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
There is a National Portfolio Day in Portland every year at the beginning of January. Go to it! Even starting your sophomore year! Take some of your artwork to show to college admission counselors. More info at https://nationalportfolioday.org/

There are many accredited art programs in Oregon, at the university level:

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA):
Communication Design, Illustration, Animated Arts, Intermedia, Photography, Video + Sound, Painting + Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Writing  http://www.pnca.edu/

University of Oregon, College of Architecture and Allied Arts: Ceramics, Digital Arts, Fibers, Jewelry and Metal smithing, Painting and Drawing, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture. Also Architecture and Interior Design.  http://art.uoregon.edu/

Oregon State University, College of Arts and Communication: Fine Arts (painting, printmaking, sculpture, expanded media, and drawing), Photography, Art History  http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-and-communication/art/

Portland State University, College of the Arts: architecture, Art and Design (Art Practice, Graphic Design, Art History), Film http://www.pdx.edu/the-arts/

State Colleges: Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University.

Private Universities: Willamette University, George Fox University, Reed College, Marylhurst University, Linfield College, Pacific University, Lewis and Clark College, Concordia University.

Community Colleges: Linn Benton Community College, Lane Community College, Treasure Valley Community College, Portland Community College, Mt Hood Community College, Clakamas Community College, Chemeketa Community College, Central Oregon Community College.


Nation-wide:
 
Rhode Island School of Design
https://www.risd.edu/admissions/first-year/
 
Maine College of Art
https://www.meca.edu/admissions/
 
Pratt Institute
http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying/
 
Maryland Institute College of Art
http://www.mica.edu/Admission_and_Financial_Aid/Undergraduate_Admission_and
_Financial_Aid.html
 
Syracuse University
School of art:
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/art/undergraduate/
School of design
http://vpa.syr.edu/academics/design/
 
Fashion Institute of Technology
http://www.fitnyc.edu/admissions/index.php
 
University of Connecticut
https://art.uconn.edu/apply/
 
New York University
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/art/studio/bfa/apply/
 
BU College of Fine Arts
http://www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts/prospective/apply/undergraduate/portfolio/
 
Lesley University
https://lesley.edu/admissions-aid/how-to-apply
 
Cooper Union School of Art
http://cooper.edu/admissions/applying-to-cu
 
Parsons ‘The New School’ of Design
https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/apply/
 
Savannah College of Art and Design
https://admission.scad.edu/forms/appOnlineApplication?studentTypeCode=F

there are 31 Art Institutes, and all are a little different, depending on what city they are in and what industry they are collaborating with (Kansas City, Chicago, San Fransisco, Chicago, etc).

Cranbrook Academy of art

UCLA
and many, many more! It is important to know what you want to study, in order to choose the best universities in that field.


Here Is a list of ceramic programs nationwide:
List of 332 Ceramic Colleges, Schools and Universities
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