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Student Showcase: Sadie

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How long have you been a student at One River? I’ve attended classes at One River since the pre-pandemic era, making it so that I’ve spent approximately four to five years at the institution. The majority of those years, if not all, were spent within the Teen Digital Art Shuffle…

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Team Introductions: Tara Kalnitsky

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Tell us a little bit about you and your background Hello! My name is Tara and I have been creating art using every medium I could get my hands on since childhood. I graduated from Rutgers with a degree in Painting and Ceramics but found a passion for illustration markers…

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Educator Showcase: Alanna Califra

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Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Studio Art and double minors in Art History and Digital Art. Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of working two fulfilling roles, one as an art teacher…

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Student Showcase: Leo

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Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. As a young artist, I am still working to improve my skills and get better at the craft. I love to make art because it allows my imagination to come outside of my brain. I can’t…

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Inktober Highlights 2024

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Inktober is a month long art challenge created by artist Jake Parker that is focused on improving skill and developing positive drawing habits. Every day for the month of October anyone participating in the Inktober challenge creates an ink drawing and can post it online with #inktober #inktober2024 and @oneriverschool.…

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Educator Showcase: Mike Koloski

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Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I am a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design, but I have been exploring digital graphics – Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash (now Adobe Animate) since the late 20th century. In college, I dove head first into 3D animation, with…

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Team Introductions: Megan Becker

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Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Megan Becker, a New Jersey based artist, graduated from University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, receiving her BFA in illustration. She has taught at various art centers including the Visual Art Center of New Jersey, The Center for Contemporary Art,…

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Student Showcase: Riley

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Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. I watched a lot of cartoons as a kid. A lot of my friends were into Anime, so I started drawing a lot. I started giving my drawings to people as gifts, and then I just…

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Project Snapshot: Splash Screens

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Teen Focus on Manga Splash Screens Overview: Students employ traditional painting techniques such as underpainting and glazing to create an artwork inspired by the manga artist Rolua. Students explore methods for creating dynamic poses and immersive worlds to combine cartoon-like style with realistic elements for one breathtaking painting. Vocabulary +…

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Educator Showcase: Elba Rovelli

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Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I’m a graduate of Pratt Institute and a teacher with 19 years of experience, teaching from Pre-K -12th grade. I’m currently working at Leonia HS, teaching ceramics, and 6th grade art in Leonia school district.   What attracted you to…

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