2010-2011 TOP 10 Online Portfolio Images

Dany Oudeesh ©2010 06 - viewed 126 times - Prismacolor pen on card stock

VISUAL ARTicles Blog and Portfolios are accessed through  published links in our school news papers and articles written about our school and arts programs.  International Baccalaureate students from around the world can visit our site.  Most exciting for our student artists is the exposure to a truly  international community of WordPress.com and Flickr members.  This unique community of international artists, collectors and organizations are able to post comments and invite our students to post their images on other member sites. All comments have been very positive.  Lilly Olney was invited to post her work on an English Watercolor Artist Flickr group site and Mitchell Connell was recognized by a Latin Pin-Hole Photography group site.

Mattie Goldberg ©2010 28 – 207 hits
Mahyar Varasteh ©2010 10 – 176 hits
Mattie Goldberg ©2011 30 – 175 hits
Mattie Goldberg ©2010 27 – 162 hits
Lilly Olney ©2010 12 – 134 hits
Lilly Olney ©2010 11 – 133 hits
Brittany Tidwell’s Thai child w/ her portrait – 132 hits
River Kanies ©2010 10 – 130 hits
Dany Oudeesh ©2011 06 – 126 hits
Dany Oudeesh ©2010 07 – 124 hits

An amazing fact about our sister sites is that images on our Flickr Pro Site are viewed 1000 times weekly.  We average 100 to 300 hits per week day and 400-700 hits on the weekend.   Our first experience with international exposure was when our principle, Dr. Shader, traveled to China and offered teachers and students cards with our web site link, suddenly we experienced over 900 views on one day.  Flickr Stats track the number of hits – views – independently and it is interesting to note is that the most viewed images were not the first images to be posted, they are simply the most visited images among our 530 posted works of art.

I.B. Visual Arts –  This course is for juniors and seniors who are interested in obtaining an I.B. Certificate or are fulfilling the I.B. Diploma Group 6 requirement.  The course requires an inquiring and integrated approach towards visual arts in their various historical and contemporary forms.  The I.B. Art course provides students the opportunity to make personal, sociocultural and aesthetic experiences meaningful through the production and understanding of Art. Students must be able to work independently in and out of class.

CLICK HERE  to see more art by 2011 Visual Arts International Baccalaureate Diploma and Certificate Candidates.  Our site includes art work made by high schools students from 2009-present.  After graduation, students are encouraged to offer links to their college portfolios or professional sites, but they are not invited to add more artwork to their folders.

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To view all 39 IB Visual Arts Portfolios and 5 special event folders   CLICK HERE.   

Link to important updates on our efforts to reinstate Mary Catherine Bradshaw as our Tennessee authority on International Baccalaureate  and Hillsoboro IB Coordinator > BURROS FOR BRADSHAW

CONGRATULATIONS! HHS IB GRADUATES!

Mattie Goldberg ©2010 ~ BLOG ICON ~ Pen and watercolor on paper / CLICK on image to enlarge

2011 Hillsboro High School International Baccalaureate Graduates

The Festival of the Arts was a great success and our combined Hillsboro art, photography and music students demonstrated great passion and skill.  The Hillsboro High IB Diploma program is a great source of college scholarships for hard working students who want to attend college.  It is with great pride that we announce a list of universities seeking our 2011 IB graduates and scholarships being offered to them.  I am especially pleased to announce our VISUAL ARTicles associates who have been accepted to study art.

Scholarship money awarded to the IB Diploma Candidate Class of 2011 for four years of college is $2,236,000

VISUAL ARTicle Associates:  Katy Fishell, Columbia University ~ Mattie Goldberg, University of Colorado Denver ~ Jordan Kirk and Barry Jones are applying to Watkins College of Art and Design

Colleges to which the IB class of 2011 has been accepted: College of Charleston. Furman University, Eckerd College, Queens University of Charlotte, MTSU, Eckerd College, Bethune-Cookman University, University of the Pacific, University of Tulsa, UNCA, Oxy, University of Portland, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington Seattle, Seattle University, University of Utah, Tulane, Furman University, Wittenberg University, Roanoke College, College of Wooster, University of Evansville, William Jewel College, Oberlin, Transylvania University, Queens University of Charlotte, UTC, Berry College, Mercer University, Elon University, Furman University, Belmont University, Baylor University, University of the South, Rhodes College, Samford University, University of Memphis, Union University, UT Martin, Hawaii Pacific University, University of Oregon, UTK, Lipscomb, UNC Chapel Hill, Clemson, Alabama, Goucher, Guilford, Earlham, Purchase, UNC Asheville, Baylor, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Florida Tech, Cedarville University, University of Rochester,University of Missouri Kansas City, Oakland University, Detroit Mercy, Wayne University, Michigan State, Kalamazoo, Bard College, Grinnell College, Macalester College, University of Colorado Denver, Art Institute of Chicago      (HHS IB Seniors! IF you are not represented here, please let me know. CHagen)

To see Festival of the Arts boards look down the RIGHT COLUMN >  or > CLICK HERE to see art by 2011 Visual Arts International Baccalaureate Diploma and Certificate Candidates

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To view all 39 IB Visual Arts Portfolios CLICK HERE. BLOGROLL HIGHLIGHTS!

