Visual Arts

BLACK ARTISTS AND THE DRAMA OF A PORTRAIT

Students learned about four artists: Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Kadir Nelson and Bisa Butler during the month of February/March 2022.

After presenting a chosen work from one of the four artists to the class, students than

became involved in the act of making a realistic portrait learning about measure of the face, placement, values of a color, tone and background.

Here is an example of the students that excelled at this Unit.

Some notable people students chose were bad Bunny, Rihanna, Samuel. L. Jackson, Willow Smith, Adele and more.

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LEARNING PERSPECTIVE AND A TRIBUTE TO A PLACE

Students learned about angles above and below the horizon line as part of the correct technical skills of

Drawing buildings, structures and how to take that knowledge and combine it with

fun culture, animals, plants that make up the essence of a city to create a unique tribute to a place of their choice.

Some places include: Hawaii, Greece, NYC, and Egypt

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ART CLUB MURAL PROJECT

THE MURAL IS FINALLY COMPLETE.

Students volunteering (2021 - 2022) to improve the school by helping paint panels on the 3rd Floor.

We will be posting out work as we add to it on a regular basis.

Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 and Saturdays 11:00 - 1:00

Theme from African to Asia: Animals of the World

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UP MAGAZINE X RON ENGLISH MAGAZINE CONTEST COLLABORATION

Congratulations to 9th grader Gael Vazquez, 9th grader Jazmin Ministro and Senior Mohammad Salam for being chosen as one of the three winners by UP Magazine for our Ron English-Inspired contest.

Ron English whose considered a master artist also reinterprets famous characters (Supersize Me, Coney Island Walls).

As a jumping off point, Students reimagined a famous character and applied proper tone and shading techniques.

They looked at Ron English for inspiration.

Thanks to T.M Mills and UP Magazine for collaborating with QTHS to get our crew juices flowing. Students will be receiving a copy of UP Magazine and some fun Ron English goodies.
@t.k.m85 @up__mag @ronenglish

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Keith Haring Social Issues Unit

Keith Haring was an 80s artist whom became a world wide sensation with his "activism" and style of art. He bagan in the subway doing line drawings, and quickly rose to fame with gallery shows, products and eventually a store in SOHO. His style flat and bright with dark outline appealed to the masses. Diagnosed with HIV AIDS , Keith began focusing on helping at-risk youth and using his art to promote safe sex as well as Mental Health issues.

Students chose and issue and in an optimistic way, illustrated their topic using a hopeful message. Bright Colors and Black outline was applied.

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Invader Mosaic Project

PAPER MOSAIC ART INSPIRED BY FRENCH ARTIST @INVADERWASHERE

After learning about internationally acclaimed artist Invader, students created a

mosaic based of pixel art. Invader has been rewarded with his interesting twist

on early 80s video game art by being asked place his art on a European Space

Station as well as being invited to adhere his art on the top of the Eiffel Tower.

There were many skills acquired during this process:

1. Scaling up from 1:4 ration from a pixel art designed for the screen to a

formal artwork size (minimum 6x8) with half “ squares.

2. Drawing and planning their grid from line, shape to color.

3. Transferring their grid to a formal piece of paper

4. Measuring, cutting, placing their squares to fit into their grid

5. Using the skills of alignment, neatness and placement

6. Refining the mosaic if any pieces needed to be resized.

Students chose their own topic based off popular culture and iconography they

liked and wanted to pursue as an artwork.

ALL Work Shown goes beyond the expectations.

Ms. Volpe Periods 2, 3, 4, 6,7 and 9

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POP ART UNIT

Students learned about two of the most famous leading Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Roy Litchenstein. Thank created a pop art inspired piece of their own using the style guide of that movement. Included are exemplary works by students.

Some themes include: brands, logos, words. comics, icons

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Basquiat Inspired Expressive Animals

Students learned about Jean-Michel Basquiat and his life, art and how expressive he was with his style. They then

created animals using the techniques of distortion, blending with oil pastel to create lively works.

Featured here are a array of animals from varied periods and grades Fall 2021.

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KAWS ABSTRACTION PROJECT

Students learned about Brian Donnelly a.k.a. KAWS> KAWS began as a graffiti artists, turned toymaker and built his empire to clothing and accessories of wearable art. He also paints and has shows in galleries worldwide. Some of his licenses include SUPREME, UNIQLO and The Simpson. He is the first artist to have his work in the Macy's Day Parade leading the way for other fine artists to have a balloon made in their style of art. Included are works from students that highly executed the concept of abstracting a form of American Pop Culture into art. They drew something like a character or pop culture product cut it up arranged and re drew to create something unique and colorful.

Students featured include: Christian Atemis, Alejandro Acevedo, Hugo Aspiroz, Kimberly Gonzelez, Milagros Cruz, Genesis Lazo, Sara Barrientos and Gina Peralta Cardena

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Tribute to Van Gogh (Art Club)

Students have been meeting via Google since March to discuss and create art together : one project we dedicated to was a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. The special Show The Immersive Van Gogh opened in NYC in June and we wanted to pay tribute to this legendary artist.

