Along with the sketchbook/ photo Friday/ visual journal assignments that students have already on their schedule, I will be posting short project assignments on your class blog page.  Students can pick from these short assignment prompts and choose to do 1 a week for a production grade during the time that we are out.  As students complete these, they will need to take photos and upload the results to their student blog: www.students.weebly.com. 

The assignments that I am choosing to post will be shorter than what we would normally do in class, however, students will still be learning critical visual art planning and production skills that we would have been doing in a traditional class setting. These will also be projects that students should be able to do with items they have around their house.  (if you don't have that item, then choose a different project for that week.). I will be continuing to add to the project options every few days to make it easier to complete and for students to have MANY choices.  

Be sure to click on your individual class pages for project prompts/choices.  

Hello students!  Welcome to the home page of our new classroom, distance learning style.  I am working on getting together videos and sample project options for you to work on in order to still get credit for art while we are away from school.  These project options will be located on your individual class pages.

Please be sure to email me ASAP if you have any questions about anything: Julie.denison@cobbk12.org 

Also, be sure to join the remind for your class so that I can let you know when new updates are available for your class.  

Remind:  Text the following code to the number 81010 to join our class remind.

VA Comp:  @kellvacomp
Drawing & Painting 1: @kelldandp
Drawing & Painting 2: @kelldandp2
Printography: @photoprint
AP studio: @47hb83


Check out the video below for an introduction to distance learning and a quick lesson on how to use your phone to upload images to your weebly blog. 

Oops!!! I forgot something really important about PUBLISHING your weebly blog!!  See video below on how to do that!

Please see the note below from Dr. Stark about next year's elective registration!!!


Kell Family,


We hope you are doing well with the Digital Learning Plan.  We miss you!


In light of not being in school this week or next, we need for you to request electives for next year’s schedule on Monday and Tuesday, March 23-24.  The link will go live on the Kell homepage on Monday morning, March 23, and will be available until 11:59 pm on March 24.  During this window, please go online and select your top 8 elective choices for next year.  You must select 8 choices so that we have alternates if your top choices do not work.  We will use your elective choices, along with your core registration from your core teachers, to build your schedule for next school year. Selecting electives is essential. These are courses you are choosing take. If you do not select electives, priority will be given to students who have selected electives and your schedule will be filled with the remaining courses available.


We will send multiple reminders, but please be sure to complete this process on Monday or Tuesday.


​Thanks!
Tiffany Stark, PhD
Assistant Principal
Kell High School
678-494-7844

Open Studio Event, Spring Semester 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020, 5 - 8 p.m. |  FREE and Open to the Public! 

Please join us for our Spring 2020 Open Studio Event! Prospective students and community members will have the opportunity to walk a self-guided tour of the Visual Arts Building while classes are in session.  

• Visit the studio classrooms and watch KSU students work on their projects.
• Meet students and professors and ask them questions as they work.
• Participate in class discussions and watch demonstrations.
• Watch a Virtual Reality Sculpting and Painting Demonstration.
• Prospective students: Bring your portfolio (drawings, small paintings, prints, or photographs of artwork) and have it reviewed by our faculty members.
• Oh, and did we mention FREE PIZZA?

If you are reading this message you will notice that I was not able to make it to open house tonight.  I had back surgery this morning, so I won't be back to school until tomorrow.  Please take this time to explore the pages on this blog.  This is the major way I communicate all upcoming and current information. 

For example, if you click on your student's class, you will find all the information we have been working on this week.  This include demonstration videos, samples of the steps and work they are doing, as well as rubrics and handouts they have.  This way, you can see the quality of work that I expect from each assignment.  

Each class does have weekly homework.  All classes have sketchbooks due on Wednesdays with the exception of Printmaking/Photography which has "Photo Friday" homework in the form of digital photos that they will post on their blogs.  

Don't forget to mark your calendars for March 12th.  This will be our annual art show event in collaboration with the spring musical, Chicago.  The time of the art show is from 5:15pm until 7pm and is an open house event where you can drop in whenever suits you best.  All art students will have at least one piece in the show.  (most will have more!)

Please be sure to let me know if you have any questions about how the class runs, the supplies your student needs, or any other concerns.  The best way to contact me is through email:  julie.denison@cobbk12.org   

Feel free to follow me on twitter where I brag about all the amazing art happening in my classes: @denison_julie or follow me on instagram where I have my personal artwork: @jcdenisondesigns

Good evening!!!

Below is a video on how to upload your image/ artist statement to the web and then how to generate a QR code to print out for the art show. Here is the link to the QR code generator I used: https://www.qr-code-generator.com

Today, you will work on one of 3 things: 

1.  Create a written artist statement about one of your pieces that will be in the spring show.  (see artist statement flow chart)
2.  Create a video artist statement about one of your pieces for the spring show.  (see artist statement flow chart)
3.  Create a "Meet the Artist" page.  
     ---This should include a characterized version of you, your likes, dislikes, etc.  

Below is a list of classes we offer here at Kell and the order in which you can take them.  Please see Mrs. Denison with questions.