For the culminating project for the 8th grade students graduating from the visual arts program, students were to select a faculty member in the school that had inspired them on their journey as students, artists, and growing adults. Each student chose someone that they felt they have a close connection with. Students had the opportunity to interview their teacher, take notes, and design brief thumbnail sketches of ideas that they felt would represent the teacher they had selected. Students then began to work in their own chosen media, surface area, and subject matter that related back to their teacher. Students chose to do either portraits, caricatures, landscapes, scenes, animals, etc. After each piece was completed the students presented their chosen piece to their teacher as a gift. Here are what the 8th graders created.
