The Art Club continues this year, meeting on Fridays at lunchtime.
The Art club ran from October with the kind assistance of Angela in fifth year and Orla in third year. Students had the opportunity to drop in and take part in a variety of art and craft making activities, such as animal silhouettes, origami bats, paper flowers for Remembrance Day, animation skills, window painting, Christmas decoration and card designs. We look forward to continuing in the New Year with more craft and animation fun.
In term one, students have had the opportunity to explore typography linked to poster design for the “Oliver” poster competition.
Also Halloween fun, from origami bats to silhouette cats, was enjoyed by students of all ages. The second half of the term saw set design for “Oliver” All interested students had the opportunity to work on large-scale backdrops, small and large-scale props and to get involved with makeup and costume design. The term finished up with winter and Christmas festive fun decorations, card making and gift wrapping ideas. We look forward to exploring animation in term two.
This year all art students from St. Mary’s sought their visual inspiration from the National Botanic Gardens. Artwork was realised in a variety of disciplines. First year students explored, “Painting in Context”, and created paintings of the gardens concentrating on natural forms. This work evolved into delicate embroidered hanging sculptures. Second year art students used the diverse plant life in the Botanic Gardens as a starting point for mask-making. They focused their photographic and drawn observations on natural forms that best described the art elements. Third, fifth and sixth yearstudents examined the, “Sculpture in Context”, exhibition at the gardens and made a kinaesthetic response to the artists’ work.
As part of their study of Art History and Appreciation, fifth and sixth year students visited the Casino at Marino. The experience gave them valuable insights into this fine example of neo-classical Georgian Architecture. Third year art students have been busy developing their Junior Cert. project themes. The portfolio of work each student completes demonstrates her visual awareness, drawing skills and personal creative responses. Transition year students embraced literacy and numeracy in art when they printed book covers using linoblock. The narrative and sentiment of each book were explored in single colour prints which were exhibited in the school.
Cross-curricular links were made with the Maths Department and the S.P.H.E Department. Maths Week in October afforded students the opportunity to participate in the photographic ‘Maths Eyes Competition’. Second year students also designed posters focusing on the mathematical proportions of the human figure. In S.P.H.E students used the principles of portraiture in paintings to explore issues relating to self-esteem and identity.
