October/November 2022

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MBIS ARTS DEPARTMENT
A NEWSLETTER OFFERING A GLIMPSE INTO THE ARTS ROOMSA NOTE FROM THE ARTSDEPARTMENT:
There has been a lot going on in the Arts Departmentin the past two months! The students have beenpracticing foundations and how to apply these to
their works in both Lower School Visual Arts as wellas Music classes. These foundations help each
student to build their skills and techniques across theyear. The Upper School students have been learning
how to use color theory and answering the question“What is ‘Creativity‘?” in Visual Arts, working on shotcomposition and putting together Marist Monthly
Mornings in Film, and gearing up for the Holiday
Concert in both Concert and Symphonic Bands.
This upcoming December, please join us for theHoliday Bands Concert on December 14 and theLower School Holiday Concert, Jinglebell Jukebox,
held on December 16! Both concert flyers are on theMusic pages later in this newsletter.
We are all very excited to showcase the students’work over October and November! If you ever havequestions, please do not hesitate to reach out!
Take care and have a great December!
-Rebecca Carter, Head of Arts

Meet the teachers...
REBECCACARTERBRIAN
PETERSEN

carterr@marist.ac.jp

petersenb@marist.ac.jp
Grade M-6 Visual Arts
Grade 1-6 Digital Skills

JAYME JOSMITHZACHARYCARTER

Grade 6-10 Visual Arts
IB DP Visual Arts 11&12
Head of Artssmithjj@marist.ac.jp
Grade M- 5 Music
Grade 6- 10 Band
Jazz Band

carterz@marist.ac.jp
Grade 8 Film Class“If you ask mewhat I came to doin this world, I, anartist, will answer
you: I am here tolive out loud.”–Émile Zola

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UPPER SCHOOL VISUAL ART EXPLORATIONS
Grade 7 & 8 Pop Art Selfies
The Grade 7 & 8 Students have focused on continuing
their understanding of color theory, this time throughacrylic paint. In this unit of study, the students also
practiced their research skills by creating apresentation on three Pop Artists, focusing on content,
visual presentation, and citations. They then used thisknowledge to inform their color scheme choices forthe "Pop Art Selfie" final project.
Using a photo of their own, they learned basic photo
editing in order to create the base of their paintings.
The students used color schemes to create their finalpieces. The colors are so vibrant and each color
scheme unique!

Grade 11 IB Visual Arts Gallery Visit
This month, the Grade 11 IBDP Visual Arts students had
the opportunity to visit the Hyogo Prefectural Art
Museum to view the exhibition "Heroes: Chronicles ofthe Warriors. Japanese Swords x Ukiyo-e from theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston." This exhibition allowed
an avenue for the students to learn about gallery
curation, thematic connections, as well as the history ofJapanese folk stories, Ukiyo-e printing, and swordmaking.
The students will be creating individual prints based on
the concept of "Heroes" over the next month. Keeping
this exhibition in mind, the students will focus not only
on technique but storytelling through visual arts as well.

Creating Conversation around Art Making
UPPER SCHOOL

Questions to prompt conversation around the art making process

1. What parts of your artwork do you feel are most effective?
2. Did your artwork turn out how you intended? Or did it take a different
direction?
3. What did you enjoy most about the process?
4. What did you learn from creating this work?
5. If you were to create this artwork again, what would you do differently?

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LOWER SCHOOL ART EXPLORATIONS

Monoprinting

Grade 5 is beginning to explore themonochromatic potential of monoprints. With
explorations into additive, subtractive, rubbing,and masking processes, we are focusing on firstlearning techniques. We will also be visiting agallery on November 25 to observe print works
to help inspire us. Finally, we will use thesetechniques to create our own fantasy print
books, applying all our techniques into an
original art book.

Questions to ask your CHILD
about their art LOWER SCHOOL
Can you explain what you've been making?
Tell me a bit about the decisions you make inyour art making?
What skills, tools or techniques are you using?
What parts are you most proud of? Why?
If there's something you'd like change or improvein your work, what could you do differently?

Grade 5

Please Consider
Sending a Smockor Apron to
School for artmaking!
Grade 1
Grade 1

It can be kept in thelocker for weekly use.

Grade 1

Papercraft Houses
Grade One has been exploring the sculpturalquality of paper in our unit on paper sculpture.
We created toys that could fly and toys that
could stand while exploring how we can change
the paper by cutting, folding, bending, tearing,and rolling paper. These houses were our final
exploration, designed inside and out! We hope
you enjoy getting a closer look.

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UPPER SCHOOL BAND EXPLORATIONSCONCERT BAND Grade 7 & 8Concert band has been working hard to
prepare for their upcoming Holiday
Concert. In the Concert band, students
play both individually and as a team.
This year in addition to performing inclass students have been doing selfreflections on audio recordings.
Please listen to an excerpt from theirupcoming concert: Feliz Navidad

Please join us at our Holiday Concert

Creating Conversation around Music Making
UPPER SCHOOL

Questions to prompt conversation around the music making process

1. What song is your favorite song to play?
2. Which song is the most challenging? Why do you find that song challenging?
3. What did you enjoy most about performing instrumental music?
4. What did you learn from playing music as a team?

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LOWER SCHOOL MUSIC EXPLORATIONSMUSIC: Grade 2
Grade 2 Music has been working this fall onmatching pitch and reviewing known rhythm
concepts. Students have been practicing rhythm
concepts such as: eighth notes "ta", quarter
notes "titi", and quarter rest. They also havebeen reviewing melodic pitch concepts such as:
so, la, mi, and re, and they are building towardlearning do.
In our classes, we learn songs and play games
to folk music from around the world. After themusic is memorized, students learn how to read
and write the music they have been singing. Ourclasses are Kodaly Music Methodology inspiredclasses.

Please join us atour upcoming program:Creating Conversation around Music Making
LOWER SCHOOL

Questions to prompt conversation around the music making process

1. What song is your favorite song to sing in music class?
2. Which song is the most challenging? Why do you find that song challenging?
3. What did you enjoy most about the games you play in music?
4. Which game is your favorite game to play in music? Why is that your favorite?
5. What did you learn from playing working as a team to play games?

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GRADE 8 FILM EXPLORATIONSMarist Monthly Morning: October
In October the film class produced its first
Marist Monthly Mornings Episode for thisseason. The Marist expectation for thismonth was "Knowledgeable". This theme
was used throughout the different segments
to show a glimpse into our Marist
community.
Click the link to view the episode.

Video Here

Film Techniques: Compositiondescription of class blurb
In November, students learned a new skill to
add to their film knowledge, composition.
Composition teaches students to understandhow pre-production and character placement
affect the overall meaning or emotion of a shot.
Using techniques such as lines, shapes, and therule of thirds students created some stunningworks which can be seen to the left.

Creating Conversation around FilmMaking

Questions to prompt conversation around the filmmaking process

1. What parts of your film segment do you feel are most effective?
2. Did your film segment turn out how you intended? Or did it take a different
direction?
3. What did you enjoy most about the creation process?
4. What did you learn from creating this work?
5. If you were to create this segment again, what would you do differently?