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 ...
Artwork from 16 elementary schools on display in Granite Gallery
Will you be stopping by the Granite Education Center in the next few weeks? Don't miss the current display in the Granite Gallery. The exhibit features artwork from 16 elementary schools with the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program - a teaching partnership between art specialists and classroom teachers in 130 Utah schools. ...
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, ...
New student-made mural at Granger High exhibits values of literacy
A once blank brick wall at the mouth of D hall in Granger High School has been adorned with an enormous 32-panel oil painting. “Literacy Will Set You Free” was created last spring by students in Elizabeth Matthews’ art classes. Inspired by the work of abstract artist Julie Mehretu, students used a layering technique to create the collaborative ...
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: 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, ...
Students and families drawn to monthly Community Art Night at Cyprus
Have you ever been hypnotized by a pillar of clay spinning on a pottery wheel and thought to yourself: “I bet I could make a nifty-looking vase; I should give that I try sometime.” For students and families at Cyprus High School, the curiosity to create art is being satisfied with the help of a monthly Community Art Night. The idea of an evening ...