Photos from "The Maul" Exhibition

A class unto themselves.

(Um...I forgot to take a

picture of the advanced section!)

Early exhibit explorers.

Learning about the exhibition.

A closer look at the art work.

Student Reporter from 'The Mall'

gets the facts straight!!

Ms. Joan Roux's English 3 class

viewing the introductory video.

Mr. David Bush engaged in

conversation with a student.

The "Front Office"descends

upon the exhibition!

Video I students wondering

why they never get "mad props"!!

Mr. Larry Kidder, Mr. Frank Dippery, Mr. Bill McQuade

...posing at "The Maul".

An interactive experience!!

"The Maul" Exhibition

Ms. Lynn McNulty & Dr. Kay Kiefer take in

"The Maul" with Media Arts students.

Ms. Jen Mitchell and student reading up

on the inspiration for "The Maul":

Nancy Chunn's 1996 Exhibition entitled

"Frontpages".

Mr. Todd Loffredo hanging with
students at the exhibition.

Been Too Long...

Much has happened in the past three weeks: the Phillies made it to the Series, but choked under the pressure of those damn Yankees! I produced a commercial (with classmates from '05) for entry in the Doritos "Crash the Superbowl" contest. Besides school, these two "on going" events took up the remaining time I had, hence no blog writing. I'll do better..

This week we returned to looking at newsprint, but in a whole new light. After re-learning the "anatomy" of the newspaper, we explored the work of artist Nancy Chunn and the media art sensation she created in the mid-90's with her work entitled "Frontpages". Ms. Chunn created imagery (using stencils and colored pastels) of political commentary on the front pages of The New York Times for an entire year. View this video of a recent tour she gave of her exhibition.

I experimented with the technique of drawing directly on newspaper at the beginning of the school year. I created a Chunn-esque collage of playful images and semi-biting commentary on the front page news stories featured of the September 12, 2009 Times. [Picture to be provided soon.]

The students and I explored the possibilities of applying Chunn's concepts and techniques to a more local rag--The Hun School's own: The Mall. Limited to Sharpie markers and high school newspaper content, the media arts students' work ranged from quick and cursive graffiti to more planned and detailed sketches. Two paths to choose were taken by each student: 1. create an image/design that represents the specific article or 2. change it up (photos/text) to create a whole new meaning.

The spirit of Nancy Chunn's "Frontpages" exhibition lives on! Check out the students' work: