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Next in his series for The Bay School Blog, Academic Dean Andy Shaw shares his thoughts on how students can - and should - use their interests and passions to solve meaningful, real-world problems. Education, especially independent school education, has a tendency to get buzzword-y and caught up in trends. One such buzzword these days …
In a new post in his series on academics at Bay, Academic Dean Andy Shaw reflects on how Bay students are able to grow and thrive as sophisticated, young professionals, thanks to the myriad, meaningful opportunities available at Bay. In an era when classical notions of academic rigor beg to be redefined, one of the …
Students in the interdisciplinary Artist as Activist class - co-taught by visual arts and humanities faculty - have been venturing out in the field to learn from other artists who have expressed their visions and belief systems through their art. First stop: Keith Haring: The Political Line at the de Young Museum Keith Haring was an American …
Continue reading "Artists as Activists: Two Inspirational Visits"
The Advanced Drawing and Painting artists are continuing with their weekly life drawing sessions in the art studio. While students worked solely on newsprint for their first sessions, students are now working on different surfaces and with a range of materials, from white china marker to conte crayon to ink. Students are recognizing that this …
Continue reading "Drawing from Life: Advanced Drawing and Painting in the Studio"
Director of the Project Center Brad Niven describes students' challenges and successes with a recent engineering project. The Advanced Product Design Class produced tables for their second project of the trimester. They had to design and build a table that was capable of folding flat, and they each had only a single 48x48-inch piece of …
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