Link to important updates on our efforts to reinstate Mary Catherine Bradshaw as our Tennessee authority on International Baccalaureate  and Hillsoboro IB Coordinator > BURROS FOR BRADSHAW

CONGRATULATIONS, Brittainy Tidwell

Featured Artist Brittainy Tidwell ©2011 Acrylic on canvas / CLICK image to enlarge

HHS IB Visual Artist brings home National Award

Brittainy Tidwell has won the National Scholastic Silver Medal in Painting for her acrylic figurative artwork titled “Alice”. It was Brittainy’s recognition as the Regional Scholastic Gold Key in Painting recipient that placed her painting  in the national competition for scholastic medals. Brittainy is a 2011 IB Diploma Candidate and VISUAL ARTicles member.

2011 is the second consecutive year for Hillsboro High School IB students to win National Scholastic Arts Medals! Ms. Profitt-Steuli’s mastery of the International Baccalaureate Visual Arts curriculum and her many years of teaching aid her students in mastering art fundamentals.  Seniors are  encouraged  to enter state and national competitions. Marti Profitt-Streuli teaches IB and AP Visual Arts junior and senior students; in addition to Art II, Art I and Life-Skills Art for exceptional education students at Hillsboro High School.

2010 Diploma Graduates who received National Scholastic Medals in visual arts were Lauren Taylor and Juliana Horner.  < CLICK HERE to see more of Lauren or Juliana’s art.

Look down the RIGHT COLUMN > to see more of  Brittainy’s paintings or view her portfolio > CLICK HERE

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To view all 39 IB Visual Arts Portfolios CLICK HERE. BLOGROLL HIGHLIGHTS! Link to important & interesting sites > National Scholastic Categories / Art Daily / Nashville Art Events Calendar / Interactive Art Web-Exhibits / Cool Hunter / Lauren Taylor’s Blog

Scholastic Awards Ceremony

Cheekwood Museum of Art exhibits Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art JANUARY 29  –  FEBRUARY 20

Mahyar Varasteh, Brittainy Tidwell, Mattie Goldberg, Mitchell Connell & Ms. Profitt-Streuli - Cheekwood Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony / CLICK image to enlarge

For the 20th consecutive year, Cheekwood and the Tennessee Credit Union have partnered with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers to host the Scholastic Art Awards, one of the oldest and most prestigious student art competitions in the country. Ms. Profitt  and our four recipients were there representing the International Baccalaureate Visual Arts at Hillsboro High School, Nashville.

See samples of art by our winning artists in the right column >

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers celebrates the creative achievement of America’s teens. The Awards were founded in 1923 to offer recognition and scholarships for students for their artistic talents. Students who excel in the visual arts and creative writing participate in The Awards to earn recognition, get their work exhibited or published, and to earn scholarships.

Past Scholastic Art winners include:   Red Grooms – Nashville’s own painter and installation artist, Andy Warhol – print maker, Richard Avedon – photographer, Phillip Pearlstein – painter, Robert Redford – actor, Harry Bertio – sculptor and so many more…

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Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art , 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37205 –  (615) 356-8000  ‎ cheekwood.org

 

Congratulations to OUR 2011 Scholastic Winners!

Mitchell Connell ©2010 American Visual Nominee / CLICK image to enlarge

Winners Announced

Thank you, Ms. Profitt, for your leadership!  It is your commitment to teaching art and your constant encouragement that empowers our Hillsboro High School art students to enter the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition.

Congratulations to our VISUAL ARTicles members for your recognition as gifted artists!  All four Hillsboro High School winners are 2011 IB Visual Arts Seniors and IB Diploma Candidates.

REGIONAL SCHOLASTIC WINNERS

• Mitchell Connell     American Visual Nominee & Mixed Media Gold Key   Handmade Photography Book:  444 mi.
• Mahyar Varasteh   Art Portfolio Silver Key     Mahyar’s Portrait Portfolio
• Brittainy Tidwell     Painting Gold Key             Alice
• Mattie Goldberg     Painting Silver Key           Pile of Jacks  aka  Lost in Jacks

2011 Regional Scholastic Winners List > CLICK HERE

2011 National Winners from the Middle Tennessee Art Region > CLICK HERE