art show finalists

Here are the art 2 student art finalist, not in any particular order.
In the catagory of Photography assignments:
By Cotter

By Verciglio

By Cotter

In the catagory Independant:
Coming soon!

Here are the Art 1, art show finalists

Our Judges: James Alexander (ceramics and sculpture professor at UAB) and Pamela Venz (Photography professor at Birmingham Southern) have made their picks from the fine work produced this semester. I will present the work in no particular order so first, second and third place will be a surprise for the opening night. Congratulations to all, the judges were impressed and named many more honerable mentions and meret awards.
Portrait Photos:
By White

By Stantis

By Ferguson


Self-Portraits
By McMickle

By Columbus

By Flanagan


Pinhole Photographs
By Columbus

By Flanagan

By Brinkerhoff


Pinhole Collages
By Quinn

By Bates

By Feltham


Internet Collages
By Zeanah

By Feltham

By Bates

Looking for Art

There is a new website for the SPHS community.
It is located at sphswired.com. Check it out! They are looking for art submissions and I know plenty of my students have work worthy of showing off.

Winter Art Show

Mark your calendars, December 5th is the student art show and sale. This annual event showcases the best student art from the first semester as well as the art of many local professionals. The event is from 6 to 8 in the lobby and library of the school. Be sure to bring cash to make purchases. Student artists receive 80% of the sales. This years invitation features the digital collage of arts C Selman a sophmore and digital imaging student.

Next assignments

I am new to this medium but I want to try it out and see where it leads me. The school year is about a third complete and my classes seem to be progressing along very well. Our next assignment will be to re-touch old photographs. While this is a bit dull it does offers some real-world applications for using Photoshop. Hopefully my students will not find it too boring. We will also be working on a studio project called "Make object special". In this assignment the students will bring mundane objects to the studio to photograph on their assigned day. The objects should be photographed in such a way as to reveal something interesting about what would otherwise be just another mundane object. Check out last years examples on the Spain Park Art Gallery (see link on the side).

My favorite is the roll of paper by S Young. What is yours?
What are some ideas you can share for this assignment?