CAS 12: Reflection - Gala Painting

Gala Painting

            As an annual fundraiser for my school, the board of Island Academy host a “Gala”, also known as a fundraising ball. This event is usually held at the Curtain Bluff hotel, and is themed differently every year. Auctions are done on the night in order to raise money for the school and guest from all over are welcome to attend.
            Approximately three years ago, the theme of the Gala was “Roaring 20s” and it was decided, that in order to create a more personal atmosphere during the auctions, students of the school would paint canvas’s that would then be auctioned. Our art teacher at school selected the art students she would wish to volunteer for this, and I was one of those since that first year three years ago.
            This year, we were able to paint a piece of work of our choice, which did not have to relate to the theme but had to be created from our own ideas. I really enjoy working with abstract and modern art and therefore I lean towards those roads when deciding on my painting. Last year I did a painting that consisted of two canvases’ where the image started on one and finished on the other. I fell in love with my piece and was so pleased with it that this year I did a similar image however just using one canvas.
            In order to complete this piece of work it took time and patience. It was a very enjoyable project but I constantly felt pressured to make it look as good as possible and I already am a huge perfectionist. I was rather nervous when starting my painting but felt a bit more comfortable knowing I had done it twice before and they had sold for relatively good prices. A lot of effort was put into this and I really enjoyed my painting in the end. As art is something I thoroughly enjoy I had no problem accepting this opportunity and I hope to continue it next year. 

CAS 11: Reflection - Mural Painting

Mural Painting

The schools mural was first started by a group of students who attended the Island Academy Summer Camp held in the summer of 2010. One of our teachers, Ms.Lewis and a friend of hers from away held a summer camp to teach students and open up their minds to creativity through art, music and dance. Therefore, this became one of their projects, but unfortunately they had no time to finish.
              The mural portrayed an amazing form of creativity and was off to such a great start there was no way it could be left unfinished! So, myself and 4 other IB students offered to team up and help Ms. Lewis complete the mural. We stayed after school on a Monday for an hour and started off painting the rest of the unfinished product. Painting was a lot of fun, we were able to put our artistic skills to work and get creative. I really enjoyed painting on such a large scale, as the mural was done on a huge wall at the side of the school. It wasn’t too difficult although being short was a bit challenging to reach the high spots. We stuck with three basic colors of yellow, blue and white preventing confusion and providing a simple but intriguing piece of work.
             Painting was a major portion of the mural, however we spent multiple classes designing and organizing another image for the remaining 3 areas on the wall. As a group we came up with ideas relating to our school and island that would help portray a combined image of who we are at Island Academy. As much as this was interesting to do, I much preferred the painting and more hands on work rather then the planning. This could be because I was anxious to see the end result and get it done. We used grid paper to help measure out the images for the remaining boards, which was quite confusing to use. I stuck to the designing and painting.
            Unfortunately, I was no longer able to continue this project after just a few classes as I needed to start preparing for the SAT. Therefore, I ended up coming to an abrupt stop with this project and haven’t been able to re join. Hopefully when I have completed my SAT, I will be able to continue helping with this project. However, the students that have continued are doing a great job and it is slowly coming together.

              

CAS 10: Upcoming Sports Day

Our school use to carry the tradition of doing both a beach and sports day in the year, however the past 2 years this tradition kind of disappeared. So therefore, myself and my class members are bringing it back better then ever! We plan to do either a beach or sports day on March 25th, or maybe even combine both. The day will consist of activities Eg- lime and spoon, obstacle courses, long distance running, short distance running, mini football games etc. This will allow all the secondary students to compete in their house teams for points, whilst enjoying themselves with some fun activities. It will be really nice to bring this back and see everyone dressed up in there crazy colors and competing and i am very excited. Hopefully the teachers participate in this and we make it a great day!
Anyway i have planning to do :) Gtg x

CAS 9: Upcoming Spring Dance

It's that lovely spring time of year again, and to celebrate the beautiful season, myself and my class are organizing a themed spring dance. The theme is still undecided we were thinking either "Little Miss and Mr. Men" or a "Hawaiian Luau". Its very exciting now, trying to decide on a theme, and decorations and make tickets etc. although can be very stressful. We have done a school dance twice before, so we pretty much have a good idea as how it will all work out, which is great as it keeps the stress level down a bit. The dance is scheduled for March 26th, so we have a good amount of time to get everything into action.
I cant wait :)