Renaissance Launches Art Contest to Honor Bilingualism in America

 

Hey this one is only for our US and A friends.   Sorry to my fellow Canucks.  All students in grades K–12 are invited to create and submit a painting, drawing, or mixed media piece on the theme of “celebrating Hispanic heritage and bilingualism.”  So let your students know and they could win $500.  To see the article click here.

If you used an idea from this website then buy Mr H a gatorade :)  Thank you

Classic Masterpieces Painted in Humble Outdoor Locations

From the Colossal, "Malaga-based artist Julio Anaya Cabanding paints well-known masterpieces in unsuspecting public places to create captivating trompe l’oeil interventions. The classic scenes and their ornate frames are hand-painted on unlikely backdrops such as graffiti-filled walls, crumbling buildings, and slabs of stones by the sea. These decrepit locations are chosen on purpose, as Anaya Cabanding seeks a distinct contrast to the pristine halls of traditional art museums. “These places are inhospitable, decadent, and inappropriate to receive such a valuable object,” he explains to Colossal. “Opposite of what a museum is.” "

To see the article click here.  

School Arts Magazine

If you are teaching high school art you might want to show this online magazine to your aspiring artists.  It is called "School Arts Magazine" and here is what they say about themselves, "SchoolArts is a national art education magazine committed to promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts since 1901."  To see the magazine click here.  There articles that might get the art teacher doing some coteaching with other departments as seen by the titles, "Art + Math = Awesome" and "The Art and Science of STEAM".

Pictify

If you like art and Pintrest then this site is for you.  According to their website, “you can curate your own collections of art, make albums of your favourite paintings, photographs, sculptures and so on, and you can share your albums with your Pictify friends and followers.”  To see the website click here.