7th Grade visting Artist

Our seventh grade classes had the pleasure of hosting Mrs. Ruth Vaughan this week! Mrs. Vaughan taught them about the history of paper and its origins, which included a nasty death threat, a stinging insect and how an ancient technique has helped our FBI stop high-tech counterfeiting crime. Students were then able to create their own paper and contribute to a large scale paper pulp painting of Canandaigua lake. Thank you to the PTSA and Monroe #1 BOCES for helping us to secure the funding for this exciting and influential collaboration.

Here are some photos of our time with Mrs. Vaughan.

The beginnings of our large scale project.

A detail shot of the paper pulp.

Making progress.

Almost done!

Here are some photographs on the kids in action while working on creating their own paper…

Choosing their colors…

Waiting to use the blenders to make their paper pulp…

Blending their paper pulp...

Pouring their paper pulp into their deckle boxes...

Draining their deckle boxes...

Removing the water from their paper...

The paper loft after a hard days work!!!

Art Club

Our second meeting is Wednesday, October 15th at 2:30pm in room E20. We will be working on the Halloween decorations for the music department concert. Even if you didn't sign up, you are welcome to come and help create some spook-tacular artwork! See you then, new members are always welcome to join us. Our next meeting will be Wednesday 11/19.

Art Club

(Not a portrait of Mrs. W.)

Attention artists of all grade levels! I'd like to invite you to our first Art Club meeting of the new year. Please join me on Wednesday, September 24 at 2:30 in room E20. We will be planning all of the activities you would like to do this year. In the future we will plan on meeting on the third Wednesday of every month. If you'd like to join, but can't make it to the first meeting stop by E20 and let me know!

Welcome Midknights

My Husband and me volunteering at Ironman Lake Placid

Welcome to Mrs. Warchol's Art Blog, I am so excited to have YOU in my class this year! I hope you had an amazing summer and are rested and excited to be coming back to school. I had a very busy summer as my husband and I bought our first house. It has been exciting, but it has been a lot of work! 

This is my sixth year in Pittsford and my fourth year at CRMS. This year I will be taking on the role of department leader and art club advisor. Please continue to refer back to the blog for class updates, student artwork and art club announcements.

I have been involved in the arts since high school and fell in love with it, specifically photography, immediately! I went to The University at Buffalo and got my Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in photography. I worked as a photographer right out of college and still own my own photography business. After a while I  decided to go back to school to get my Masters Degree and teaching certificate from Nazareth College. You can often find me at the Memorial Art Gallery or the George Eastman House. I love art so much I married a graphic designer! Below you will find some examples of my own artwork. 

Happy Summer

I cannot believe how quickly this school year progressed and how much each of you grew during your time in my classroom. Whether it was tackling a new medium or trying a new technique, you each did a fabulous job rising to the high expectations I set for you, not that I am surprised.

For my 8th graders who are moving on to high school, I wish you the best of luck and hope you come back to visit once in a while. For my 6th and 7th graders you will be in great hands regardless of who your art teacher will be next year!

As some of you know I have taken a position at CRMS that will allow me to put roots down in one building and even take on some leadership opportunities. I am looking forward to next year and the new challenges that it will provide.

For now I look forward to traveling, working part-time, professional development and tackling all sorts of projects at our new house. I hope you all have a wonderful and restful summer!

BRMS-Art Club

Attention art club members, we will be meeting on Monday, May 12 at 2:30 in room 216. See you then! I am planning to have one more meeting in June, we will set the date when we are together on Monday.

CRMS- Report Cards

Just a friendly reminder to my CRMS students. We do not assign grades for art for the 10 week marking period. Since we only see you every other day, we consider this our 5 week point. At this point you have been able to finish one, maybe two projects and we do not feel that those grades always represent an accurate measure of how you are progressing in art. If you are ever curious about your progress, feel free to check out Infinite Campus because it is always up to date, or just ask me! 

BRMS- Artwork on Display

BRMS has the pleasure of exhibiting our students artwork during the month of April! Work is on display at the Pittsford Public Library and in the PSCD Board Room in the East Wing of BRMS. Below is a list of my students who have work on display, congrats everyone!

6th Grade:
CJ
Cheyenne
Hugh
Khennady
Kyle
Nate

7th Grade:
Lisa
Gabby
Bianka
Camille
Uno
Alex
Izzy

8th Grade- Sculptures (Board Room Only)
Kestrel
Abby
Matt
Annie
Hannah

BRMS- Art Club

Our next art club meeting will be on Tuesday, March 18th at 2:30! We will be creating sculptures for the first time this year.

Since this project is time consuming and has many steps we will also meet on Tuesday, April 1st to complete these sculptures. Hope you can make it!

Barker- Scholastic Art Award Winners

I am so excited and proud to share that the following students have received Scholastic Art Awards...

Hannah Goldberg

Silver Key Award

Jillian Bleier

Honorable Mention

Gabriella Commisso

Honorable Mention

Betta Whitbeck

Honorable Mention

Welcome Second Semester Students!

Welcome to Mrs. Warchol's Art Blog!! If you've had me before or are a member of Art Club you may have noticed my name change, I got married on 9/1/13!!! I am so excited to have YOU in my class this year. This is my fifth year in Pittsford and my third year traveling between Barker & Calkins. Please continue to refer back to the blog for class updates, assignments and student artwork. Below you will find some examples of my own personal artwork. 

CRMS- Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition

Mrs. Warchol's current and spring semester 2013, seventh grade students will have the privilege of exhibiting their collaboration grid drawings at the Rochester-Finger Lakes Middle & High School Exhibition. Below are the two submissions.

Fall 2013

Spring 2013

The exhibition, held at the Bevier Gallery on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology, will be open from January 31st - February 24th, 2014. The opening reception and awards ceremony will be  held on January 31st from 5-7pm.

BRMS- Art Club

Art club will hold its next meeting on Thursday 1/23 at 2:30 in room 216. If you want to work on your flip book feel free to bring it with you. Otherwise, I will give you a clue about our new project...