These magnificent pieces were created by junior high and high school students throughout Granite School District. Junior High Art Show Snapshots: High School Art Show Snapshots: ...
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Photos: Top artists take four hours to create astounding works of art
Dozens of young painters, sculptors and sketchers representing eight high schools will gathered to transform blank canvases and clumps of clay into works of art in the space of a single evening. Each participant in Granite School District’s Art Night Olympics Competition had four hours to create a finished piece in his or her chosen medium. The ...
Time Lapse: Art Night Live!
Dozens of the top student artists from Granite District high schools worked side-by-side one another in an ‘all out art’ competition. As part of Granite Education Foundation’s ‘Art Night Live!’ student participants had four hours to create a work of art and compete in various art mediums, such as watercolor, pastel, oil, acrylic, charcoal, ...
Art remains an important component to a well-rounded education
National Arts in Education Week celebrates the impact of artistic learning in schools throughout the country. Artistic mediums allow students to explore subjects from a myriad of angles. Over at Granger High School, a group of students have used art to ask the question, “Where will literacy take you?” “These works symbolize that literacy ...
Granite Gallery seeking exhibit proposals for 2015-16 school year
Looking to showcase outstanding art in an elegant setting for hundreds of people to see? The Granite Gallery at the Granite Education Center displays art from employees and students throughout the school year. The Gallery has four available timeframes for student or employee exhibits during the upcoming school year: August 12 – September 23, ...
An interview with Granite’s art, dance and theatre curriculum specialist
K-12 fine arts specialist Tamara Burnside has been sharing her love of art with students for decades. Since her first position at Olympus Junior High in 1994, Tamara has been encouraging students to follow their passion and work hard as they pursue artistic careers. Tamara was recently interviewed by the Foster Art Program Blog to highlight ...
Utah Symphony to feature fifth-grade artwork from Oakwood, Morningside
Fifth grade students from Oakwood and Morningside elementary schools will help thousands of their peers connect with classical music through colorful drawings. Under the direction of visual art specialist Eric Wangsgard, a handful of fifth-graders at both schools have created works of art to accompany a notable music number performed by the Utah ...
Photo Gallery: Student skills go full throttle during Art Night Live
You can’t rush art. That is, unless you were one of the more than sixty high school artists who participated in the latest round of Granite Education Foundation’s Art Night Live. They managed to rush their art very well. In just over three hours, these talented students managed to create astounding works of art that most of us could not ...
Photo Gallery: Wasatch Jr. High students create 3D chalk murals on sidewalk
Wasatch Junior High School’s east entrance was transformed into a veritable concrete canvas last week during the school’s chalk art contest. Spearheaded by fine arts teacher Chris Wightman, the contest included students in Wightman’s classes creating chalk drawings that, when viewed at a certain angle, appear three-dimensional. ...
Photo Gallery: High School Art Show
Visitors who made it to the 2014 Granite School District High School Art Show undoubtedly left with a sense of awe and amazement at the level of talent displayed by artists throughout the district. This year's show featured several pieces in several mediums, including pencil drawing, painting, ceramics, mixed media, commercial art, photography, ...