Artists are Kelly Lin, Sara Barrientios,, Milagros Cruz Gomez, Kelvin Dutan, Myckie Weng, Stephanie Peralta, Lindsy Ruiz, Carolina Delrio Rodrgue, Christopher Vargas,

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2020-2021 Queens Borough Arts Festival

Congratulations to 10th graders Sara Barrientos, Noe Carrasco, Genesis Lazo and Seniors Candice Greaves, Naidelyn Hernandez, Jennifer Popovici, Lizbeth Ramirez. Their artwork from 20-21 has been selected to be exhibited in the 2021 New York City Department of Education Queens Borough Arts Festival. Student artwork will be displayed in a virtual gallery accessible online, opening in June 2021. Their hard work paid off and they represent the amazing artistic talent of Queens Tech! #QTArtists #Artclass

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Kusama Whimsical Drawing Project

Students learned a new techniques which is more automatic. Only given less than a minute and holding down their marker (no erasing), they

created spontaneous, whimsical line fluency and added pop color as we learned about one of the world's most notorious female artists hailing from

Japan Yayoi Kusama. Students featured include: Joselyn Aquayza, Rachel Naspud, Sara Barrientos, Joanne Farmor, Evelyn Tacalero and Nicole Fuentes Rodriguez, Marco Vallerugo

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Visiting Yayoi Kusama Botanical Gardens

Students staying covid safe and enjoying NY arts events happening now.

Students Jose Espinoza, Kevin Camas, Kevin and Melanie Zhagui and Valeria Vacacela

earned extra credit in art class by

visiting the Yayoi Kusama Garden Show at The Bronx Botanical Gardens.

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Portraiture Work for Black History and Women's History Month

Beginning with Black History Month and moving into Women’s History Month, students in Ms. Volpe's Creative Art Class learned the techniques of proportions, dimensions and shading for realism with colored pencils. As a class, We spent time learning about famous Black portrait artists like Kadir Nelson and Amy Sherald, and their accomplishments. Sherald is the first black Woman to be featured in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. There was a lot of research and refinement and showcased here. are exemplary student work from a mix of classes :

Candice Greaves, Genesis Lazo, Sara Barrientos, Jocelyn Chasi, Joanne Farmor, Kevin Palaguachi, Cristian Tenesaca, Bryant Navarrete, Brayan Lema Pallazhco, Christopher Paredes , Marco Vallerugo, Rosaisela Alonso Vargas , Milagros Gomez Cruz, Gina Peralta Cardena and Arlin Ramos Chango.
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Arts Connection Awards

Students Ann Sim (11th grade )and Stephanie Vidals (12thh grade) won $100 as part of Arts Connection Citywide Call to Art Showcase titled Flourish. The work will be framed and displayed at

Centerview Partners, an investment banking firm , in Midtown Manhattan for a year. Both projects were completed in Created Art Class between Spring 2019 and Spring 2020.

Projects: Portraiture and Picasso-Inspired.

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Travel Art Unit

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Even though we can not travel right now in person, we can dream in our art. Students researched varied cities and learned the technique of 3D angles to make structures look realistic, overlapping of elements and applying color variations to make a real travel poster. Here is a great group of highly executed posters by: Christopar Diaz, Sara Barrientos, Jose Espinoza, Alexis Tenesaca, Naidelyn Hernandez, Jaedrtiz Agustin and Henry Ponciano Garcia

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RON ENGLISH X reinterpretation of A Famous Character

After learning about the infamous Street Artist turned Gallery Artist turned toy maker Ron English, Students re-invented a famous character so they became a new character. Think Alter-Ego with a twist!! There were 6 winners because it was so hard to choose. Students not only re-interpreted the character but had to learn shading techniques with colored pencil. Students showcased are: Henry Ponciano Garcia, Sara Barrientos, Jocelyn Chasi, Joanne Famor, Alex Tenesaca and Sherlyn Bernal. Each student will receive a special gift pack at home included with some Ron English Stickers. All work created in Ms. Volpe's Creative Art Class. @RonEnglish

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RON ENGLISH X reinterpretation of A Famous Character

After learning about the infamous Street Artist turned Gallery Artist turned toy maker Ron English, Students re-invented a famous character so they became a new character. Think Alter-Ego with a twist!! There were 6 winners because it was so hard to choose. Students not only re-interpreted the character but had to learn shading techniques with colored pencil. Some of the Students showcased are: Henry Ponciano Garcia, Sara Barrientos, Jocelyn Chasi, Joanne Famor, Alex Tenesaca and Sherlyn Bernal. Each student will receive a special gift pack at home included with some Ron English Stickers. All work created in Ms. Volpe's Creative Art Class. @RonEnglish

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POSTERS FOR THE FUTURE (2021) INSPIRED BY OBEY GIANT

Students learned about Shepard Fairey/Obey Giant and created posters that would inspire others for the future. Topics discussed were science, nature, equality and freedom.

Students learned about Shepard Fairey a.k.a. ObeyGiant and how his posters inspire many people and he is the first street artist to be showcased in The National Gallery in Washington, D.C.

He was invited to meet Barack Obama and attended the festivies in Washington, D.C in 2008.

Students highlighted here are : Eric Flores, Sara Barrientos, Gina Peralta Cardena, Tamara Bueno and Alexis Tenesaca.

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INVADER WAS HERE ART CONTEST

Students put on masks and took their pixel artwork inspired by the real French Urban Artist Invader out into the real world. Artwork is comprised of exact squares with varied colors to make pixel inspired artwork. Students chose their own topic. The winner of the contest was Rachel Naspud. She took her invader art and hit up Times Square.