Apple for Teacher

MinaE from Vancouver posted this beautiful,creepy drawing called "An Apple For The Teacher" Just in time for us to post for Halloween.

From TeenInk.com

My Rights vs Yours

The moustache - what a great symbol!

Hannah has an interesting story about her experience with authority imposing its will over display of her art. Some thought her piece was too insensitive to display outside of art class, and maybe so. It culminated with a protest at her school in which the students wore fake moustaches in solidarity with her. This happened about a year ago, so the time for a repeat protest is drawing near.

Although USA based, what happened to Hannah is something that will happen to all artists at some point. Its great that she had that experience and even greater that she shared and sparked a movement. The whole creative arts slamming into the issue of rights vs responsibilities thing.

Lets do the protest again this year? Someone pick a day. Like on some significant INTERNATIONAL free speech day or the first school-day after.

Message to Hannah - get in touch with us for an update. We assume you are still in high school, but as we are Canadian, we have no idea what sophomore means or what comes after!

Her side of the story... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=216180135931#!/group.php?gid=216180135931&v=info

ECUAD - NEW Teen Programs in Art + Design

From the Emily Carr site, the above image has no attribution for either photographer or sketcher. Too bad. Nonetheless, we hear the studends are totally enjoying this year's running of the summer institute for teens.

And some good news from their site:

"Starting in the fall of 2010, Continuing Studies will be offering new and exciting workshops for students aged 15 - 18. Whether you are looking for opportunities to develop your portfolio, find out more about studying art or design at the post-secondary level, or just a chance to experiment with new materials and make new friends, there's a workshop for you this fall at Emily Carr. Click to find out more!"

And the link is... http://www.ecuad.ca/programs/cs/teens

acire2's portfolio part 3

some monotones - the drawing of the model is in conte and on large drawing newsprint (such an awesome drawing on such crappy paper!) and the next is pen and ink on paper and is about 30"x30". the model session was done at emily's summer institute for teens. the ink is a fantasy scene incorporating images from several sources including a mini dachshund.

acire2's portfolio part 1

ok, its late and we are trying to post a bunch of images of part of a cool portfolio submitted to emily carr. we hear this student got early portfolio acceptance after portfolio day - in part based on these images. the hallway from San Fransisco is about 30x30" and done in pencil crayon. the painting below called "they never change" is large - about 48x60". Keep em coming everyone! canadaschooleh@gmail.com