The GERM project is a collaborative community art project involving local K thru 12 art students and UW-Sheboygan design students.

The idea of this project has been to collaborate with art educators from different teaching levels. The collaboration involves an elementary, middle, high school art teachers and college art students from the University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan and surrounding areas. The idea was to push this project beyond two art teachers and recruit a middle school art teacher from Random Lake School District and UW-Sheboygan design classes.

Sheboygan North High School art students interpreted germs into 3-dimensional clay forms. Random Lake Middle School students then glazed the ceramic germ sculptures. All glaze fired ceramic works were then transported to the UW-Sheboygan campus to design the gallery installation at the UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery for the Spring 2014 NCECA conference.

As the ceramic sculptures were presented to the UW-Sheboygan design classes, we discussed various ways to exhibit the works. The typical pedestal and wall mounting techniques seemed easy enough. However, we were looking for innovative ways to display this work. Examples of innovative and unconventional installations of ceramic artwork were researched and examined.

UWS Students then began to think about the installation of the work as part of the art form in itself. After further consideration, the students wanted to use the dinner party motif to display the germs, referencing and quoting a well-known ceramics artist’s installation.

Participating art teachers and schools are Jen Dahl (Forrest Street Early Learning Center), Brian Sommersberger (Random Lake Middle School), Frank Juarez (Sheboygan North High School), and Tom Uebelherr (UW-Sheboygan).

Mr. Juarez participates in a Panel Discussion on Crafting Community at UW-Milwaukee

February 13, 2014Leave a comment

Mr. Juarez will be part of a panel discussion during the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts at UW-Milwaukee. UW-Milwaukee is hosting an exhibition titled, “Crafting Community: Ceramics and Pedagogy in Greater Milwaukee”. Opening reception is February 28 from 5-8pm.

This exhibition will showcase ceramic works of art created by secondary art educators.

Our contribution to this exhibition is a collaboration between the students of Mrs. Jen Dahl (Forrest Elementary ELC), Mr. Brian Sommersberger (Random Lake Middle School), Mr. Frank Juarez (Sheboygan North High School) and Mr. Tom Uebelherr (UW-Sheboygan).

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Scholastic Art Awards at the Milwaukee Art Museum

February 9, 2014February 10, 2014Leave a comment

Seniors, Maggie C and Lauren H, were recognized in front of a large audience for earning a Gold Key Award for their art. Maggie earned a Gold Key for her sequential art and Lauren earned three Gold Keys for jewerly, mixed media sculpture and design. Their work will advanced to the national level in New York. Over 2000 student entries from across the state of Wisconsin were submitted and 430 pieces were selected to be exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum. This exhibition ends March 17, 2014.

© 2014 Frank Juarez. All rights reserved.

OVERVIEW

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards has an impressive legacy dating back to 1923. Over the years, the Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the U.S., and the nation’s largest source of scholarships for creative young artists and writers. A noteworthy roster of past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, John Updike, and many more.

Each year, the Alliance partners with more than 100 visual and literary-arts organizations across the country to bring The Awards to local communities. Teens in grades 7 through 12 can apply in 28 categories of art and writing for the chance to earn scholarships and have their works exhibited or published. Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

In the last five years alone, students submitted nearly 900,000 original works of art and writing. During that period, more than 60 top arts institutes and colleges have partnered with the Awards to make $40 million in scholarships and financial aid available to regional and national Scholastic Award winners.

Ceramics: Works in Progress

February 6, 2014Leave a comment

The Senior Art 2 and Art Foundations 4 students have been working on their ceramic project. The Senior Art 2 students are creating their very own version of Japanese vinyl toys, however, instead of vinyl they are using clay. The Art Foundations 4 students are creating teapots inspired by compound words.

Here are works in progress. Enjoy.

© 2013-2014 Sheboygan North High Art Department. All rights reserved.

© 2013-2014 Sheboygan North High Art Department. All rights reserved.© 2013-2014 Sheboygan North High Art Department. All rights reserved.

Finishing Off First Semester

January 20, 2014Leave a comment

Here is a sampling of the works Art Foundations 1 through Drawing/Painting I students created towards the end of first semester. Enjoy!

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WHBL: North High Art Student’s design selected for Youth Art Month Flag

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North High Art Student’s Design selected for Youth Art Month Flag

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Frank Juarez

Sheboygan North High School

1042 School Avenue

Sheboygan, WI 53083

(920) 803-7699

fjuarez@sheboygan.k12.wi.us

North High Art Student’s Design selected for Youth Art Month Flag

Sheboygan – January 14, 2014

Sheboygan North High School Art Department is pleased to announce Autumn L’s, grade 11, Youth Art Month (YAM) design was one of the 16 designs chosen for the 2014 Wisconsin Art Education Association’s Wisconsin Youth Art Month Flag. There were 327 designs submitted from K-12 grade students across the state. She will be recognized on Friday, April 4^th at the State Capitol in Madison. Her design will be printed on a 5foot x 3foot flag that will be displayed in San Diego, CA during the National Art Education Association Conference.

YAM Flag Design by Autumn L

Wisconsin Art Education Association YAM 2014 FLAG

About Youth Art Month

Youth Art Month (YAM) is an annual observance every March to emphasize the value of art education for all youth to encourage support for quality school art programs. YAM provides a forum for acknowledging skills that are fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum.

Contact Frank Juarez at 920.803.7699 or fjuarez(at)sheboygan.k12.wi.us for further information about this exhibition.

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Art Students Awarded a Scholastic Art Gold Key

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014Leave a comment

Dive In Maggie C Scholastic Gold Key

Students Maggie C, grade 12, and Lauren H, grade 12, will be awarded a Scholastic Art Gold Key Award in February. A Gold Key Award is the highest honor given to a student for a work of art. These students will be recognized during the Scholastic Art Ceremony at the Milwaukee Art Museum on February 8 at 10:30am.

About Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have an impressive legacy dating back to 1923. Over the years, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious program for creative teens in the U.S., and the nation’s largest source of scholarships for creative young artists and writers. A noteworthy roster of past winners includes Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King and John Updike.

The process begins across the country as young artists and writers in grades 7-12 submit work in 28 categories of art and writing to a network of regional affiliates who present award ceremonies and exhibits for selected works on a local level. Gold Keys, the highest awards, are then submitted from each region for national adjudication. By luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. National Gold and Silver Medal winning students and their teachers receive national recognition, and are invited to attend the exhibit in New York and award ceremony at Carnegie Hall.

In the last five years alone, students submitted nearly 900,000 original works of art and writing. During that period, more than 60 top art institutes and colleges have partnered with the Awards to make $40 million in scholarships and financial aid available to regional and national Scholastic Award winners.

Splatter Paint Fashion Show by Erica B and Karly K at Sheboygan North High School

January 13, 2014January 13, 2014Leave a comment

This video was part of an art advocacy piece that merges art and fashion. Erica B, grade 12, and Karly K, grade 11, spearheaded this project to deliver a powerful message on the importance of self-expression. A big thanks to Miranda Kay Levy, Project Runway (Season 12) contestant, North High administration, the models, videographer, and everyone else who helped make this idea come to reality.