2535 21st Avenue NE
Hickory, NC 28601
phone: 828.256.9492
fax: 828.256.1475
Mrs. Janice Dollar
Middle School Art
Class Title:  Middle School Visual Arts
For the week of: August 30, 2010 
We begin our year with an investigation into the use of art in the business/commercial arena.  Our purpose is to learn about the use, design and production of promotional materials.  With the participation of HDS teams in the Susan B. Komen Run and Brett's Ride, the middle school will design the teams' tshirts.  Last week we began a study of variations on depictions of the HDS logo, the sun.  Each student is rendering 12 thumbnails of original "suns".  Students will select one variation and complete a finished product using the medium of choice:  pastels, paints, colored pencils, pen and ink, etc.  Our choice of artwork will be submitted to the firm contracted to produce the tshirts and we will follow the process throughout to the point of completion.  These radiant projects will be displayed on the school's pavilion and in the future, this artwork will be used on marketing materials for HDS.