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

Lilly Olney, 2011 IB Diploma Candidate

Featured Artist: Lilly Olney ©2010 Watercolor, pen and ink on paper / CLICK image to enlarge

ARTIST STATEMENT

Art has always been an organic part of my life. When I reached my IB art class I turned to something just as organic and essential in my life as art, the human form. As my two years in IB art passed my focus changed from the face to the figure. I learned through practice that the figure is an extremely complex entity because of the simplicity it is viewed with.

I try to capture the complex simplicity of the human figure in my pieces through a mixture of mediums ranging from ink,  watercolors, chalk, graphite, and etchings. My pieces drift between the real and the surreal and are often simply placed in space to leave focus on the human figure.

To see more of Lilly’s art > CLICK HERE