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There are some great things on display in the Blue Room, following up on the wonderful animal pastels done by 8th graders that have been on display the last couple of weeks. New works on display are all by Upper School artists working with teacher Amanda Nelsen and include a board of 2D and 2D leaf art, some wonderful tree landscapes, and a board covered with a series of drawings that show the same picture from a variety of color and gradient perspectives.

Julia Sapir's 8th grade art class has recently been working on oil pastel animals - a study of scale, proportion, hue, and value. They're all so great that Julia couldn't possibly choose one, so she shared them all - check out their great works individually - they really are wonderful.

Tandem filmmakers will be well represented at the Virginia Film Festival this year. Last spring, five Tandem juniors (now seniors) - Bean C, Alex E, Izzy G, Elena P, and Bailey W - were one of the teams that created a film at Light House Studio during their Emphasis project, with teachers Tucker Winter and Edwina Herring as their mentors. Their group film, Les Amoureux, has been selected to screen at this year's Virginia Film Festival as part of the Light House Studio showcase!

Several other Light House Studio Showcase films being featured during the festival were worked on by Tandem students taking classes on their own at Light House, including 6th graders Cypress W, 8th graders Eli H and Alex R, 9th graders Lili P and Emory S, alum Edwin L, and two former Tandem students.

The showcase is being held on Wednesday, October 30 at 5:30 PM at Violet Crown Cinema (200 West Main Street, on the downtown mall). The screening runs 90 minutes and is followed by a Q&A with the student filmmakers. All movies with filmmakers in attendance will be eligible for the Audience Choice Award!

This week in art, Upper School art teacher Amanda Nelsen had her Foundations students creating patterns in their sketchbook covers. Julia Sapir's 8th grade artists continued work on the next step in their papier mache mask projects - flour paste! Check out more photos.

Middle School art teacher Julia Sapir shared that 8th grade art students are working on acrylic paintings of fruit. Coincidentally, Upper School 2-D art students are working on charcoal drawings of fruit this week as well and teacher Amanda Nelsen shared some photos of the artists at work. It was a fruity week! Check out the photos.

Upper School art teacher Amanda Nelsen shared photos of her 3D art/Ceramics students hard at work, as well as some of their completed projects just out of the kiln. Check out the photos of artists at work on the wheel, and of their amazing, glazed and fired creations.