St. George's Art Department

2012-01-03T19:20:00.001+01:00

Best of koikoikoi 2011stuck for ideas? have a look at koikoikoi!

2011-12-14T21:25:00.001+01:00

William Golding's Lord of the Flies has sold millions of copies and is read by students all over the world. We’re calling on young artists, aged 13 to 16, to create a brand new look for one of the world’s most famous novels.Find out more

2011-12-10T17:29:00.003+01:00

Not sure what happened to the blog this week - hopefully normal service is now resumed!We do seem to have lost a lot of links though.

2011-12-06T17:17:00.001+01:00

" width="400">This is a clip of an animation project that I am producing as part of a collaboration with Rachael Mossom for her forthcoming dance project based around the work of 'The Birdman of Rome'please watch it in HD if you have the bandwidth

2011-12-05T12:45:00.002+01:00

Y12 New IWB taskTIME, TEXTURE, PATTERN(In COLOUR with all hyperlinks to media etc)Due in January 10th (Day 4)DOWNLOAD HERE(be patient - don't sign up for the paid version, just wait 20 seconds to download for free)

2011-12-02T16:13:00.003+01:00

2011-11-23T09:25:00.003+01:00

Interesting exhibitions in Rome:MACROCecily Brown at The Gagosian (see above)Joe Sorren at Dorothy Circus

2011-11-13T12:10:00.002+01:00

Drawing & Painting in Photoshop by Stuntkid

2011-11-10T11:58:00.001+01:00

Printmaking: Several Y13 and all Y12 students are exploring a range of printmaking techniques Here are some links to the work of famous and less well known artists who have used printmaking.printmakers councilwww.worldprintmakers.comwww.artsconnect.com www.squidoo.com/blogosprintwww.artoftheprint.comGerman Expressionist Prints and Drawings: Portraits and

2011-10-30T16:23:00.003+01:00

To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.Joseph Beuys (1969)For more great quotes from great artists (including sources)use this site:http://www.quotes-famous-artists.org

2011-10-25T21:14:00.005+02:00

Y13 Artists pondering the use of uncommon, unusual or intriguing media might enjoy this blog article on Yarn Bombing from Street Art Utopia

2011-10-17T11:26:00.001+02:00

Some interesting sculptural projects in a range of unusual mediaFollow the links to the artists' sitesHow does an artist's choice of medium impact upon the final outcome?Prior to Duchamp & Picasso. most sculptors used ceramics, carved stone, bone, plaster or wood and cast metal to express their ideas. Now available media might include frozen blood, vaseline, waste products, sharks and

2011-10-15T15:25:00.003+02:00

Mr Morgan's Helpful Art College Application GuideIt's not pretty, but it might just help you to get into the foundation course of your dreams:Download the PDF HERE

2011-09-26T17:49:00.000+02:00

LIST OF LINKS TO ART COURSES ON THE OTHER BLOG

2011-09-23T18:15:00.004+02:00

The Venice Biennale Art as a political gameAn interesting article from The Economist

2011-09-20T17:15:00.001+02:00

An interesting gallery in Rome that you might not know.Only 2 minutes walk from Campo...

2011-09-13T12:00:00.002+02:00

(we do not live in a bubble)Year 13 Artists' New IWB taskCultures ConvergeHere is a link to a PDF of the current IWB research task for Y13 (with working hyperlinks to videos and other resources)

2011-09-06T20:08:00.004+02:00

SGBIS Art Department welcomes our new 2011-2013 IB Visual Arts class(with some more work to do!)First of all: congratulations on your excellent GCSE Art results. Miss Borkowski & myself are very proud of you all!To help you build upon all of your summer work and to gain a clear understanding of the entire IB Art process, you will be using some of the online resources that I have been developing

2011-09-06T10:09:00.006+02:00

St George's Art at the Saatchi GalleryRob Bonar Law's self portrait was one of 5 artworks recently shortlisted from the thousands of artworks on display on the Saatchi online gallery for a Sunday Telegraph Magazine article.Although the article was eventually published without Rob's work, this was a significant achievement!See SGBIS work on the Saatchi Gallery HERE

