Happy February! Here is a peek into some Middle School art installations around campus. Also, don’t forget to mark your calendar and plan to visit the Howe Library in Hanover to view Crossroads Academy K–8 student artwork being displayed during the months of March and April in the children and teen section of the library. Please call ahead to confirm which grade-level is up when you visit. This year the art is being split among March and April.
Grade 6
CLAY RELIEF GREEK COINS: Sixth graders designed ancient Greek coins using clay in the art room. Students selected a Greek god or goddess and demonstrated their knowledge of relief, texture, and engraving techniques on their coins. One side of the coin represents their god or goddess and the other represents a symbol of their power.
Grade 7
CHUCK CLOSE INSPIRED SELF-PORTRAITS: After learning about artist Chuck Close who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others, students were tasked to recreate a self-portrait in the Close style. Drawing from a grid technique students created these eye popping renditions.
Grade 8
POP ART SELF-PORTRAITS: Andy Warhol was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, advertising, and celebrity culture that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silk-screening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych. Students created inspired self-portraits using a “reverse glass” technique. Selecting an analogous color set for their facial features and an opposite warm or cool textured painted background to contrast and highlight their face.
