Art Review

This is Matt Kissel's latest video. Its titled Projections and it depicts the psychological effects on a human mind after living in the dark and isolated for periods of time. This is different from other works of Matt's I've but I really enjoyed the creativeness behind the video. I give it 5 stars! 

What do you think?

This is one of my designs for the campaign project for government. What do you guys think?

New in Art

Carl Richard Dahlstrom is a new cartoonist. His art is populated by trolls, unicorns and other fantasy creatures. At age 80, he has made his name known in the art world, by his ability to tell stories with his artwork. Some of his work was displayed on small-press fantasy novels. 

New in PCHS Choir!

This week in Choir we have been working on our newest pieces for the up coming Collage Concert! This Holiday show is not only Concert, Treble, and Mixed Choir but it also includes the Concert, Symphonic and Wind Ensemble band. It will also be featuring some out of class band quartets, quintets, and trios show casing different holiday music selections. The after school choirs, Belcanto, the all girls choir, and Wildcats, the all male choir, are both student lead and will be singing some different holiday musics as well(: The night will be fun filled and from what ive heard so far of the music being shown and played im giving it 5 stars!

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This picture is of my sister at the U of I Marching Band Competition. What do you think?

New in Art

Juan Miguel Giralt was born in Barcelona in 1953. This piece is an oil painting. It is titled Arboreal. 

My Top Three Careers in Art

Top Three Picks
1) Tech Theatre and Design (hey lawler!!! pick this one for me!!! PLEASE)
2) Scenic Design/Painting for Theatre
3) Architect

Art in the News

This piece titled Nineteen Ten Remembered was sold for a astonishing 2 million dollars at the Heffel Fine Art's fall sale. This is an oil on canvas by Jean Paul Lemieux made in 1962 and it set a record price for post-war and contemporary Canadian art.   

My Voki

This is my voki. I dont really know why we made this but its a sock puppet. 
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=4881019&height=267&width=200

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This is Mr. Dinosaur! He is my dinosaur and this is a sketch I did using the Bamboo tablet and Photoshop.

Blog Post

New in Art

This artist's name is Yayoi Kusama is loving the chance to be shown as a contemporary artist while at the age of 82 years. She was born in Matsumoto, Japan, Kusama has been dominated by themes of the infinite in her 60-year career, often through the use of obsessive repetition. Her work was regularly linked to minimalism, pop art and feminism and embraced a range of mediums, from soft sculpture to poetry

New in Schooling

News on the Educational System Changing!

New in PCHS Drama!

This is Olivia and Stephanie working on our set for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This Drop is made out of cloth and then attached to a bar that moves it up and down for scenes. The layout and design of the trees was done by me and our tech director. This was a very early stage of the process. Final pictures are soon to come!

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This is my picture for our 3-D project. I made the bird in Google Sketch Up and then created a mask in Photoshop and then creating this picture.

New in Art

A painting by the late pop artist Roy Lichtenstein has sold at auction in New York City for more than $43 million, a world auction record for him. Roy's 1961 painting “I Can See the Whole Room! ... and There’s Nobody in It!” It shows a man’s face peering through a peephole. Lichtenstein became famous for his cartoon styled pictures along with Andy Warhol and Jasper John to help launch the art movement. 

New at School!

This year PCHS is performing Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as their fall play! Join a young and curious Alice on her adventure with very many odd and hilarious characters of Wonderland. The show opens on Nov 11th with a show at 7:00pm, Nov 12th at 2:00pm and 7:00pm and then Nov 13th at 2:00pm. I'm giving this show 4 stars! So come join the adventure and remember don't be late!

News in Art!

This is a piece done by Bernard Williams. His piece called 'A Screen and a Thing' is currently showing along with a few pieces from his other collection at the McCormick Gallery in Chicago. The showing opened on Oct 22nd and will continue until Dec 3rd.

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This is a possible Play bill for our schools fall play Alice in Wonderland. What do you guys think about it?

New in Choir

PCHS Fall Choir concert took place last night and had a great turn out! Mixed, Treble and Concert Choir Classes each performed different pieces. Madrigals, Bel Canto, the all Women choir, and Wildcats, the all male choir also performed with the class choirs. With all of our hard work and effort put in to learning and perfecting the music, it paid off to have a crowd cheering and clapping for us(: over all I give the concert 5 stars! 

News in Art!

This is the camera I currently own and I love it still! It takes great shots and is very good for action and blast modes. The Sony Emor R TX1 has a intelligent setting so it chooses which mode would be the best for the lighting, subject, and shutter speed! I love this version though there is a new one coming out soon.