2011-06-22T17:01:00.004+02:00

(some) UK Art School Degree & Post Graduate Shows:SLADEGLASGOWWINCHESTERLOUGHBOROUGHMANCHESTERCENTRAL SAINT MARTINSFALMOUTHCHELSEALOTS MORE ON THE CREATIVE REVIEW WEBSITE

2011-06-17T20:27:00.006+02:00

The Venice Biennale 2011For those of you looking for some exciting new work from around theworld to support your summer research:This massive event is sometimes viewed asthe olympic games of the art world!Venice Biennale 2011: Mike Nelson, British Pavilion, review The Telegraph

2011-05-31T21:33:00.004+02:00

The laser cutter is fixedso get thinking about ways in which you could use it creatively....why not start with this google image search to help generate some divergence

2011-05-26T19:31:00.002+02:00

The Guardian Newspaper selects 'Artists of the Week'How much influence do critics and the media have upon shaping our tastes? Who decides what is good or valid in the visual arts?

2011-04-27T18:31:00.005+02:00

Dorothy Circus Gallery RomeTHE MAGIC CARAVAN NAOTO HATTORI & MARK ELLIOTT exhibition opens on Thursday 28th AprilIt's only a couple of minutes walk from Campo...

2011-04-04T17:09:00.001+02:00

2011-03-24T20:40:00.002+01:00

Fredrik Odman Photography

2011-03-09T10:03:00.000+01:00

Year 12 ArtistsNew IWB Task Sheet (with hyperlinks)

2011-03-03T14:11:00.003+01:00

The biggest drawing in the worldIt's clever and took a long time to makebut is that enough to make it art?http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx

2011-03-02T10:05:00.002+01:00

dagagijolemeparoso!what could it possibly mean ?http://dagagijolemeparoso.blogspot.com/

2011-02-25T19:15:00.000+01:00

Use Qwiki to help kick off your own investigation of artists or themesI have provided 3 examples in the previous post. View those and try your ownhttp://www.qwiki.com/

2011-02-25T18:51:00.020+01:00

2011-02-21T20:36:00.004+01:00

Inside Shani Rhys-James' studioSome short films about the work of Shani Rhys James, including a time lapse of her studio.HEREArtist statement My desire to produce powerful, emotional paintings which are read for their content, their colour and their abstract elements. I have to be emotionally and mentally taken over by my paintings. They are seemingly direct ; I paint about the studio, the

2011-02-09T17:22:00.003+01:00

Post Paris Projects...Like many other artists, Sean Scully's work has sometimes been inspired by the city of ParisIn this video however, he talks about how he has begun to move away from urban influences and has started to derive his ideas from living in rural Germany.VIDEO HERE

2011-01-04T12:49:00.003+01:00

Pre Paris research for Y12 & 13 IB artistsThematic Trails in the LouvreHereChoose a non European or pre- 10th Century theme/trail to research

2010-12-30T16:40:00.003+01:00

Jenny Saville discusses the influence of Francis Bacon's work upon her own painting:HERE

2010-12-14T18:43:00.000+01:00

Y13Preparing your 30 page CRB sampleHere

2010-12-13T19:58:00.001+01:00

Y12 New IWB taskTIME, TEXTURE, PATTERN(with all hyperlinks to media etc)Due in January 13thHERE

2010-12-08T16:59:00.004+01:00

Paris Art Expedition 2011This is our hotel:View Larger MapOur Itinerary (obviously you all have the detailed, printed itinerary already)Thursday: Musee D'Orsay Friday: Louvre and PompidouSaturday: Montmartre and Musee Rodin

2010-12-05T20:24:00.003+01:00

Art that vanishes as nature reclaims it...Jason deCaires Taylor

2010-12-03T19:48:00.001+01:00

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

2010-11-29T20:27:00.002+01:00

Cecilia GranaraGraduated from SGBIS in 2009Now at St Martin's in LondonHere's her website:http://ceciliagranara.yolasite.com/

2010-11-20T19:14:00.002+01:00

sketchbookspaintingsJames JeanBlog

2010-11-15T20:58:00.002+01:00

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS AT MACRO

2010-11-14T20:57:00.004+01:00

SHARE SOME CANDY

2010-11-14T20:20:00.002+01:00

Art that you can see from spaceMore Information about the giant rabbit's creators: GELITIN, and their other works.

