WELCOME TO HCA ART!: Middle School: 2nd Semester

We are so proud of our students' accomplishments! Having work displayed in the annual school art show is an accomplishment in and of itself: only our best pieces went on exhibit and all the students had multiple drawings, paintings, and even a clay piece on display. I am very pleased with my students' commitment to excellence, respectful attitudes, and hard work! We have amazing kids at HCA!

Congratulations to the following students for winning first place in our 2021 school art show! Many thanks to our judge who spent several hours choosing winners: Ms. Sharon Christman, retired art educator from Mountain Brook City Schools and university professor, UAB.

Maggie I., grade 8, first place for Drawing Technique

James I., grade 7, first place for Originality

Trey B., grade 7, first place for Mixed Media

Maggie I., grade 8, first place for Design, glazed coil ceramic pot

Zack K., grade 7, first place for Sculpture, glazed coil ceramic pot

AISA DISTRICT ART COMPETITION

Two of our middle school students even placed at the AISA District Art Competition! Way to go, Maggie and Trey!

Finally, congratulations to the following students for their honors received:
DRAWING
2nd Place Drawing: Caleb R, grade 7, perspective hallway

3rd Place Drawing: Trey B, grade 7, self-portrait
MIXED MEDIA

2nd Place Mixed Media: Katie R, grade 6, butterfly prints

3rd Place Mixed Media: Emma D, grade 6, rotational symmetry

DESIGN
2nd Place Design: Drew P, grade 6, rotational symmetry

3rd Place Design: Stella H, grade 6, ceramic coil pot
ORIGINALITY

2nd Place Originality: Gavin W, grade 8, perspective hallway

3rd Place Originality: John F, grade 7, printmaking

ART SHOW PHOTOS

glazed ceramic sculptures by Maggie, grade 8

FIELD TRIP!

We also had the opportunity to practice the ancient technique of wheel-thrown pottery. Space One Eleven was gracious enough to host our 10 middle school students one afternoon in April, so we boarded the bus with aprons and a spirit of adventure as we headed to downtown Birmingham!

This is a skill that is great fun to learn, but it takes many months of practice to do well. There are many Biblical truths connected to pottery. God is the potter, and we are a lump of clay in his hands. The potter must center clay on the wheel in order to work with it, and we must stay in the center of God's will for Him to work with us. If the clay is too hard, the potter soaks it in water to soften it. Jesus is our source of Living Water!

Thank you to Jennifer Weed for helping to chaperone this trip and for the photographs. Also, thank you to Nic and Joseph at Space One Eleven!

II Corinthians 4: 6, 7

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

For more information about what we learned this semester, click on this link: Middle School Curriculum Report Spring 2021. Our combined middle school class, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, had 12 students (2 were virtual).

Below are a few photos from art class. We had a great time! Thank you for a terrific spring semester!

LINEAR PERSPECTIVE: DRAWING THE SCHOOL HALLWAY