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This is a picture I took for yearbook for the color guard section in band. What should I edit on it? or should I not edit it at all.

Musical Review

My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The musical tells the life of Eliza Doolittle, a street flower seller, who makes a bet with Professor Henry Higgins, that if he can make her speak the English language properly he would fit her into the upper class. My personal favorites from this musical are, 'Wouldn't it be Loverly', 'I Could of Danced all Night' and my all time favorite is 'On the Street Where You Live'. This musical puts a different twist on a heart warming and hilarious love story. I highly recommend it 5 stars. 

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This is the start of my brick letters. What can I do to help make it more realistic looking?

Musical Review!

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a story of a small country girl moving to the bigcity of New York in hopes of becoming a Modern Woman. On this mishap of a journey, Millie Dillmount enters the work force, sees how the other half lives, falls in love, and has her first taste of the immoral scene from an underground speakeasy. The music is highly influnced by the 1920s jazz and flapper music. Over all 5 stars this musical makes you laugh and has a happy and highly unexpected ending!

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This is a picture I took at a football game for yearbook. I really like how Brianna(color guard member) is the focus but I want to make her stand out even more. Any ideas on how I can make her the main focus.

Movie Review

This movie is one of my favorite movies of all time! It tells a tale of love set to some of The Beatles most famous and widely known songs. Being a HUGE Beatles fan, I give this movie 5 stars! This story takes you through love, war, hate, loss and friendship all while using the Beatles lyrics to help.

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This is my final version of my digital painting project! What do you think about it?

New in Art

Amy Brier's sculptures are used to make other foams of art. In thsi piece she made the fish pattern on the ball then rolled it in sand to make a fish pattern appear. She is both a teacher and artist, she is also the co-founder and director of the Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium. More examples and show dates are listed on this website.

New In Music(:

Time Travel's Album Cover 

NeverShoutNever newest album had just been release! Songs include Time Travel, Robots, Lost at Sea and Awful. With his sweet guitar and powerful lyrics I love NeverShoutNever's music(: 

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This is my created world picture. I'm not completely finished with it yet but I really like how its coming along. Any comments?

News in Art

This is a picture from the famous French fashion photographer, Garance Dore's newest collection. This collection displays different little things that she noticed through out her day. She mentions things that make her smile or laugh and her journals are written along with the photos so the viewer can follow her thoughts.

New Musical(:

This classic love story based musical has a new and modern twist. As a small town girl meets a big city rocker in a club they fall in love. But their love story is told with the classic anthems of the 80s. The new music includes songs from Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar and many many more. Anything with this music in it gets 5 stars(: I love this kind of music. 

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This is the marble project. I used photshop and burn and dodge tools to make the shadows and highlights.

New in Art

This picture is titled "Happy Tears". It was made to celebrate the 150 anniversary of Italy's Unification with the touring show "Made in Italy". The artist's name is Roy Lichtenstein.
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/

News In Music((((((:

This is a picture of the Chicago version of West Side Story. West Side Story is a classic tale of Romeo and Juliet. The Jets and Sharks are the two rival street gangs. Maria being from the Sharks and Tony belonging to the Jets, their love can never happen. Songs include 'I feel Pretty', 'Somewhere', and 'Tonight' which are also my favorite from the show! I give this musical 5 stars

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This is another picture of my tree. I used a different filter to create a plastic 3-D looking image. 

New in Art

This is Tim Burton's newest book. It has over 1000 illustrations and 430 pages. They are only printing 1,000 copies for each book so get one while they last(: 
http://www.steelespublishing.com/

New in Music!!!!!

I love Adele's new album! Turning Tables and Someone like You are my favorites from the cd(:    http://www.adele.tv/  <--- this is her album website
I give her album 5 stars!

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This is a charcoal image of my tree that we completed in class yesterday. I used a filter to change the colors around and make it look charcoal.

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong.html

this video is sooo cool! Im giving it 5 stars. The fact that this has over 2000 voices in it from people all over the world is so amazing(:

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This piece of work was created by Owen Schmit whose work is currently displaying at the New Image Art Gallery in West Hollywood. The showing is called 'burn off' and this piece of art is made using acrylics.

Welcome To My Blog: Strawberry Field Forever

Hello(: My name is Mikayla. I love theatre, art, figure skating and music! I will be posting everyday on my blog and my blog will be covering  creativity, art, news discussion on type of digital media, critiques on my classmates works and my own pieces and other form of art; such as movies books and music. I love art and have always been in dance, skating or some other form of art. I want to be a theatre design major when I'm older