I’m happy to announce that the “Art

Star” award for December goes to

Chris V. (Rm. 113). Please assist

me in congratulating Chris for all the

hard work, creativity, and independ-

ence that he has shown over the past

month.

And the “Art Star” of the Month is...

A N D E R S O N

C E N T E R F O R

A U T I S M

A R T

D E PA R T M E N T

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Art News from Around the School and

Around the World…

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Dutchess Day School Art Show

Our application for participation in the fifth annual “Young Emerging Artists of the Hudson

Valley” art show has been sent out. This means that the students of the AEC will once again

have their artwork on display with all of the other schools in the area.

As you may remember, every year Dutchess Day School in Millbrook, with the assistance of

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, puts on this great

event. This year’s show will take place in the Henry A. Wallace Center located at the FDR

Presidential Library and Museum from April 8– April 10, 2011, with an opening reception

on Friday, April 8 at 4:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!

Happy New Year!!!

I wanted to thank everyone, Students and Staff, for all of the help and hard worked that they con-

tributed in 2010. The Art Room would fall apart without you. You are the Best!! Thanks SO

much!!

Good luck and Happiness to you in 2011….

Sincerely, Nathan P. (Art)

Chris V’s “Winter Landscape” is

shown at right.

Thanks!!

A BIG “Thank You “ goes out to Chris C. (Rm. 311) & Rosalind W. (Transition Dept.) for

their recent donations of supplies to the art room. Thanks!!!

What’s Going On?!

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Holiday Bazaar Decorations

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Snowmen: Amanda C. (Rm. 123) Sean N. (Rm. 123)

Steven S. (Rm. 123) John M. (Rm. 123)

Steven D. (Rm. 125) Kelsey A. (Rm. 123)

Brian P. (Rm. 123)

Katie L. (Rm. 125)

Penguins: Sebastian R. (Rm. 120) Karl K. (Rm. 310)

Heather H. (Rm. 117) Phillip S. (Rm. 417)

Frank A. (Rm. 120) Ashley B. (Rm. 306)

David P. (Rm. 309) Michael K. (Rm. 117)

Johnny R. (Rm. 117) Shemar L. (Rm. 310)

Daniel L. (Rm. 310)

Over the last few weeks students have been hard at work creat-

ing colorful winter decorations that were on display during this

year’s Holiday Bazaar that was held at the AEC (Dec. 10).

The theme for this year’s decorations were “Snowmen and

Penguins”. They were created using construction paper, other

recycled papers, and glue (examples at right and bottom of page).

From all reports the Holiday Bazaar and the students decora-

tions were a great success. A special “thank you” should be

given to all of the volunteers, including Cindy R, Lorrie H, the

entire Speech Department, and our Gym Teachers (Eli C.

and Dara P.) for putting in all the hard work!! Thanks and Great

Job!!

Additional “Snowmen” and “Penguins” are on display in Art Room (Rm. 416).

Michael R. (Rm. 119) Francis M. (Rm. 310) Alex L. (Rm. 307)

Karl K. (Rm. 310) Andrew R. (Rm. 119) John E. (Rm. 307)

Lindsey (Rm. 119) Brian C. (Rm. 119) Jessica C. (Rm. 119

Jesse P. (Rm. 104) Justin C. (Rm. 104) Katherine M. (Rm. 117)

Steven D. (Rm. 125) Sean D. (Rm. 104) Andrew D. (Rm. 120)

Jesse B. (Rm. 309)

“The Man in the Red Suit” made an

appearance at the Holiday Bazaar! Also, a few examples of the students’

Holiday Decorations in background.

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Artist Birthdays for January January 12 — John Singer Sargent (1856)

January 19 — Paul Cezanne (1839)

January 23 — Edouard Manet (1832)

January 26 — Jackson Pollock (1912)

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Andy Warhol Inspired Mon0-Prints

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Students have just completed an art project based on the “Pop-Art” created by Andy War-

hol. The inspiration for their art was Warhol’s “Banana” silk screens. The students’ ver-

sions were created using “mono-print” and collage techniques (see examples below).

Their “Mono-Prints” were created by brushing tempera paint onto the “banana” templates,

turning them over and then pressing the templates onto the construction paper. This trans-

fers the tempera paint onto the paper.

For more information on the life and art of Andy Warhol, see:

The Andy Warhol Museum—www.warhol.org

The Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts—www.warholfoundation.org

Andy Warhol (Wikipedia) — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol