West Albany High School Art Classes with Mrs. Grunwald
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  • Basic Design Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments >
      • Famous Artist of the Day (FAD)
      • Self Portrait
      • Scratchboard- texture like Kathe Kollwitz
      • Animal painting inspired by Melissa Cole
      • Printmaking: Carving Linoleum Block
  • Art and Design Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments/Projects >
      • Book binding our warm-ups
      • Altered Book
      • Mosaic
      • Yarn Bombing/knitting
      • Environmental art/photography
      • Assemblage box/mixed media
      • Surrealist collage
      • Poetry to art
      • Tessalations
  • Pottery 1 Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments with Instructions/videos >
      • Wedging
      • Pinch Pot
      • Glazing
      • Coil Pot
      • Slab Construction
      • Monster inspired by James DeRosso and Chris Paulsen
      • Plates with Sgraffito
      • Head/bust sculpture
      • Wheel experience
    • Interesting videos
    • Resources
  • Pottery 2 Class
    • Assignments >
      • Cylinder on the wheel
      • Totem pole
      • Sculptural piece with majolicas >
        • Animal sculpting inspired by Sara Swink
        • Tea Pot and majolica glazes
        • Shoe sculpture
        • Ghana Coffin and Mexican Offrendas
        • House inspired by David Stabley and pattern design
      • Pods
      • Iron Oxide and subtractive sculpture on tiles
      • sgraffito on a vessel: animal with external skeleton
      • Raku
      • Mugs textured by personal carved stamp inspired by Kristi Lombard
      • Copy of a famous potter
      • Casting
    • Famous Artist/Potter of the Day
  • Pottery 3 Class
  • Pottery 4 Class
  • AP Art Class
    • Syllabus
    • Assignments >
      • Homework
      • Sketchbook-Journal
      • Advanced Exquisite Corpse
      • Artist Trading Cards
      • AP backgrounds
      • Altered book
      • Large gestural paintings
      • Culture mask
      • Further breadth assignments
      • Figure Friday
    • Field trips and visiting artists
  • Student Artwork
    • Intro to CTE: Art
    • Basic Design Current and Past Student Artwork
    • Art and Design Current and Past Student Artwork
    • Pottery 1 Current and Past Student Artwork
    • Pottery 2 Current and Past Students Artwork
    • Pottery 3 and 4 Past and Current Student Artwork
    • AP Current and Past Student Artwork
  • Art Club
  • Opportunities for Students
  • Careers and Schools in Art
  • About Ms. Grunwald
  • Contact Ms. Grunwald
In this website, you will find out about the classes Mrs. Grunwald teaches at West Albany High School, Albany Oregon, see a gallery of student artwork, and learn about opportunities for students.

Mrs Wallace also teaches art classes at West Albany. She will be teaching Intro to CTE for the Arts, Basic Design, Painting, and Jewelry.

2018 National Scholastic awards

Megan Cox got a gold medal
Kassie Worley got a silver medal
Jessica Elliott got a silver medal

2018 Willamette Valley Scholastic art awards- LaSells Stewert Center, OSU

30 Gold Keys, 39 Silver Keys, 58 Honorable Mentions were awarded to
WEST ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS at State Level!
2,736 students enter 7,700 individual pieces of art and 243 art portfolios from around the state.
West Albany Gold key winners:
Paris Barton
Jenna Berg
Annie Berry
Bri Budlong
Megan Cox
Jessica Elliott
Felicity Halberg
Megan Hansen
Eleanor Klock
Amelia Lawson
Rebecca Lundgreen
Geneva Mellison
Andrew Reel
Jenna Thomas
Kassie Worley

Pottery Sale, led by students

Field trip to Portland Art Museum

Picture

National Scholastic awards: 1 gold, 4 silver for WAHS!!!!

Sam Grove: Gold
Paris Barton: Silver
Kaitlyn Rutherford: Silver
Morgan Bell: Silver
Athena Lawson: Silver

2017 Scholastic art awards- LaSells Stewert Center, OSU

19 Gold Keys, 22 Silver Keys, 44 Honorable Mentions were awarded to
WEST ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!

Out of 2336 Students who submitted 6,993 works of art
781 Gold Keys, 859 Silver Keys and 1461 Honorable Mentions in the State of Oregon

Gold key winners:

Athena Lawson
Paris Barton
Jenna Thomas
Sam Grove
Kaylee Moore
Kaitlyn Rutherford
Connor Welsh
Jenna Berg
Morgan Bell
Asherah Davidow
Jacqueline LaPlante
Denise Medina

Winter Art Show at WAHS: AP Studio Art students' breadth, silver and gold keys from Oregon Scholastic Art Awards, and Fashion Design students' work

Halloween art activities for children of staff

Art projects and classes in the news!!!

 direct link to the articles from the Albany Democrat-Herald:
- art of learning
- little libraries

Transformation of the Pottery room

Proud and goofie moments at WAHS art

Stools painted by students summer 2015 for the pottery room!

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