Photoshop Band Concert Poster Seniors at Albany High School

I designed this Photoshop concert poster project for Seniors at Albany High for my digital art class. While learning how to use Photoshop students practice applying principals of design to explore what makes a composition convey a message by layering images with text. 

Gabriella Charter School Student Made Backdrops & Decorations for Fall Dance Party Fundraiser

 6th grade chalk pastel and collage backdrop for fall dance party fundraiser.

 Fall leaves streamers made by 1st and 2nd graders.

7th grade Japanese Fall Leaves backdrop, water color and tempera paint

Close up of Japanese Fall Leaves backdrop.

 3rd-8th grade Paper Bouquets Branches for center pieces.

 Kindergarten Paper Lantern Bags for LED Candles made with makers, crayons, and sequins.

Illustrator Graphic Design Library Sign Project

This project was created by our schools librarian, she wanted more students to use the non-fiction section of the library, and asked me to write a grant with her to fund the project. We collaborated together and ended up creating a design competition where students each had to come up with their own sign using Adobe Illustrator, and then pitch their design to the librarian. She  met with my class in advance and gave them clear direction and guidance for what she was looking for. In the end she narrowed it down to her top 6 favorites, we then had the other art classes vote to decide on the winner. It was a challenging and rewarding process for my students. In the end a very clean, simple, modern design won. We had the posters printed at a local copy house and ordered the acrylic cases online. I am very proud how well it turned out in the end.

Group Project Mobiles

  These photos don't give justice to how cool these mobiles ended up looking in our cafeteria, each one was about 6 feet long. This was a group instillation project where students designed collectively what they wanted their projects to look like. Students also had to learn how to mix tints and shades of paint within an agreed upon color palette. The class drew inspiration from geometric or organic shapes. This project taught students how to envision a project and see it from start to finish, as well as teach perseverance when working with others.

Students began learning about the color wheel for this project and learning the vocabulary needed to discuss it. Students practiced mixing analogous, and complimentary colors as a quick one day exercise. Then each student created two full sheets of a specific tint and shade as a group. These exercise worksheets were cut up to make up the pieces of each groups mobile. Students designed the shapes and the arrangement of the pieces to reflect the feeling of the color that they where working with.

Learning How To Mosaic, at Albany High

I learned how to do mosaic instillation with one of my Senior students, from Lisa Solomon.

Each student in the class did a part of the mosaic to form this figure. Several of us put it together on a Saturday afternoon.