Welcome to the Pewaukee High School Visual Art Department. You will find many visual art resources, links to our programs, classes and more.
This website includes a great deal of helpful information. At the top you will find tabs and drop-down tabs for many of the outstanding programs and classes we offer. Students will find their assignments embedded in the class pages for each of the classes we teach. For syllabi and standards information click the Classes tab. There are lots of art galleries within this site. If you click on the class tab at the top a drop down menu will show all the classes we offer in the Visual Art Department. Each of those pages has a gallery of some of the works created by students in the course, (except for those that are new courses). There is also a chart of all the courses offered that may be helpful to plan your art future.
AP Art and Design Exhibition OpensI am pleased to announce the second semester AP Art and Design exhibition opening Monday May 20 at 3:00 p.m. The art in this exhibition is a culmination of students' exploration of their second semester sustained investigation, which is an inquiry based investigation of concepts, media and art techniques. Students have written an artist statement to accompany and explain the thesis of their investigation. The work will be on display until June 4 at 1:15. The work is on display on the stage area to the right of the stairs to the commons and in the gallery area adjacent to the cafeteria.
Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding work. Bazel Folker, Ali Walter, Makayla Block, Alyssa Dubler, Rachel Schinner, Logan Fowler, Ella Fjellman, Lilo Goodmanson, Azzie Hayes and Lee (Will) Bolyard Art Club Completes Memory Project
The PHS Art Club and additional Art Students completed the 2024 Memory Project 2024. This year we were matched with children from Malaysia. We completed 25 portraits donating our time and talents to the project.
Students did a beautiful job and were saluted in the official receipt letter from the Memory Project administrators. They said: "These are beautiful, Jeanne! Thanks so much to you and your students! "- Sarah We're Going to State YAM Show![]() CONGRATULATIONS to Art Student, Bazel Folkers for their State Level award at the Wisconsin Art Education Association Youth Art Month exhibition in Madison. Bazel won the Spirit of YAM award. 5 other PHS artists also had their work chosen to be exhibited in the show in Madison on March 22. Congratulations to our Youth Art Month State Representatives.
Art Students Win Scholastic AwardsCongratulations to the 2024 Scholastic Art Competition for the State of Wisconsin award recipients. The exhibition is highly competitive and becomes more and more challenging each year to get work accepted into and honored. This year we had 8 students awarded with 13 total award recognitions.
There are 3 levels of awards in Scholastic: Gold Key is the top award and has works being considered for National recognition, Silver Key is the next award with works being awarded at the State Level and Honorable Mention is the third State Level award. Gold and Silver Key works are exhibited at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Art will be on display from February 24 - April 7 in the Milwaukee Art Museum. Congratulations to Mrs. Olson and Ms. Bjork for their assistance helping art students enter the competition. Here is the list of who received what: Gold Key: Rachel Schinner for her Sculpture called "Untitled" Ali Walter for her Ceramics called "Annelida" Silver Key: Ali Walter for her Drawing called "Crawdad Kid" Ali Walter for her Ceramics called "Non-Tragic Transfiguration" Ava Prokop-Lenz for her Ceramics called "Heart of the Ocean" Honorable Mention: Austin Moser for his photography called "Morning Breath" Ava Prokop-Lenz for her Ceramics called "A House for Her" Sienna Sachse for her Sculpture called "Eccentricity" Aubree Spitzner for her Ceramics called "Tipping Tomato Teapot" Natalie Thousand for her Ceramics called "The Grazing Board" Ali Walter for her Drawing called "Metamorphosis" Ali Walter for her Drawing called "Astral Projection" Lauren Welsch for her Ceramics called "Strung Along" Subscribe to the Art Blog
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New Art Offerings in 2024-25 The PHS Visual Art Department proposed new art course offerings with a re-alignment of all classes. The most significant changes include removing the Introduction to Art Class and replacing it with Introduction to Drawing and Painting and Introduction to Ceramics and Sculpture and keeping Introduction to Digital Media. This will allow students to focus more specifically on media. This will allow students to progress sooner to their chosen media strand. We are also adding level 2 and 3 of each media strand to give students an opportunity to explore in their own chosen direction with the media and content of the courses. Watch for an explanation video coming soon. Here is a PDF version of the new course graphic that outlines the changes and the departmental offerings.
Kiwanis Club Partners with Art Students for Button and Shirt
![]() Pewaukee High School art students designed several works for the Pewaukee Kiwanis Club. Ms. Bjork's students Morgan McClean and Noe West created designs to support the Kiwanis' RiverRun event and the Summer Beach Party. Students designed a button for the RiverRun and a tee shirt design for the Beach Party. Congratulations to both these students on their excellent designs.
Art Vocabulary Videos
Check out this great resource on YouTube to learn art vocabulary from Phil Hanson.
PHS Art Students Chosen for WAEA YAM Exhibition at Wilson Center![]() Congratulations to 10 Talented Art Students,
whose art work has been chosen by Ms. Bjork and Mrs. Olson to represent Pewaukee High School at the Wisconsin Art Education Association Youth Art Month Regional Exhibition at the Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield. We are hopeful you will come and celebrate this wonderful event at the closing reception on February 24 from 1:00 - 3:00 with awards at 2:45 at the Wilson Center. Awards will be given at the reception and 3 pieces from each art educator will also be chosen to go onto the State Exhibition in March at the East Town Mall from March 2 - 22, 2024. There will be a special celebration and reception on March 22 from 12:00 - 1:00 for state pieces. More to follow on this if your work is chosen. Ms Bjork's students: Riana Hoeck Peyton Stading Bazel Folkers Morgan Groszcyk Sienna Sachse Mrs Olson's Students. Ali Walter Maia Cornelius Aubree Spitzner Ava Prokop-Lenz Lauren Welsch Ms. Bjork Receives State and National Art Education Awards![]() Ms. Bjork was honored with the receipt of Wisconsin Art Educator of the Year Award in Fall 2023. In addition to this State level award Ms. Bjork was also chosen for National Recognition with the National Art Education Association Western Region Art Educator of the Year, National Art Education Association Western Region Secondary Art Educator of the Year and State of Wisconsin Art Educator of the Year. In addition to the 3 National Awards Ms. Bjork also was a presenter at the 2023 National Art Conference in San Antonio Texas.
Meet the PHS Visual Art Teachers
The Visual Art Department is home to two visual art educators. Alli Olson and Jeanne Bjork. We are both passionate about connecting the PHS Visual Art students to the many fantastic arts organizations and communities in Milwaukee and around the world. If you have questions the best way to reach us is via email. Just click our names or our pictures and it should take you directly to the email address.
![]() Ms. Olson is Department head and teaches Introduction to Art, Sculpture 1 & 2, Ceramics 1 & 2, Art History, AP Art History in room 115. ![]() Ms. Bjork is former department head and teaches AP Art and Design, Digital Photography 1 & 2, Drawing 1 and 2, Painting 1 and 2, Animation, Graphic Design, Digital Illustration and Introduction to Digital Media and Introduction to Art.
PHS Art QR Code for Mobil DevicesArt Club Connects to Community
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