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Asian Club Hosts Artist and Author Maggie Chang

11/8/2021

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The Students for Asian Cultural Awareness hosted a virtual author book talk with guest Maggie Chang. 

Maggie is the author of the children's book Geraldine Pu. Geraldine is a spunky Asian American girl who encounters a bully. The story unfolds and shows how Geraldine handles bias. 

The students loved Maggie's book and learned about her writing and art making process. Maggie shared about her personal life and journey and how she published her book.
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The students asked Maggie questions about her inspiration for her book and if the character was based on her life. She shared about her life and upbringing and was a great role model for the students.
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Special thanks to BHS Librarian Callie Graham for funding this great author talk. 
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Art Program Mission Regarding Diversity, Equity, and Race

11/8/2021

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This year as my professional practice goal with my art department we have set this as our mission statement. I have created a new section of my website devoted to building resources and revising my lessons you can find under the DEI section.
Art Program Mission Regarding Diversity, Equity, and Race
In alignment with Burlington High School’s core values and learning expectations for students, the BHS (BPS) Art Program will 
  • Examine and revise the BHS curriculum to include equitable and authentic representation and highlight the indispensable contributions that people of color have made to the world; 
  • Identify our practices and programming that maintain systemic inequity and take the steps necessary to enact change;
  • Engage administration, faculty, and staff in ongoing professional development that ensures educators understand and implement equitable classroom practices that promote justice for all;
  • Create actively antiracist educational spaces that prioritize student voice;
  • Develop and communicate a clear protocol for addressing race-related issues that impact BHS community members;
  • Empower ourselves and our students to communicate and collaborate in ways that work toward solutions to the continued problems of inequity in the world; 
  • Model respect, empathy, and responsibility in our classrooms and develop meaningful opportunities for students to learn the power of these values
First Steps:
  • Commit to explore/read many of the resources in this document; take notes; gather ideas.
  • Develop a limited (well-curated, not overwhelming) list of references and resources to share with art students at each grade level.
  • Full-hour department meetings in new school year, with first portion devoted to equity issues
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Masks On and Off to a Great Start!

9/17/2021

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The school year is off to a great start! This year I am teaching Drawing and Painting I, Drawing and Painting II, Architecture I and II, and Web Design.

We started with light fun ice breakers, getting used to the new rotation block schedule and helping students who were fully remote transition back to school. The first day I have students work on the Sumi Ink Club. Check out my Art of Education article about it here.

Creating a welcoming and relaxed environment that is comfortable for all students is the foundation of my classroom. When students are relaxed they will learn more, create more and feel more comfortable expressing themselves through their art. 

Here are a few of the works of art that my students created for  intro assignments. Enjoy!
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'Name design for the cover of their folders. This helps me get to know the student names and helps us get used to the organization system and clean up process. 
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After studying contour line we created a collage of the drawings and students added an art element. This great lesson is from Mrs. Moen in IG @artofteaching. She is an uber talented educator with fantastic lessons. 
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New Year and New Discoveries

9/11/2020

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Phil Hansen's Ted Talk " Embrace the Shake" is helping me reframe the challenges of this school year. I am seeking to "seize the limitations". Here's to a new school year filled with new discoveries and brand new Art!
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Welcome Back Art Students!

9/10/2020

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Welcome Back BHS Students!

Please read this LETTER TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES from the high school administration.



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Art NoteCards For Sale

10/30/2019

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Five original works of art created by Burlington Art Students were printed on blank notecards and are for sale through the online school store.

​The art for the cards were created by:

Matthew Collina, Class of 2019
Ryan Tortorici, Class of 2019
Manel Henniche, Class of 2022
Owen Kim, Class of 2021
Joe Trabucco, Class of 2021
               Buy Art Notecards HERE
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Burlington Public Schools Website

10/30/2019

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The district website is updated and a great resource for school info. Be sure to bookmark this link 

​BPS District Website Link: https://www.burlingtonpublicschools.org
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Guest Artist Milisa Galazzi

10/30/2019

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Asemic Journey
Artist Reception
September 12, 2019 
6-8pm in the Cambridge Street Gallery

Artist talk on November 5, 2019

The Burlington Education Foundation generously donated funding for this artist residency. 
ARTIST BIO - Milisa Galazzi
Artist, Milisa Galazzi, is best known for her three dimensional hand sewn shadow drawings, her printed and drawn works on paper, and her richly layered abstract paintings all of which explore the very nature of being human. Her work is held in private international collections as well as public collections in the United States such as Women and Infants Hospital and the Women's Medicine Collaborative in Rhode Island. She exhibits nationally in solo and group shows in both galleries and museums. Galazzi presents talks at national and international conferences such as the International Encaustic Conference and the National Art Education Association Conference in New York City and teaches classes at universities such as Clark and Yeshiva. Her artwork has been featured and reviewed in Surface Design, FiberArts and ArtScope magazines as well as in books such as, "Contemporary Cape Cod Artist: On Abstraction," and "Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic” as wells as, "Encaustic Art in the Twenty First Century." Galazzi was 'boat schooled' as a child while she and her family traveled and lived aboard their thirty-one foot trimaran sail boat hand built by her father. She received an MA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design were she exhaustively researched the educational effectiveness of community-based art education settings and her findings are published by Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Project Zero Press, 1999. In addition, Galazzi holds a BA from Brown University where she studied Studio Art with minors in Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology. She attended and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover. Her broad education directly informs the content of her art making. Galazzi works full time in her studio in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Check Out These Great Pencil Drawings

10/23/2019

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Cultural Calendar of Observances

10/1/2019

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BPS has a fantastic tool to help us educators plan our lessons and respect students cultural and religious holidays.

Here is the link to the calendar:

BPS Cultural Calendar
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