It's great to see everyone in the art studio for the 25-26 School year! 

Current students enrolled in art classes: Please make sure that you have accepted all invites to the Google classroom sites that correspond to your art class or classes. On each site,  you will find all  forms and examples for each project, assignment and activity. Please email norton@riverdale.k12.or.us if you have questions. 

Check the art studio instagram for general awesomeness:  @riverdaleartstudio

Art Club meets at lunch every Tuesday in the Art Studio

Paint Drying Club meets every Wednesday in the Art Studio

Inktober Club meets every Thursday in October

TRIMESTER 1

Digital and Studio Arts blended class. 

Mr McLain and Mr Orton bring studio arts and graphic design together. You’ll create physical products like posters, book covers, type experiments and much more, and you’ll apply your designs in virtual environments like web pages, videos, and CAD designs. Emphasis will be on learning composition and design principles in the art studio in order to refine interesting projects with our Computer lab’s top design software.

Prerequisites: Art Survey

Grades 10, 11, 12

Drawing and Printmaking 

Learn to draw and print like a wizard! We will tackle the age-old fundamentals of drawing then engage in larger projects. During the 2nd half of the trimester, we will apply our newfound skills and styles toward the creation of stamps, lithographs and screen-printed shirts.

Prerequisites: Art Survey

Grades 10, 11, 12

TRIMESTER 2

Introduction to Art 

This class is an introduction to the visual art and design practices of Portland, the United States and the World. We will start at the “ground level” with art terms, techniques and professional art studio practices then build from there. We will cover drawing, painting, printmaking and design fundamentals through the trimester. 

Prerequisites: None

Grades 9, 10

Art Through the last three Centuries.

Spend the trimester learning about and making art  from the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries. As a class, we will focus on making art dealing with the revolutionary aesthetic and art practices of the 1800’s in Europe such as Impressionism and Expressionism then move to the Modernism and Abstract movements in the 1900’s that took inspiration from many cultures and art practices around the world. 

Prerequisites: None

Grades 9, 10

TRIMESTER 3

Mural Making 101 

Learn about Historical and Contemporary mural ideas and practices throughout the world then participate in making a mural that is interesting, original and uplifting. In small groups, students will design and execute murals on large wood panels as well as large RHS fixtures to be displayed for years.  

Prerequisites: Into to Art

Grades 10, 11, 12

Sculpture 

Discover the connections between sculpture and other art disciplines like drawing, painting and set design. Experience additive, subtractive, and assemblage techniques as sources of construction and create thoughtful projects in high-fire ceramics, wood, cardboard, metal and various found objects.

Prerequisites: Into to Art

Grades 10, 11, 12

Art Through Zoology 

Ms Carroll and Mr Orton bring Zoology and Art together. 

Students will use a variety of artistic techniques and materials to explore natural variations and differences in patterns of life at all levels and the critical role of organisms in ecosystems. Through the analysis of these differences, students will interpret their findings through 2D and 3D art and will gain an appreciation for the nuances in form and function that embody the diversity of the animal kingdom.  

Prerequisites: Into to Art

Grades 10, 11, 12