D-E Varsity Art Team enjoy First Figure Drawing 'Practice!'

Mr. Brown striking yoga poses for our Varsity Art Team

Life Drawing Session......

 

 A great time was had by all and we are definitely looking
forward to our next 'practice.'

D-E Art Stars from 1999 & 2008 return to campus!!!

Erica Sellers 08' offering a crit
to an AP Portfolio students'
original fashion designs.

Erica Sellers 08' showing her work to AP
Studio Art class in the Swartley Studios.

Erica Sellers 08' & Seung Paik 99' stopped
last week to share their work and see how the campus has changed...
Erica is a junior at RISD, Seung graduated from RISD and has worked as a designer for Reebok, Nike and Underarmor to name a few...Their expertise, viewpoints, and wonderful personalities were warmly welcomed back to Swartley...

Erica & Seung presenting their work to Ms. Diaz'
Innovative Design class.

Check out this link to hear Seung's response to a question about fashion trends...



Mr. Emery (Visual Arts & Art History Chair), Seung Paik 99', Marisol Diaz (arts instructor), Erica Sellers 08'
Thanks for stopping by!!!
Come back
 and visit soon!!!!



SENIOR SPOTLIGHT EXHIBIT 2011 A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!!!



Mr. Daly & Jennifer at the
opening reception.

After being snowed out, the rescheduled lunch
reception was a huge success!!!



Senior Artists: Jennifer Lee, Shireen Kahn (Curator), Katie Yook, Hadar Naftalovich, Eunice Her.

This year, the community voted for the 'Best In Show.' 
This years winner, 'What's the Best Nation, Donation,' by
Katie Yook will now be enjoyed by future generations at D-E.

The Lower School Celebrates Valentine's Day with Art & Music

The Lower School Valentine's
Art Exhibit featured
wonerfully vibrant works
on paper & ceramic 'cards.'



Congratulations to Ms. Garcia and all
of her hard-working, dedicated and
skilled young artists!!!!



Senior Spotlight Exhibition opening postponed til Monday Feb. 7th 12:30-1:30pm

Check out the work of Eunice Her, Jenny Lee, Hadar Naftalovich and Katie Yook....and introducing the curatorial debut of artistic mastermind Shireen Kahn...all members of D-E's Class of 2011!!!!

Come check out the work from Feb. 7th- March 10th,
In the Swartley Gallery on the D-E Campus...
(Hi Hadar!)

The Karma Seed & Chris Lo, 08' stop by D-E for a visit...




 

Chris Lo, 08' presenting recently at an Upper School
Assembly.  He spoke with students about his most recent
project, Karma Seed, and the influence D-E, Ms Diaz,
student government, Innovative Design...have all
had on his life thus far...



If you haven't seen the video, definitely check that out, and stayed
tuned for pics from the upcoming Senior Spotlight Exhibit, opening
this Thursday afternoon in the Swartley Gallery...

Check it all out for yourself....

Karmaseed Website Link



We are all soooo proud of you Chris!!!! Keep up the amazing work, and never forget us back in Swartley!!!!

2010- State of the Arts- A look back at some of the 'highlights' of the past year...

 

Colin Alexander 10', Now studying at the Maryland Institute,
College of Art and loving it!!!  Colin spent 2010 continuing to
develop his unique artistic voice & vision with painting, sculpture
mixed media works and a full length 'graphic novel'/ illustrated book
for his Senior Focus Project.

Christine Kim 10', developed a stunning portfolio including the drawing you see here which was also featured in Calliope, our Nationally honored literary & arts publication.  She continues to develop her work, skill and conceptual verve at RISD, the Rhode Island School of Design.  Great work Christine!!! We are proud of you!!!!



We took several great field trips in 20-10, my favorite
is our annual spring jaunt through the Chelsea galleries.
Here you see Sarah, Ally, Chelsea & Lily posing with...
hey, those guys don't go to D-E!



 

Reina Yasuoka enjoying a moment with an art installation.




 



 

Harrison Co 10', now at Rochester Institute
of Technology still a 'photo poet.'  See for
yourself with the work by Harrison below.



Just a sampling of Harrison's work but I am sure
you agree, he has a flair for capturing the moment.  The
one below was taken during another 20-10 moment as
'Shinobi Ninja' featuring the Machinist twins, both D-E
grads, as they took the stage at a spring assembly.

  

Cooper Wright at trip to the MOMA in 2010,
here is gets a bird's eye view of
Marina Abrovomic and her cutting edge
performance.  Cooper was accepted at Parsons
for Photography but is spending a 'gap' year in
Brazil, learning Portuguese, taking photos and
spreading his wings....



Pedram Razghandi 10', is a true 'Renaissance Man'...I don't use that term lightly...he is a man of science, math, writing & history and as you can see by these 'self portraits' and the striking encounter of 'man & nature' he is a thoughtful, skilled and mature artist.

 



Isabella Giancarlo 10', has a flair for design, color and
really everything that is beautiful & innovative.  I am
proud to note, that her studies at Brown have continued
to be artful, fanciful, poetic and cutting-edge all at once.
at Brown this fall have 

  

Sarah Kang 10', has such a great sense of design & form as she illustrated here in some of her
portfolio work that landed her at the prestigious Parsons this fall.  Way to go Sarah!!!

 

 

 Varah Baronian 10', is enjoying himself at Skidmore where he continues to draw avidly while pursuing his passion for the theater, landing a key role in the fall production as a freshman. These pieces were part of Varak's AP Portfolio which included the self portrait below and a series of paintings like the two above which focused on important aspects of his Armenian heritage.

Ji Min 10', is not only one of our Art stars from 2010 but she was also responsible for
some of the most astounding, incredible, breathtaking theatrical sets ever seen at
Dwight-Englewood!!!  This charcoal erasure drawing was completed in our
Advanced Portfolio class this past year.  The pic of Ji Min to the left features another
of her talents and passions...We love you Ji Min!!!!

 

We, your humble art guides, hope you enjoyed our look at 2010 and a small sampling of the artwork that exploded out of Swartley and beyond (believe it or not there are soooo many works and artists and moments we left out), field trips to the MOMA, MET, Cloisters, Cooper Hewitt, Chelsea Galleries, theatrical set designs, award winning works & fabulous events from PAS, the promotional arts society. 

We are so very proud of all of the magnificient works of our students from all of the grades and are already enjoying the inspiring art of 2011 as the art fires in Swartley continue to burn brightly and warmly...We are blessed with the multitude of beautiful phoenix which rise from the hands and process of our students and continue to help them engage fully and deeply in those acts of creation!!!