FINE ARTS  – Seven years Art teacher. Taught Art I, Animation, Digital Imaging and Photography courses. As an administrator, I doubled the size of Art and Music departments emphasizing importance of a well rounded high school experience through fine arts education. Successfully expanded curricular offerings to include:

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Although you might not know it, you’ve probably seen a lot of art produced by Lane Tech students. That’s because our artists have been celebrated city and nation-wide. Lane Tech students have designed the Chicago city parking sticker, have been featured on the cover of the Advanced Placement poster, have displayed hundreds of gold-medal works at the Museum of Science and Industry, are chosen to present work every year at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the LaSalle Bank building, and have been featured on posters promoting the All-City Art Show and the Latino Art Beat National Competition.

A few years ago, a student made international headlines while at Lane when Brad Pitt purchased her painting to include in his private collection. This exceptional tradition of achievement in the Lane Tech art program has attracted the attention of the best art schools in the country. Our graduates have gone on to attend RISD, Cooper Union, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maryland Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis College of Arts, and many more. In addition, the many colleges looking to recruit Lane Tech artists have offered hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships in the last few years alone.

Along with incredibly talented students, Lane Tech has the courses and resources that make it the best choice for the arts in Chicago. The art facilities include a modern computer graphics lab, digital and dark-room photography, two ceramics studio lofts with throwing wheels and kilns, traditional painting and drawing studios, print-making equipment, and a publication lab where our award-winning yearbook is produced.

Lane Tech College Prep is proud to say that our Art Department is expanding and that we have five new Fine Arts Education teachers for the 2012/13 school year. All five newly hired teachers are experts in various mediums ranging from oil painting, drawing, printmaking, pastels, sculpture, graphic design, 2D and 3D art, and together they make Lane Tech Art Program the richest and the most desired program in Chicago. In addition to offering courses required for Lane Tech Art majors, we are looking forward to seeing many exciting electives offered by these teachers, that will be introduced in the following school year as well.

Students who are serious about the arts can extend their learning to the college level by taking four Advanced Placement courses in the arts including Drawing, 2-D and 3-D Studio, and Art History. All students who want to know the satisfaction of improving their talents and the gratification of expressing their vision and voice through art will find a home at Lane Tech High School.

Advanced Placement:
Advanced Placement Art History
Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-D Design (Graphic Design)
Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-D Design (Photography)
Advanced Placement Studio Art: 3-D Design
Advanced Placement Studio Art: Drawing & Painting

Honors Courses
Advanced Fiber, Fabric and Fashion (Honors)
Art 1 (Honors)
Art Film Studies (Honors)
Digital Imaging I (Honors)
Digital Imaging II Digital Photography (Honors)
Drawing (Honors)
Advanced Drawing (Honors)
Painting (Honors)
Advanced Painting (Honors)

Art Electives
Art 1
Fiber, Fabric, Fashion
Printmaking
Printmaking II
Studio Sculpture III (Wheel Throwing)

NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC GOLD MEDALIST, LUCY MCDONALD

We are pleased to announce that Lucy McDonald has earned national recognition in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2015.  Lucy has been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. This year, 300,000 works of art and writing were submitted. Only the top 1% were recognized at the national level. These students have been invited to attend a ceremony at the world-famous Carnegie Hall on Thursday, June 11.

CPS All-CITY ART EXHIBITION

On March 20, the first 2015 CPS All-City Art Exhibition opened at Gallery 72 in downtown Chicago. Seven art students from Lane Tech had work selected and showcased in this event. The exhibit runs from March 20th-April 12th. Congratulations to the following students on a job well done.

