Eighth Grade Visual Arts

Identity

Values

Nature

Immigration

Urban Life

Entertainment

Propoganda

Environment

Science and Technology

Gender, Race, and Rights

Questioning History

Portraiture

American Craft

Graphic Design

The American landscape, past and present

A moment in our lives

Birth of photography

Art as Influence

Bi-cultural perspectives

Video Art

Seniors of our community

A moment in our lives

Sites and non-sites: BCE-CE

Public Art

Mass media

Recycled Art

A moment in our lives

Apply the principles of design

Drawing self-portraits

Collaborative art work - thematic

Compare 19th century Transcendentalists & Naturalists to contemporary landscape art

Drawing landscapes from photographs and on-site

Art as social message

History and composition of photography and film

Printmaking using photo emulsion and screens

Creating an assemblage to represent an individual

Convey a message through art and actions

Relating styles and subject matter to events in history

Designing and presenting a public artwork

Recycled art sculpture - mixed media

Convey a belief through art

Self-Portrait of the Artist

From Mountains to Sea Collaborative Project

I Will No Longer Look at Art and Not Create Art of My Own

Main Street

Construct a Landscape (WMA) painting

A Moment in My Life (WMA)

Modern Photography

World in a Box (WMA)

Performance Art

Exploring Industry (WMA)

Propoganda Poster (WMA)

A Moment in My Life (WMA)

Decades art work

Exploring Rights Issues (WMA)

Figure Collage Collaborative Project (WMA)

Memory and Memorial (WMA)

Symbolic Portrait (WMA)

Hello Again

Power of Media: Perspectives on Social Issues

SS/LA: American authors,  Transcendentalism and Naturalism

Service: Memory

SS: Civil War photography, Immigration, Propaganda

Science: Planetary Landscapes

Technology: Digital Photography, Photomontage (iTunes, iMovie)

SS: Asian Americans during WWII, Civil Rights

McColl Center: Artists in Residence - Kerry Phillips, Michael Schall, Ashley Lathe

On-site landscape painting - Community Main Streets

Artworks on Main, Mooresville

Mint Museum of Art: Permanent Collection of American Art    4/12/08 - 4/5/09
The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947-2007    7/5/08 - 5/2/10

Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends    10/4/08 - 2/15/09
Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians    12/20/08 - 5/10/09

McColl Center:  "Per(MUTATIONS): Interactive work by Brian Knep"

January 23, 2009 through March 7, 2009

National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC

Whitney Museum of American Art

Thomas Moran

Artist Barbara Kruger's Work

McColl Center Artists

Whitney Museum of American Art

Gee's Bend Quilters

Edward Steichen

Apple Education

Mark Rothko