Collaborative Quilt and Radial Design

First semester art students closed out the year with a collaborative quilt in the Gee's Bend quilting tradition and radial design inspired by the science and photography of William "Snowflake" Bentley. Students worked with tongue depressors and tempera paint to create an individual 'quilt' square which became part of the larger quilt design. After learning a variety of folds and cuts, students created radial designs by stacking a selection of their snowflakes, and cutting apart others to extend the radial design.

Percent For Art Opportunity For Students

Eunice Kim, one of the Percent For Art artists creating public art for our new Ryan School space, visited the 4th period art class and left us with information about an opportunity for Ryan students to contribute to her installation.  Students are invited to submit up to 5 photographs for consideration, that show life in Fairbanks and Alaska. Student photographers will have their name displayed with their images if chosen. Ms. Kim stressed that students pay attention to using settings on their digital devices that will insure they capture images using the highest resolution possible. She provided instructions for taking and sending photos to her. The public art piece in the Ryan Library Loft will be titled "Wonder Matrix". In addition to the high resolution color photos there will be action verbs included, that students in other classes voted on. A sample list of possible action verbs were presented to students to work from, as well as additional action verbs students thought should be added. Images and verbs together will create a thoughtful collage that represents our lives in Fairbanks, Alaska and as members of the Ryan Middle School family.