Night of the Arts Logo for 3rd Annual

Richard R. Green HS of Teaching will be hosting its 3rd Annual Night of the Arts in May 5, 2016. Here is the final shirt designed by student Helem Carpio and myself. These limited shirts will be on sale as a fundraiser for the arts.
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Buddha Paintings

Here are two large scale Buddha paintings continued from the interdisciplinary work with Global Studies. Every student in this particular class had two 1'3" squares to paint. Each square has its own little flavor of self expression. The other Buddha paintings posted earlier were done in groups of 3-4 students.
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Mixed Media Landscapes

Painting by Kimberly Mendez #brianbachisin

Painting by Isaac Santiago #brianbachisin

Paintin by Jessiah Lucien #brianbachisin

Painting by Angelique #brianbachisin

Painting by Jarlinson Matos  #brianbachisin

These 1st year art students learned about basic color theory and did some painting exercises experimenting with value through mixing primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. They had to implement these practices into a landscape painting. The criteria for the painting included use of value through color theory, collage with magazines or other materials, and the use of texture. Some students used paper mâché to make the foregrounds of the landscape appear 3-dimensional and other used torn paper collage as their texture. Students learned about color theory, value, and texture in this project through the act of art making and had fun experimenting at the same time. Much of this procedure was experimenting, trial and error. I encouraged students that the process was more important than the outcome.
For many of these students, it's was their first time working in a paint medium. It's natural for them to try to make perfect paintings and struggle doing so. That's why I encourage experimentation with the medium. Being so flexible, there are so many directions to go with the paint medium and students must have time to find what they are comfortable doing through extensive exploration. I always tell them, "No painter has a style until they have created at least 100 paintings. This is your first painting. Decide what you're comfortable with after 99 more."
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National Museum of the American Indian

One of the many benefits of teaching in the Financial District NYC #brianbachisin

Grateful to have this group as my advisory for the next two years!  #brianbachisin

Emily Lin and Jazlyn Soto soaking in the museum vibes #brianbachisin

Rashida Ali and Crystal Seecoomer in the zone reflecting on captivating works of arts.  #brianbachisin

Examining the pencil techniques of a Native American Wizard  #brianbachisin

Great period long field trip across the street writing about, reflecting, and drawing some Contemporary Native American storytelling artwork with my amazing advisory class. #brianbachisin #rrghst #rrghstart

May 5, 2016 Night of the Arts

3rd Annual Night of the Arts at Richard R. Green HS of Teaching coming up May 5, 2016 at 7 Beaver St, New York, NY. All are welcome! We don't have advanced art classes or sequential art electives, but the work produced in our Studio Art 1 classes will make you think we do. Come check out our photo booth, henna station, science fair, face painting, coffeehouse performances, and art exhibit. Come have a mocktail and a light snack and support NYC student art!!!

Mural club

Making progress on the large staircase wall at RRGHST!