Visual Art with Ms. Lawson
Welcome student artists and parents!
This website will give you an overview of each of my courses, including sample student work and links to my class blogs. If you have any questions, please email me at stephanie.lawson@rcsdk12.org.
Student Work: MEdia 2&3
Media 2&3 are advanced full-year courses that meet every other day for two periods. Students may take upper level Media courses upon the successful completion of the Foundations Media sequence.
Media 2&3 expand on digital illustration, graphic design, animation, and video concepts introduced in Foundations Media. We generally use the Adobe Creative Suite, but during our remote learning adventure, we will be using equivalent free apps on our Chromebooks. Access to a smartphone or tablet with a camera and the ability to download free apps will be helpful for this course. Please email Ms. Lawson if you are unable to get a computer mouse or something to take photos with.
Media 2 Zoom Classes: Tuesday & Friday 8:55-10:00
Media 3 Zoom Classes: Monday & Thursday 8:55-10:00
Typographic Animation
Lily Ni
Class of 2018
Media 2
Animated Silhouette
Portraying a Social Issue
Quamae Newsome
Class of 2018
Media 2
Typographic Animation
McKenzie Cutt
Class of 2018
Media 2
Social Issue Silhouette
Oliver Sherrill
Class of 2020
Media 2
Vector Landscape
Sophia Hall
Class of 2021
Media2
Vector Self-Portrait
Raphael McKelvey-Duncan
Class of 2018
Media 3
Student Work: Foundations Media
Foundations 1 Media is an introductory semester-long course that will meet every other day for two periods.
Foundations 2 Media is an intermediate semester-long course that will meet every other day for two periods.
Media classes cover digital illustration, graphic design, animation, and video. We generally use the Adobe Creative Suite, but during our remote learning adventure, we will be using equivalent free apps on our Chromebooks. Access to a smartphone or tablet with a camera and the ability to download free apps will be helpful for this course. Please email Ms. Lawson if you are unable to get a computer mouse or something to take photos with.
All SOTA Visual Arts majors are required to take Foundations 1&2 Media as part of their graduation requirements. Students who wish to further study digital art at an advanced level may choose to take Media 2&3.
Foundations 1 Media Zoom Classes: Tuesday & Friday 10:05-11:10
Foundations 2 Media Zoom Classes: Monday & Thursday 1:15-2:20
Stop Motion Animation
Mokhtar Kasim & Tai Kar
Class of 2022
Foundations 1 Media
Multiple Mes Photoshop Collage
Aleesa Kong
Class of 2021
Foundations 1 Media
Stop Motion Animation
Anastacia Nieves & Gianna Potter
Class of 2022
Foundations 1 Media
Student work: Art 7
Seventh grade Visual Arts is a 10-week course that will meet everyday for one period. In this course, you will develop your skills in a wide variety of art techniques, two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums, genres, and tools while learning about the history, aesthetics and creative process of art. We will also learn to look at and discuss personal artwork, as well as the artwork of others.
Art7 Zoom Classes: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 2:25-2:55
3D Food Truck
Maria Ortez Valencia
Class of 2025
Art 7
Illuminated Manuscript Letter
Rosabella Rodriguez
Class of 2022
Art 7
Oil Pastel Cake
Lillian Brickman
Class of 2025
Art 7
About me
This is my eighth year at School of the Arts, and I'm still excited to come to work every day! I have a BFA in New Media Design from RIT, and a Master's of Science in Teaching from RIT. I have over a decade of industry experience in interactive design, and frequently connect my students with real world design professionals. I am also a runner and coach SOTA's modified cross country team.
Resources
Class blogs and Course Criteria Sheets are linked below.
Please email me at stephanie.lawson@rcsdk12.org for the code to join the appropriate Google Classroom.