Art Club

The Art Club is composed of students who love art. This includes students enrolled in an art class as well as those who are not. We do what the club wants to do (make art, see art). We meet on Fridays in room 600.

CRICUT DESIGN SPACE, SCHOLASTICS, and T-SHIRTS

Nov. 1

*Add name to Art Club Roster 2019-20

*Scholastics Judging Criteria (originality, technical skill, personal voice)

*Introduction to Cricut Design Space

*Sign-up for T-shirt (select size and color)

*Brainstorm ideas for Maker's Fair

CRICUT DESIGN SPACE, SCHOLASTICS, and T-SHIRTS

Nov. 15

* Add name to Art Club Roster 2019-20

*Maker's Fair Sign-Up and Art Club meeting TODAY (sign-up for a callback so that I can reserve you)

* Reminder about National Art & Writing Scholastic Competition (Deadline is Dec. 9- forms and payment due to Ms. Medsker-Mehalic to mail)

* Scholastics Judging Criteria (originality, technical skill, personal voice)

* Introduction to Cricut Design Space (Create Log-In and Download App from Self-Service)

Nov. 22

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance

*Maker's Fair Sign-Up

* Reminder about National Art & Writing Scholastic Competition (Deadline is Dec. 9- forms and payment due to Ms. Medsker-Mehalic to mail)

* Scholastics Judging Criteria (originality, technical skill, personal voice)

* Introduction to Cricut Design Space (Create Log-In and Download App from Self-Service)

Dec. 6

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance

*Cricut Vinyl Workshop

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day- Draw Your Favorite Animal


Dec. 13

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Cricut Vinyl Workshop

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day- Draw/Paint Your Favorite Food

*Watch Art21 Series: Kiki Smith

Dec. 20

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Drawing/Painting Challenge(s) of the Day: Design a Festive Gingerbread Person's Sweater!

*Cricut Vinyl Workshop

*Exquisite Corpse Collaborative Challenge

Jan. 3

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Drawing/Painting Challenge(s) of the Day: 1. Choose a historical artist whose work you admire and recreate it in your sketchbook (or on a piece of paper that you attach to your book)

*Cricut Workshop

*Make Something!

Jan. 10

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day: 2. Visually respond to a social/political issue of your choice (include an article in your response)

*Cricut Workshop

*Make Something!

Jan. 17

* Add name (IF YOU ARE NEW) to Art Club Roster 2019-20 and Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day: 3. Visually show evidence of WEATHER

*Cricut Workshop

*Make Something!

Jan. 31 (Ms. Medsker-Mehalic is with AP Art History class at Colby Museum)

* Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*11th/12th Graders- Inclusion Design Competition Deadline is MONDAY- Feb. 3

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day: 4. Visually extend a cut magazine/newspaper image

*Make Something!

Feb. 28

* Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Watch Doodle for Google Behind the Scenes at Google

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day: 5. Choose one object with interesting negative space and visually show 10 different views of that one object.

*Make Something!

March 6

* Take Attendance (check yourself in)

*Drawing/Painting Challenge of the Day: 6. Create a work of art using only found images (from magazines, newspapers, worksheets, etc.). The image should communicate a message or tell a story

*Make Something!

Past Field Trips Include:

  • Portland Museum of Art
  • Portland Science Center- Bodies Exhibition
  • Portland Science Center- Dinosaur Exhibition
  • Colby College Museum of Art
  • Winslow Homer Studio
  • Museum of Fine Arts-Boston
  • Washington DC
  • Europe (France & Spain)

Past Projects Include:

  • Coloring for a Cause (Coloring Books Donated to Barbara Bush Children's Hospital & Maine Cancer Center for Children)
  • Teen Center Charity Auction (painted items & donated for fundraiser)
  • *Window painting at the Barbara Bush Children's Center at Maine Medical Center
  • Donated items for the Ronald McDonald Auction
  • Hosted Holiday Art & Craft Fair at FHS
  • Hosted Halloween Costume Dance
  • Silk-Screened t-shirts and donated proceeds to local animal shelters

Past Art Competitions Include:

  • Duck Stamp
  • Scholastics Art & Writing/ Maine Congressional