Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center Art Contest Winners

Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center recently held an art competition for local students. I am proud to announce the Liberty High School Winners were.... (drum roll please!!!)

1st Place 

Gladys Landaverde

2nd Place
Maria Lopez

Very nice work ladies!

V.A.S.E. (Visual Art Scholastic Event)

Milky Way, Mixed Media (Watercolor, salt & colored pencil)

The Dreamers and Seekers seem few and far between but I have the honor and blessing of knowing this bunch. This past weekend a group of 5 brave souls took on the challenge of V.A.S.E. (Visual Art Scholastic Event). V.A.S.E. is a "UIL-esque" event where the artwork is created beforehand and then brought before a judge to be considered worthy of further recognition or not. Each student is rated not only on their artwork, but also on their ability to communicate their concept to the judge. These were the ones willing to put themselves out there and for that I am so proud of them!!!

Please note these five brave souls were part of this year's event  which "involved 14 school districts, 44 campuses, 99 Instructors, and 1988 student entries (1602 of which actually made it to be judged)."

And a Special Thanks to Coach Box for driving the bus and being such an avid supporter of the Arts! 

The Evil Within, Acrylic on paper & canvas

Finding the Right Mix, Pencil

Daisies, Mixed Media (oil pastels, acrylic & colored pencil)

Daydreaming
 Mixed Media (Colored pencil, Graphite pencil & ink)

Student Art: Color Wheels

Rotary Club Teaming up with the LHS ART Room

Rotary Club of Liberty's "Ring in Rotary's 90th with a Liberty Bell" Campaign is in full swing! In case you haven't heard here is what's happening...

"The Liberty Rotary Club will be 90 years old in 2015 and we want to celebrate with two very good causes in mind: Polio Plus and the Liberty Bell Tower.

     Our Polio Plus Committee is co-chaired by Rotarians Bill Brackin and Skeet Raggio. They came up with the idea to paint the town with Liberty Bells, concrete Liberty Bells that is.

     The Rotary Club of Liberty is selling replica Liberty Bells, designed out of concrete, each weighing 300 pounds (and standing about 3' high) to decorate Liberty. The bell will be delivered to your home or business and can be decorated by you or you can hire the LHS Art Department to decorate it for you, for a $50 additional fee. The bell itself costs $300. Half the proceeds go to the Liberty Bell Tower reconstruction fund. Order yours now. Deliveries begin Feb. 2015." 

For information on how to order yours, please contact the Rotary Club of Liberty at 832.477.7314

What is an Art Bike?

An art bike is a bike that is altered or at the very least added on to in an effort to create a kinetic sculpture. It's art and engineering coming together! It's putting the Arts in S.T.E.A.M! The only limits here is the designer's imagination!

Beginning this semester (Spr. 2015) and thanks to a grant from the LISD Education Foundation, Liberty High School now has it's own Art Bike Club as part of it's MegaLunch offerings for students. This offering is for both A and B Lunches on Monday and Tuesdays in the Art Room (124) and will meet after school on Mondays and Tuesdays as students are available to work on building components that need more time. Students can participate whether they have an idea or would just like to help with one.

For those completed before April, these kinetic sculptures will participate in the Houston Art Car Parade! So mark your calendars to come and support the LHS Art Bike Club because..."On April 11, 2015, nearly 300 jaw-dropping cars, bikes, skater and motorized creatures will roll down Allen Parkway, from Waugh Drive to Bagby and blow the minds of 300,000 spectators!" Check out http://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/ for more information.

But the fun won't stop there... even after April, the Art Bike Club will continue to create new marvels and will be out and about so stay tuned for more exciting news!

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Show

It's Rodeo Time in Texas and for the LHS Art Room this translates to the School Art Program! This year I am happy to say our show was bigger and getting better! Approximately 220 students from Liberty Elementary, Middle, and of course Liberty High School participated in the District Show this past Friday, Jan 16, 2015. The Liberty High School Cafeteria was filled from wall to wall with our students' efforts with the Middle School and High School doubling our participation. We once again had 3 pieces advance to Houston from Liberty High School, 2 from LMS and 2 from LES. Without further ado, here are the winning pieces:

This is my student's 3rd trip to Houston, LHS 2013 Gold Medal Winner, LHS 2014 Best of Show,
and Now, LHS 2015 Best of Show with her piece "Houdini."

Three Amigos, LHS Gold Medal, 10th grade

The Lone Cowboy, LHS Gold Medal, 9th grade

Behind the Chutes, LMS Best of Show (Ribbon Mixup should have been purple), 8th grade

Ol' Mission, LMS Gold Medal (Ribbon Mixup should have been gold), 8th grade

   

Leaping Lizards, LES Best of Show, 5th grade

A Front's Moving In, LES Gold Medal, 3rd grade

From Mrs. Leonard, Mr. Humber and myself: Thanks to all who came out to support our students and CONGRATULATIONS to all our winners!!! You can be one of the approximate 2.5 million people to see their work on display at the NRG Center during this year's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, March 3-22, 2015! 

What to expect in 2015

This is one of those moments where I realize I have learned a valuable lesson over the past couple of months. What is that lesson? Agent J discovered it in Men in Black when Agent K explains, "There's always an alien battle cruiser or a Korilian death ray or an intergalactic plague about to wipe out life on this planet." It will not wipe out the planet, but there is always something going on in the LHS Art Room! This semester is going to be WILD! So where do we begin?

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo/Liberty ISD District Show... Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 in the Liberty High School Cafeteria will feature Western Heritage art from students ranging from 2nd to 12th grade.

Rotary Club is partnering with us for their "Rotary's 90th with a Liberty Bell" fundraising project (proceeds to go to Rotary International’s Polio Plus effort and the Liberty Bell Tower reconstruction fund.) For an additional fee, LHS Art will paint the bell for you.

V.A.S.E. (Visual Art Scholastic Event) hosted by Texas Art Education Association on Saturday, Feb. 28, will be LHS Art's second showing at this regional UIL level art competition. I can't wait to see what the students come up with!!!

And the biggest news... LHS Art will be starting a new organization... the LIBERTY ART BIKE Club or LABs for short! Full STE(A)M Ahead!... "What's an Art Bike?" Details coming soon!