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.

PHS Visual Art Works Chosen for Youth Art Month Regional Exhibit

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Ten Visual Art Students recently had their art selected for the Wisconsin Art Education Association Youth Art Month Regional Exhibit.  The works will be exhibited at Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts from February 17 - 25, 2017 with a public Closing Reception and awards ceremony on February 25th from 6:00-7:30 at Sharon Lynne Wilson Center.  The awards portion of the reception will take place at 6:45 

6 Works will be chosen to go on and represent Pewaukee High School at the State Youth Art Month Celebration Exhibit in March at the Capitol Building in Madison.  

Students whose works were chosen include:

Mr. Lamps Students: 
Megan Wroblewski
Lauren Wroblewski
Paige Kettner
Taryn Bradley
Grace Zimmermann

Mrs. Bjork's Students: 
Allison Loth
Kavitha Babu
Macey Wolfe
Hope Zimmermann
Tristan Zirkle

Congratulations!!!

PHS Visual Art Students Win in State Scholastic Art Competition

Pewaukee High School Visual Art Department was recently notified that five students won six Honorable Mention awards at the State Scholastic Art Competition.  Scholastic is a highly competitive State Exhibit that awards students for their exemplary efforts in Visual Art. 

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 Scholastic exhibit in February-March.  

There is a public reception and  awards ceremony on Saturday, February 11, which honors all recipients including Honorable Mention.  Students get to walk across stage and have their name and award announced in the Calatrava Atrium space at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Congratulations to the following PHS Visual Arts Students for their awards:

Miriam John, grade 10, Honorable Mention for her Sculpture, Mr. Lamp teacher
Miriam John, grade 10 Honorable Mention for her Digital Art, Mr Lamp teacher
Alex Mauch, grade 12 Honorable Mention for his Sculpture, Mr. Lamp teacher
Megan Wilborn, grade 11 Honorable Mention for her Digital Art, Mrs. Bjork teacher
Macey Wolfe, grade 12 Honorable Mention for her Animation, Mrs. Bjork teacher
Jordan Zimmer, grade 11 Honorable Mention for his Photography, Mrs. Bjork teacher

PHS Animation Program Featured in Published Article in School Arts, National art education Magazine

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PHS Visual Art program was recently featured in the December issue of School Arts magazine, a national publication for art educators.  The article featured details on the Rotoscope process used by Mrs. Bjork's animation students in the Animation and Experimental Video classes at PHS in the mac lab.  To view the article click here and go to page 14.  

Mrs. Bjork Presents at WAEA         State Art Ed Conference

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Mrs. Bjork recently presented two sessions at the Wisconsin Art Education Association's Fall Conference Bold and Bright.  The Thursday session called Chit Chat-Twitter Chat, featured tips for art educators on becoming involved in the online chat communities on Twitter.  It encouraged educators to connect their art rooms beyond the four physical walls by reaching out to educators around the country via chats.  The Friday session called Everything Old is New Again, featured the PHS Digital Photography program and the unit on Alternative Photography processes called Cyanotype.  Over 50 educators from around the state took part in these two sessions.   If you participated in this session click here to download the handout from the session.  

Meet the PHS Visual Art Teachers

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Mrs. Bjork, Mr. Lamp and ACMS Art Teacher Mrs. Senner in Pompeii in front of Mt. Vesuvius
The Visual Art Department is home to two visual art educators. Ben Lamp 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.
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Mr. Lamp teaches Introduction to Art, Sculpture 1 & 2,  Drawing 1, Art History, AP Art History, Introduction to Digital Media in room 115. 

For his 1st Semester Schedule see below.

A Day
7:30 - 8:10 Resource Room 115
8:15 - 9:45 A1: Prep
9:50- 11:15 A2:  Sculpture 1
11:15 - 11:45 Lunch
11:50 - 1:15 A3 Introduction to Art
1:20 - 2:45 A4 Drawing 1
B Day
7:30 - 8:10 Resource Room 115
8:15 - 9:45 B1: Introduction to Art
9:50- 11:15 B2: Art History
11:15 - 11:45 Lunch
11:50 - 1:15 B3 Prep
1:20 - 2:45 B4 Introduction to Art
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Mrs. Bjork is the department head and teaches AP Studio Art,  Painting 1, Digital Photography 1 & 2, Drawing2/Painting2, Animation and Experimental Video, Graphic Design, and Introduction to Digital Media.

