Welcome to The Visual Art Department at Highland Park Senior High School

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IB/DP VISUAL ART SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
Scroll through the full assignment for examples.
1st Year IB Art and Design Artists <--click
Returning IB Art and Design Artists <--click
Peer Assessment tool <--checklist for both
CREATIVE & ENGAGING: Highland's Visual Art Department focuses on engaging all students in creative development. The visual arts provide space for all students to reflect, heal, question, explore, and express themselves.
STUDENT CENTERED: Each student develops a growing technical confidence rooted in how art media can be understood and then applied, as part of our personal philosophy that each student has a valuable voice to share. Our curriculum and our teachers invite students to find connecting points for practice, expression, and artistic development.
COURSES: Course offerings for next year include beginning and advanced level courses in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, digital photography, beginning graphic design, and IB/DP visual art and design. Classes include lectures, study, demonstrations, research, reflection, and hands-on work. Advanced courses may be repeated for additional credits.
IB/DP VISUAL Art Exam Overview <--click
Art Dept. Showcase Slide Show <--click
Visual Art Courses Handout <--click
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HP Art Students of the Month
April Art Student of the Month
-Elsa Mechelke (11) received 3rd place for her acrylic painting in the Congressional Art Competition, here with Congresswomen Betty McCollum.
March Art Student of the Month
-Maddie Baggenstoss (12) and her watercolor still life
February Art Students; IB Art and Design Class
"Congratulations to all the students who have chosen to challenge themselves in the IB Art and Design exam this spring. It was so fun seeing your Spring Exhibition. We wish you all the best in your continued art making."-from your art teachers!
* means students are testing IB this year. (Featured work by Kajia Lee.) Students in IB Art & Design: Iman Abdi, Hayk Andestic*, Johanna Aust*, Madeline Baggenstoss*, Ellie Boudet, Kiyomi Callahan*, Madeleine Carydis*, Mahlet Dagne, Mia David, Elasandra Demuth, Quinn Dwyer*, Silja Earl-Tornianen, Claire Engebretson-Gilman, Zoe Glaser, Sylvia Hegeman, Samara Hickle*, Kajia Lee*, Laura Lee, Zoe Lee, Marcus Lund, Savanna Mays-Maisonet, Madeleine Mears*, Sophia Mears*, Elsa Mechelke, Xitlali Monroy, Ngan Nguyen, Elsie Olive, Eleanor Osmond, Kylie Peterson, Sabine Schatschneider, Isabella Schmitt, Flannery Sheets, Matthew Stolte, PawPaw Wah*, Lucia Witzke
January Art Student of the Month
-Brenda Perez (9) and her ink drawing of a female astronaut
December Art Student of the Month
-Alexander Lee (12) carving a dragon linoleum print and an earlier pencil/paint study.
November Art Student of the Month
-Xander Eikenberry (11) and his 'precious' large pencil drawing.
October Art Students of the Month
-Thilji Mathew (11) and his stylized self portrait
-Goa Her (10) and her seed vase
September Art Student of the Month
Alex Roepke (10) and their personalized self portrait
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