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Hello! My name is Mrs. Kerr and I am the head of Art & Design at St. Jude's Academy. I hold an Honours Bachelor Degree in English and Visual Arts from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University. My interests include: travel, 19th century literature, rugby, ice hockey, bluegrass music, mixed media art & art history.

Friday, 29 April 2016

Friday April 29th, 2016

SK ART

Free-Draw Friday!!

GR. 9 & 10 ART

Work period to finish Colour Wheel project.








GR. 7 & 8 DESIGN

Work periods for Skateboard Graffiti Design project.


















GR. 8 HISTORY

Students worked on their Heritage Minute video project and submitted their scripts, storyboards, and rubric checklists today. Monday May 2nd = presentations.


Thursday, 28 April 2016

Thursday April 28th, 2016

JK ART

We created our own bugs using various shapes and colours while working on our gluing skills.






 SK ART

Today we discussed Symmetry and drew as well as coloured symmetry bugs.



GR. 8 HISTORY

Today students had a work period to continue editing their Heritage Minute video projects. Students were talked through the rubric last class and are to create a checklist and read through the criteria during today's class to confirm that all expectations for the project have been met.

Presentations Due: MONDAY MAY 2nd.

GR. 8 DESIGN

Students had a work period to continue painting the background of their Graffiti Design skateboards.




Wednesday, 27 April 2016

ART SMOCKS

As several MYP classes are beginning to work with paint, just a friendly reminder:




ART SMOCKS

*Are available for all students to use in the art room.

*MYP Students have been shown where the art smocks are located.

*MYP Students are responsible for using the art smocks while painting and returning them at the end of class time.

Wednesday April 27th, 2016

SK ART

Students talked about Symmetry and how to go about creating symmetrical drawings. We then created Symmetry Bugs.












GR. 9 & 10 ART

Students have been working diligently on their Colour Wheel projects. Today was a work period. Those who have completed their colour wheels have been working on their Technology Website Design assignment.

ME to WE Club

Please make note of the date correction for the Car Wash event:

WHEN:    Thursday, May 5th and Friday, May 6th
TIME:      3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

EXHIBITION 2016



Tuesday April 26th, 2016

JK & SK ART

Today we created our own Bugs using various shapes and colours while working on our placement and gluing techniques.









7 & 8 DESIGN

Today we discussed proper cleaning procedures for using Acrylic paint in the classroom. Students continued working on their Graffiti Design skateboard project.

GR. 8 HISTORY

Today we went over the presentation rubric (each student wrote the rubric point in their notes to reference with their video before presentations). They used the rest of class time to edit their videos.

*PRESENTATIONS MONDAY MAY 2nd. All students must submit the following on this day:
       a) Video (on USB or link through email)
       b) Storyboard
       c) Script