Project Snapshot: Splash Screens
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 +…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Elba Rovelli
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…
Read MoreTeam Showcase: Anne Wallman
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I’ve been in Talent Acquisition and Career related services my entire working life. I started work in the UK and moved to the US when my company opened an office in NYC. 5 years after I moved here, I married…
Read MoreProject Snapshot: Favorite Things
Kids Art Shuffle (K-2) Favorite Things Overview: Students create a mixed media work inspired by the work of JJ Manford, combining representational drawing, colored pencil drawing, color gradient acrylic painting, and collage. Essential Skills: Use of objects to show personal meaning. Use of color to show emotion. Bright color gradients…
Read MoreStudent Showcase: Julian
Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. I became interested in art when I started taking classes here. I wasn’t that good when I started, but I grew to love art the longer I attended. I think that I have gotten better by…
Read MoreStudent Showcase: Leo D.
How long have you been a student at One River? 1 year Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. I started off doodling and sketching and my mom suggested One River to help me become a better artist because I want to…
Read MoreProject Snapshot: Vibrant Painterly Landscapes
Adult Into to Studio Vibrant Painterly Landscapes Overview: Students learn the principles of composing a landscape, then utilize abstract painting techniques to add vibrancy & richness. Students will think about the way painters use color, texture, and technique to create images that inspire emotion. Essential Skills: Students create an acrylic…
Read MoreTeam Showcase: Matt Gysin
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I graduated from William Paterson University with a B.A. in media & film production in May of 2018 and have been interested in the arts since a very young age. I have always had a love for movies and storytelling…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Dana Siljander
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I started painting when I was 18. My dad and his mom were both artists and I grew up surrounded by art. I started with watercolor and quickly moved to acrylic painting when I fell in love with doing decorative…
Read MoreSummer Camp Highlights
Summer camps are in full swing across all school locations. Check out just some of the fun that has been had and art that has been created in a few short weeks!
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