Page 123 - Herzlia HS Magazine 2021

This year has seen some changes in the way things happen in Art in the
Junior High as we have changed to having a semester of Art in Grade 8 and

9, instead of doing it all year. This has been a positive change as there are
more lessons in the 10 day Cycle and we have focused on more meaningful

projects.
The Grade 7s have continued to rotate between all the Creative Art
subjects and choose their elective in the final term.

The Grade 8s have been introduced to the formal Elements of Art by
making a fun book cover where they illustrate their understanding of the

work. They also learnt about Impressionism and did lovely self portraits in
the style of the Impressionists.

The Grade 9s engaged with a Holocaust project with a theme of
remembrance as they researched the Shoe Memorial along the Danube

River in Hungary. They made drawings and paintings of their own
contemporary shoes and in this way thought about the personal story that
one's own shoes have, whilst remembering the footsteps of the past. They

also studied the movement in Art history; Surrealism and made exciting
three-dimensional sculptures from a Surrealist painting of their choice. The

Grade 9s collaborated with the Esteam pupils to create three dimensional
cubes using Minecraft. The Art pupils introduced the Esteam pupils to the

movement of art; Op Art and the Esteam pupils took the initiative with the
Minecraft.application. Together they created an incredible digital image.

In Grade 10 pupils select Visual Art as one of their elective subjects,
engaging with both practical and theoretical components. This year, pupils
have developed an understanding of tone to create form in both drawing

and painting. The third term project introduced colour theory to translate
tone to colour.

The Grade 11 pupils, like the Grade 9s engaged Holocaust themes as part

of our preparation for Yom Hashoa. More recent projects focus on the
formal elements of colour to generate conceptual possibilities, and focus

on process work in visual diary.