• Elaine Bosshart – Dia de los Muertos-The Last Visit, Ms. Friedman
• Shania Carr – Mistress of Death, Ms. Friedman
• Kristina Miskovic – Dia de los Muertos, Ms. Friedman
• Olivia Spindle – Lady in White, Ms. Friedman
• Ana Galan – Still Death of Beauty, Ms. Wain
• Zoe Prell – Resting Wings, Ms. Wain
• Tyanna Smith – Nero, Ms. Wain
• Donna Sroufek – Sunflowers in October, Ms. Wain
• Jazmine Zamora – Translucent, Ms. Wain

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION

Five students from Lane Tech had artwork selected and shown at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition, which opened on March 1, 2015 at the Zhou B Arts Center. Congrats to Claire Cadrot (Painting), Patrick Ortiz (Printmaking), Loc Nguyen (Graphic Design), Samantha Mertel (Drawing), and Bryssa Farfan (Photography). Not only were these students pieces exhibited alongside some of the best student artwork in the state, Lane students also won scholarships and classes to local art academies. Congratulations students!

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS

Recently, students and teachers submitted artwork to the Midwest Regional Scholastic Art Competition. We had several winners in multiple categories! Great job students.

• Taylor Rebora, Legs and Toes, 12, Ceramics & Glass, Gold Key
• Talor Rebora, Core, 12, Ceramics & Glass, Honorable Mention
• Taylor Rebora, Elephant Man, 12, Ceramics & Glass, Honorable Mention
• Alexis Esparza, Typography Portrait, 12, Digital Art, Honorable Mention
• Ngan Pham, Day of the Dead, 12, Digital Art, Honorable Mention
• Ngan Pham, Totoro-Minimalist Poster, 12, Digital Art, Honorable Mention
• Olivia Spindle, Don’t Judge At First Sight, 10, Digital Art, Silver Key
• Ruth Borgwardt, Camp, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Gold Key
• Ruth Borgwardt, Welcome to America, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Gold Key
• Rebecca Symonds, Adeline, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Gold Key
• Shania Carr, Lion with Flowers, 10, Drawing and Illustration, Honorable Mention
• Kristina Miskovic, Day of the Dead, 10, Drawing and Illustration, Honorable Mention
• Rebecca Symonds, My Uncle, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Honorable Mention
• Ruth Borgwardt, Life is a Forest, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Silver Key
• Raquel Myers, Absently, 11, Drawing and Illustration, Silver Key
• Raquel Myers, Portrait of Patrick, 11, Drawing and Illustration, Silver Key
• Miriam Sanchez, In My Dream 5, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Silver Key
• Miriam Sanchez, In My Dream 7, 12, Drawing and Illustration, Silver Key
• Raquel Myers, Tell Me I’m Your Moon, 11, Painting, Gold Key
• Ana Galan, Still Death of Beauty, 10, Painting, Honorable Mention
• Jannet Habibovic, Bosnian Girl 1995, 12, Painting, Honorable Mention
• Jessalynn Medina, Happy Faces, 12, Painting, Honorable Mention
• Claire Cadrot, Roman Still Life, 10, Painting, Silver Key
• Raquel Myers, Tell Me I’m Your Stars, 11, Painting, Silver Key
• Aidan Piper, String Theory, 12, Painting, Silver Key
• Paulina Kwik, Self Portrait, 12, Photography, Gold Key
• Lucero McDonald, Untitled, 12, Photography, Gold Key
• Aidan Piper, All Poison; Everything, 12, Photography, Gold Key
• Aidan Piper, Plaster Cast, 12, Photography, Honorable Mention
• Aidan Piper, Testament, 12, Photography, Honorable Mention
• Maria Ortiz, Casual, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Maria Ortiz, Cat Lady, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Aidan Piper, Early Mo(u)rning, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Aidan Piper, School (Where He Hangs His Head), 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Aidan Piper, Subsidized Housing, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Aidan Piper, Uprise!, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Alejandra Vargas, Ratcher, 12, Photography, Silver Key
• Brianna Van Schoyck, Untitled (Two Females)
• Taylor Rebora, Cross Over, 12, Sculpture, Honorable Mention