2010-11-11T20:14:00.006+01:00

Printmaking: Several Y13 and all Y12 students are exploring a range of printmaking techniques Here are some links to the work of famous and less well known artists who have used printmaking.printmakers councilwww.worldprintmakers.com www.artsconnect.com www.squidoo.com/blogosprintwww.artoftheprint.com German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: Portraits and

2010-10-19T17:48:00.002+02:00

Tom WoodAn old favourite of mine who might inspire a few of you Y12 & 13 students with your ongoing studio workClick HEREOR HERE

2010-10-09T09:46:00.000+02:00

Happy Famous Artists BlogBad Art For Bad People

2010-10-09T09:17:00.007+02:00

2010-09-30T12:46:00.001+02:00

Link to a downloadable PDF of the latest issue of Aesthetica MagazineHERE

2010-09-29T10:52:00.003+02:00

Cultures ConvergeHere is a link to a PDF of the current IWB research task for Y13 (with working hyperlinks to videos and other resources)

2010-09-24T19:51:00.004+02:00

What happens to all of those St George's IB artistsafter they leave F floor?Of course many go on to Foundation courses as well as degrees in Fine Art, Vehicle Design, Toy Design, Textiles, Fashion Design, Illustration, Film, Photography, Video, Book Design, Architecture, Theatre and TV Design, Interior Design - to name but a few...But then what?Some become painters, fashion stylists,

2010-09-12T18:43:00.001+02:00

Salvador Dali walking his anteater.Was the man himself the real artwork ?

2010-09-05T19:37:00.002+02:00

World Food Day 2010

2010-08-16T09:40:00.003+02:00

St George's Art on the Saatchi Gallery(more work to be added soon)

2010-08-15T08:36:00.003+02:00

2010-07-20T15:55:00.001+02:00

Any of my wonderful St George's artists in London this summer should check out these free workshops:Click HERE for info

2010-07-06T22:16:00.001+02:00

2010-06-21T18:07:00.000+02:00

HOW MUCH ART CAN YOU TAKE?

2010-06-08T11:27:00.002+02:00

A really useful site that links artworks from different times and cultures by themes. Essential for all GCSE & IB artists - no excuse for not being able to compare and contrast diverse approaches to your chosen themes...GLOBAL ART

2010-06-06T17:15:00.000+02:00

mr morgan's record of the week: Sweet Baboo - How Id Live My Life aka The Bumblebee Song

2010-06-03T09:53:00.002+02:00

My money's on the spider (but I feel for the bee), 2009 Oil and graphite on unstretched linen, 83" x 69"Work byRachel Meuler - one of many wonderful artistson culturehall

2010-05-31T21:45:00.002+02:00

I have been looking at free, web-based alternatives toPhotoshop.Aviary is a collection of programmes thatallow you to explore image and sound editing.The kaleidoscope image above was created in myfirst couple of minutes playing around withPeacock. It's very different to most image manipulationsoftware so do watch the demo video first.Phoenix on the other hand is a much more straight

2010-05-30T09:50:00.001+02:00

mr morgan's record of the week: the european 'the settler'

2010-05-28T15:48:00.001+02:00

IB ARTISTS SUMMER WORKNEW IB ARTISTS (Y11 STARTING IB IN SEPTEMBER)HEREY12 ARTISTS GOING INTO Y13 IN SEPTEMBERHERE

2010-05-25T15:19:00.002+02:00

The legendary Bea BonafiniWork from her foundation course at Chelsea on her gallery(and even some older stuff from when she was here at SGBIS)

2010-05-23T09:10:00.000+02:00

mr morgan's record of the week: Joy Division 'Transmission'

2010-05-23T08:59:00.003+02:00

Matt Shlian : Drawings, Sculptures, Videos...Is it just art for maths teachers though?

