Educator Showcase: Shakira Renee
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I have my associates in Visual Art from SCCC & BFA from SUNY Oneonta. My first job out of college was teaching private art classes to special needs adults which is when I discovered my love for teaching. I love…
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Educator Showcase: Irene Domingo
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Well My name is Irene, I joke with others that the best way to remember it is to think of the hurricane. I have been making art since I could hold a crayon. I started off with mainly cartooning and…
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Project Snapshot: Monochromatic Seascapes
Art Shuffle®: Kids Monochromatic Seascapes Overview: Students create an original monochromatic seascape painting using acrylic paints, as inspired by the work of artist Matthew Fisher. Essential Skills: Learn how to successfully blend colors toward a gradient. Discover how to create value using acrylic paints. Create a painting of multiple tints/shades…
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Student Showcase: Angelina M.
Tell us a little bit about your journey as an artist. From a young age, I’ve been drawn to creativity across many media and styles. In school, I was often sketching on the side, using drawing as a way to turn my thoughts into something visual. My first formal art…
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Project Snapshot: Subterranean Dwellings
Art Focus®: Drawing: Teens Subterranean Dwellings Overview: Colored pencils present many opportunities for creative expression, story telling, and personalized details. Using colored pencils, students create subterranean burrows with connecting tunnels to tell a story of an imaginative underground scene. Vocabulary: colored pencils, layering, subterranean, and tonal paper Featured artist: Sarah…
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Team Showcase: John Sahin
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I am an art instructor and concept artist for animation. Tell us a bit about your role at One River I am instructor and a product manager. I am part of the educational board and help to build curriculum…
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Student Showcase: Aidan B.
How long have you been a student at One River? I started taking summer camps here in the summer of 2023, and classes that following spring Tell us a little bit about your journey as an artist. Though my exact goals for being an animator have shifted from being…
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Student Showcase: Jack P.
How long have you been a student at One River? Almost 1 year. I started in the 3–5 program when I was in 2nd grade taking Art Focus: Cartooning because I like making comics. I also take Digital Art Shuffle. I wasn’t sure what it would be like but now…
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Student Showcase: Melody T.
Melody has been a student a One River Clark for 4 years and in the Portfolio Development class for about 2 years. When asked if the Portfolio Development class has improved her art, and how, she said “Absolutely. I’ve gained a lot of practical techniques that I wasn’t familiar with before as…
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Student Showcase: Neo L.
Neo, 16, has been a student at One River Middletown for 1 year. Since joining the Portfolio Development class last year he has created a wide range of artworks with different media. When asked about a favorite project he said “I have been working on joining together bits and pieces…
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