Welcome to the WIlson Art Department
  • Woodrow Wilson Visual Arts
     
     
    Art Instructor: Shawntae Howard
     
    School Phone:(814) 874-6600 (Ext: 2741)
    E-Mail: showard@eriesd.org
    Room #:114
    Classes: Sixth, Seventh, Eighth Grade Art
     
    Welcome Message:
     
     Welcome parents and students to my Woodrow Wilson Art Page.
    The goal for my class is to prepare students for high school Visual
    Arts by introducing them to different basic techniques in illustration,
    Painting, and 3-Dimensional art. 
     
    Students do not need to have any prior knowledge or skill of doing
    Visual arts, but they are expected to participate and give an honest
    effort in doing class projects. Students are evaluated on their effort,
    direction following, and participation.Not on their overall artistic skill level. 
     
    Please be sure to check Infinite Campus and/or Schoology for student grades during the course of the quarter.
    Grades or most up-to-date on Schoology with updates to Infinite Campus to follow.
     
    Parent Link to Infinite Campus:
    Student Link to Schoology:
     
     

  • ATTENTION PARENTS!

    Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year!

     

    We of the Woodrow Wilson Related Visual Arts department welcome our students back for another school year, and we encourage parents to be involved in their student's learning of the visual arts be actively inquiring what their students have been up to in class and to see some of the things they make in class. We do not just teach art, but skills that can be translated into other areas of the work force and foster creative problem-solving and divergent thinking. Just like there is not only one way to create art, there are multiple ways of thinking to solve a problem. Creative thinking makes successful members of society. 

  • Links to Quarter 1 Assignment instructional Step-by-Step videos for students. (Must be signed in to Schoology to view):

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  • BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024

    For the 2024 Black History Month activities, the students of Woodrow Wilson Middle School did paintings based on the art style of African-American Harlem Renaissance painter Aaron Douglass. Aaron Douglas was a mural painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the 1920s-1930s Harlem Renaissance movement that attempted to showcase the various talents of Black Americans in the Visual, Performing, and Literary arts. A Fisk University teacher, Douglas would win countless honors, including an invitation to the White House by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Students honor his art style by creating works of their own based on the styling of his work. Key visual elements in Douglas's work are the repeated use of circles, minimal colors of different values, and silhouetted figures. 
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