For her 1st Semester Schedule see below.

A Day
7:30 - 8:10 Resource Room 114/113 (mac lab)
8:15 - 9:45 A1: Introduction to Digital Media
9:50- 11:15 A2: Prep
11:15 - 11:45 Lunch
11:50 - 1:15 A3 AP Studio Art
1:20 - 2:45 A4 Painting 2
B Day
7:30 - 8:10 Resource Room 114/113 (mac lab)
8:15 - 9:45 B1:  Digital Photography 1
9:50- 11:15 B2: Prep 
11:15 - 11:45 Lunch
11:50 - 1:15 B3 Graphic Design
1:20 - 2:45 B4 Digital Photography 1

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Art Club Connects to Community

Check out all the Art Club news including links to our social media sites.  Click the  Art Club tab at the top. Watch for announcements regarding joining Art Club in 2015-16.  Find us on  Instagram at phsarrtclub  or on Blogger at http://phsarrtclub.blogspot.com/

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Gene Frett Visual Art Scholarship Application NOW Open 

The Gene Frett Visual Art Scholarship (Pewaukee Scholarship Fund)
The Pewaukee High School Visual Arts Scholarship was founded in 2007 to offer scholarships to promising PHS artists to enable their pursuit of excellence in the visual arts at the college level.
In 2012 a generous donation by Terry and Lauree Frett  in honor of Terry’s dad Gene was made; thus renaming the scholarship.  Gene Frett worked for Binney-Smith selling art supplies to classroom teachers.  The scholarship came under the umbrella of the Pewaukee Scholarship Fund with this donation and renaming. In 2014 the Frett family donated an additional amount to the fund to raise the annual scholarship to $1500.00.   The scholarship continues to support the studies of Pewaukee High School Visual Art students looking to continue their pursuit of excellence at the college level.  Please carefully read and complete this application packet.  The scholarship amount is $1500.00 annually awarded to a deserving artist as identified through this process.  

Scholarship Fund 2017 Application

AP Studio Art Exhibit

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You are invited to come to PHS to view the AP Studio Art Exhibit on display in the PHS P Case near the office and the Gallery near the cafeteria. The exhibit will open at 3:00 p.m. on Monday January 16th and be on display during regular school and building hours through 3:00 on Monday February 6th. 

The exhibit features first semester works by AP Studio Art class (9 seniors and 1 junior).  It represents the fruits of their labors towards completing the Breadth section of their portfolio.  The Breadth section highlights the students' ability to create art about a range of subjects, in a variety of styles and media.  

Congratulations to AP Studio Art Class on an outstanding exhibit!  Students with artwork on display include:  Jessica Esser, Kavitha Babu, Allison Loth, Tristan Zirkle, Hope Zimmermann, Macey Wolfe, Kyle Roberts, Heather Martinson, Molly Weinfurter, Sarah Calderon

PHS AP Studio Art and Art History Visit Chicago Museums

In November the PHS Visual Art Department embarked on their annual field trip to Chicago.  Students in AP Studio Art and Art History class were invited to partake in the all day field trip.  Accompanied by Mr. Lamp and Mrs. Bjork the group explored the Chicago Art Institute Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art.  In addition to looking at art the group also did a walking tour of Millenium Park and the Magnificent Mile buildings and architecture.  As always the trip was exhilirating, creative and inspiring.  The day culminated with dinner at the Water Tower Mall.  For more on the great day see the slideshow of images here.  

Italy Trip A Huge Success

The Visual Art Department has returned from a glorious, but fast 7 day excursion to Italy.  Students experienced the art, culture, language, food, history and people of Italy during the fast-paced exploration.  We spent time in Venice, Florence, Assisi, Rome and Pompeii.  Students saw many world renowned works of art including, Michelangelo's David, the Uffizi Art collection, the Roman Forum and Colosseum and more.  Check out the slideshow here for details.  

PHS AP Art Program Featured in National Podcast for The Art of Education

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On the second to last day of school 2016 Mrs. Bjork recorded a podcast with The Art of Education, a national organization for professional development and resources for art teachers.  The interview and podcast were all about the AP Studio Art program at Pewaukee High School and general AP Art tips and ideas.  

Check out the podcast here and also the article that corresponds to the podcast.  If you use iTunes you can download the podcast there too.  It is episode 20, "Unlocking the Secrets of AP Studio Art"

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