2010-05-21T11:00:00.001+02:00

Student Art Blog Hub

2010-05-20T13:09:00.001+02:00

Artmonkeys: the SGBIS Visual Arts EE WIKI

2010-05-16T09:29:00.000+02:00

mr morgan's record of the week: human fly by the cramps

2010-05-16T09:21:00.001+02:00

Fecal Face Interviews with artists & designers

2010-05-10T17:17:00.002+02:00

Year 12s considering installation based sculptures might look atLeandro Erlichfor some surprising possibilities

2010-05-09T20:12:00.000+02:00

mr morgan's record of the week: Jesca Hoop 'Feast of the Heart'

2010-05-08T23:42:00.001+02:00

Alexa MeadPaints the real world to look like a painting (better seen than described in writing)

2010-05-05T15:11:00.003+02:00

YEAR 12 ARTISTSHERE IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE NEW IWB SHEETNOW WITH MORE ARTISTS AND DIRECT HYPERLINKS TOWESITES, PAGES AND VIDEO!!!

2010-04-28T20:36:00.001+02:00

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.I'm nott a great fan of 'tagging' myself. However, this is an interesting response to the gestures made by the artists.

2010-04-26T20:26:00.008+02:00

6 month exposure photographsYes - not 125th of a second - but 6 entire months to make each photograph....Does the length of time taken to make an artwork contribute to its value?More work by Justin Quinell HERE

2010-04-13T11:19:00.001+02:00

Sketchbooks

2010-04-06T11:32:00.001+02:00

many lines

2010-04-04T21:01:00.001+02:00

2010-03-29T13:07:00.001+02:00

Visual Arts Extended Essay ExampleHere

2010-03-18T20:29:00.001+01:00

2010-03-16T11:48:00.004+01:00

Y12 Artists Union Gallery is HEREWorksheets for this month Here & Here

2010-02-22T09:49:00.002+01:00

John Nolan

2010-02-11T10:14:00.000+01:00

Y12 Barcelona Sheet COPY

2010-02-07T17:30:00.002+01:00

YEAR ELEVEN GCSE ARTISTSHEREIS A PDF VERSION OF THE 'WORK, REST & PLAY'POWERPOINT USED IN THIS WEEK'S ART LESSON

2010-02-06T18:21:00.001+01:00

Y11 GCSE ARTISTS!!!!look here (Tate Gallery collection by THEME)Great for finding images depicting Work, Rest & Play!

2010-02-06T15:13:00.005+01:00

Jeremy DellerTurner Prize winning artistProcession as an artwork:truly awesome steel band cover of Joy Division's 'Transmission'

2010-01-30T16:19:00.002+01:00

2010-01-12T19:46:00.001+01:00

2009-11-29T20:09:00.000+01:00

Bovey Lee Paper Cuts

2009-11-27T20:17:00.003+01:00

more cool pictures than you could shake a stick at....HERE

2009-11-27T20:09:00.001+01:00

I saw this SITE and now I want to make some filmsshort filmsstrange little films

2009-11-14T12:37:00.001+01:00

Claire Morgan (no relation)

2009-11-08T18:18:00.002+01:00

Roberto Kusterle

2009-11-07T18:05:00.002+01:00

Just to get you started:http://www.marciawoodgallery.com/artists.htmlhttp://www.antonygormley.com/http://www.sophieryder.co.uk/pages/set_works.htmlhttp://www.flowerseast.com/FE/Originals.asp?Artist=HICKS&OC=1http://www.flowerseast.com/FE/Originals.asp?Artist=FAULKNER&OC=1http://www.flowerseast.com/FE/Prints.asp?Artist=PAYNEF&GC=4http://www.flowerseast.com/FE/Originals.asp?Artist=BARTON&OC=5

2009-11-07T18:02:00.001+01:00

Not exactly what Y12 are about to do as the first stage of their next project - but still useful to watch

2009-10-20T11:48:00.001+02:00