January 2013: Rethinking Art History
We kicked off the year with revamp of how Art History is taught. Instead of the teacher telling the students what they should know, the teacher asked the students which questions they want to answer... Click here for more!
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February: Collaborative Animation Project
Sands tweeted his PLN asking for volunteers for this collaborative project between Elementary Artists and High School Animators. The three participating schools joined in. View more animations here!
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March: Multicolored Stencils
This year, the Art One's were a little ambitious, going for three or four different cut outs to complete these portraits. See how it's done here!
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April: National Art Honor Society Inductions
This year we had our first National Art Honor Society meeting at Apex High School. On April 24th, 2013 we had our first induction ceremony. Read more about it here!
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May: Dada Exhibit
We had a great turn out for the opening of our Dada Exhibit. Works by Dada Artists currently enrolled in the Art History class were prominently displayed. Check out more Dada works here!
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June: Talking Tigers
Kindergartens at Douglas Elementary Arts and Science wanted to collaborate with our class. They had some tigers that needed animating. Read all about it here!
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July: Eva Perry Library
Mr. Sands hosted a Street Art Workshop at the Eva Perry Library and taught a few tricks we learned in Art History class. Grab your baby powder and click here!
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August: New Teachers
We gained two of the best teachers in the country this year and set Apex Art on a new course! Read about all our teachers here!
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September: Bunny Rabbit Friday
For a while there, every Friday the art room would be filled with rabbits. Unfortunately, we were shut down. Apparently Wake County has a "No Livestock" policy. Who knew? More cute bunny photos here!
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October: Student Spotlight
In October we started a new section on the blog titled Student Spotlight. It gives Apex a chance to present the student's art in their own words. See our Spotlight Students here!
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November: The Open Art Room
With the addition of the new teachers, we started incorporating our new teaching philosophies. We then decided to post a few articles on the blog to explain exactly what we were up to. Read our most popular blog posts this year here!
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December: 12 Days of Photoshop
Every December we roll out the 12 Days of Photoshop.. Check out the lesson plan on the Art of Education website here!
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We are just warming up! 2014 is going to be our most amazing year yet!!!
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