Visual Arts at
Belmont High School

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Highlights

Join us for the BHS Honors Art Show!

This February the Honors Art classes will be hosting their first Art Show! Come to the opening reception on February 7th from 6 - 8 pm in the BHS Lobby, Black Box Theater, and Visual Arts wing (MS Lobby) and view creations made by AP Art, Drawing and Painting II, Photography II and III, 3D Arts II and III, and Media Arts II and III students. The work will remain on display up until February break so be sure to check out the amazing art your peers are making in the Honors Art classes!

Apply for Scholastic Art Awards!

The Scholastic Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering creative teens and celebrating youth voices.

To learn more, visit artandwriting.org.

Congratulations on a successful K-12 Art Show!

It was wonderful to celebrate all of the amazing student artwork at the Reception on Tuesday, May 2nd. Congrats to all the participating artists and teachers who made this positive community event possible.

The work will be up until end of day Monday, May 8th.

Congrats to the National Scholastic Art Award Winners!!

More than 100,000 students submitted more than 260,000 works of art to the 2023 Scholastic Awards. Two students from Belmont (Aviv Getz and Joy Son) were selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts for excellence in originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Less than 2,000 works received a National Medal, which places our students within the top 1% of all submissions! Amazing work!!

Aviv Getz, Grade 10

National Scholastic Art Winner: Drawing

Joy Son, Grade 10

National Scholastic Winner: Painting

1st Place Award UMass Dartmouth Emerging Young Artists
Joy Son, Grade 10 Belmont High School, MA

Polish, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

Art Teacher: Mr. Milowsky

3rd Place Award UMass Dartmouth Emerging Young Artists
Jiaqi Wei, Grade 12 Belmont High School, MA

Comfort Zone, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 36 x 48 in.

Art Teacher: Mr. Milowsky

Congrats to all of our BHS Artists on their amazing work!!

Congrats to all the Scholastic Art Winners!!
2022- 2023 Scholastic Art Awards Regional

*All Gold award winners' work will move on to the National competition in N.Y.

Fiona Anderson - 12th grade - *Gold award -painting

Bella Brody Magid - 11th grade - Silver award - painting

Andrew Ge - 9th grade - Silver award and Honorable Mention- Illustration

Aviv Getz - 10th grade - *2 gold awards -Drawing

Silver award - painting

Nella Hakobyan - 10th grade - Silver award- Drawing

Honorable Mention - painting

Megan Malsky - grade 12 grade - Honorable Mention - Drawing

Ella Orem - 12th grade - Silver award - painting

Mira Price - 12th grade - Silver award - painting

Jin Roe - 10th grade - *Gold award - painting

Silver award - Mixed Media

Joy Son - 10th grade - Gold award - Painting

*Gold award - Drawing

Silver award Painting

Silver award - Drawing

Silver award - Mixed Media

2 Honorable Mentions - Drawing

Theodore Sturgeon - 12th grade - Silver award - Painting

Eleanor Warriner - 12th grade - Silver award - Painting

Silver award - Photography

Jiaqi Wei - 12th grade - Honorable Mention - Painting

Finbar White - 12th grade- *Gold Award - Painting

Charlotte Wright - 10th grade - Silver award - Painting

Chloe Xu - 10th grade - Silver award - Painting

Esther Tina Xu - 11th grade - *Gold award - Painting

Heidi Zhang - 12th grade - Honorable Mention - Painting

UMass Dartmouth Emerging Young Artists Competition
Special recognition goes to Joy Son and Jiaqi Wei who won 1st and 3rd place in the UMass Dartmouth Emerging Young Artists competition. This is the 8th out of the 10 years of the competition our students came in 1st!!

Come support your Belmont Art Teachers at the BGA!!

See the work of the Belmont Art Teachers in the "Off the Clock" art exhibit at the Belmont Gallery of Art. Featuring the work of Milo, Ms. Remick, Mr. Roy, Ms. English, and more!

Thanks for supporting your art teachers and the work they do in and out of the art classrooms!

Fun Stuff

Concert Flyer designed by Media Arts 3 student Rebecca Goldhirsch

BHS Animation Reel -
by Media Arts students

K-12 Art Show Pics, May 2022

ICA Field Trip: Media Arts
May 2022

Designing a 3 Year HS Media Arts Curriculum

Designing a High School Media Arts Curriculum

Announcements

Summer Art Opportunities at the ACA (Arlington Center for the Arts)

Counselor Internship Program, which is a paid or volunteer position for teens ages 15-16 to learn a wide variety of personal and community-building skills: https://www.acarts.org/counselor-internships

Camp Counselor positions for those with experience working with youth: https://www.tfaforms.com/4802051

*Any students looking to explore teaching or wanting to pilot lesson plans during the summer, this is a great opportunity to do so: https://www.acarts.org/employment

Scholarship Opportunity

The AQF (Anthony Quinn Foundation) Scholarship is an annual competition for high school students that provides funding to attend summer intensive arts programs. These scholarships provide an incredible opportunity for talented students from all artistic disciplines to engage in immersion experiences.

This is a competitive awards program. To succeed, applicants must demonstrate exceptional talent, dedication and a strong commitment to personal artistic growth. Applications are reviewed by a panel of judges, comprised of professional artists and art educators who are independent of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. For any art student who wishes to pursue their creative dreams, please: Apply Here.

BPS Visual and Performing Arts

Art Schools & Programs

Scholastic Art Awards

Contact

Belmont High School
221 Concord Ave.
Belmont, MA 02478

Main Office:
(617) 993-5900

mremick@belmontschools.net
aroy@belmontschools.net
mmilowsky@belmontschools.net
denglish@belmontschools.net

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