Arts and Events Spotlight

List of 3 news stories.

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  Student Artist Spotlight this Week - Week #8

  10/10/2025
  In Upper School art classes, teacher Amanda Nelsen shared photos of two different projects. 3D Art students created food sculptures based on a word or phrase - like Hazel's 'Inequity' or Harrison P's 'Going Crazy.'  Students in Amanda's Foundations class have been working on still life drawings created with graphite. Middle School art teacher Julia Sapir reports that 8th grade art students are making papier mache masks. Check out photos of these Upper and Middle School works.
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  Kindness with Wisdom Designs by 2D Art Students

  9/27/2025
  Student groups in Amanda Nelsen's 2D Art classes have created banner designs to communicate Tandem's unofficial motto of "Kindness with Wisdom" in a 2D Art Design Challenge. The assignment was to create a design in keeping with the Tandem style guide (using Canva as a design tool) that could be displayed on campus to elevate the importance of kindness with wisdom. Students prepared 2-3 minute pitches for their designs and presented them to some administrative staff in class, followed by audience questions. There were even snacks! Their designs were amazing, varied greatly, and they were able to answer all sorts of questions about their use of contrast, balance, space, color and more! No design winner has been announced, but we may be seeing one of the designs (or more) on campus sometime soon.
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  Three Middle School Artists Accepted into Governor's School for Art

  5/9/2025
  Middle School art teacher Julia Sapir is happy to share that three Middle School students were selected for the Reflections Governor's School for Art this summer. Check out their names and one of their creative works below:

  • Lucy S, 6th grade - Pencil and watercolor, caterfly painting
  • Noa H, 8th grade- Colored pencil drawing, trees with red door 
  • Soleil N, 8th grade - Mixed media mask 

  Congratulations, Middle School artists - hope you enjoy the Governor's School for Art!