Art and Nature 2015 Google Slide Presentation

Please view the Google Slide Presentation students created and presented to the school during Presentation Week.

WE HAVE FOUR GRAND PRIZE WINNERS!

Our four Grand Prize Winners: Kevin Calle 7th grade, Sebasteon Allen 7th grade, Lt. Darrell Houseton, Dominick Silva 11th grade, Emmanuel Okoye, 12th grade.

Look for these winning designs on the Salvation Army Donation Bins around Newark during the remaining 6 months of 2015!

Kevin Calle

Sebasteon Allen

Dominick Silva

Emmanuel Okoye

VOTE FOR SBP ARTISTS!

Mrs. Wye-Hunsinger

6 Spring Phase Art students are finalists in the Salvation Army Design-A-Bin contest. Winning designs will appear on bins and students receive $250 (7-8th graders) or $500 (9-12th graders). 

Semi-Finalists:

Sebasteon Allen

Kevin Calle

Paul Jimenez

Emmanuel Okoye

Joseph Rosa

Dominick Silva

Please "like" them on the Facebook page linked below. Each of our 6 photos are labeled with student's name and ST. BENEDICT'S PREPARATORY.

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Thanks!!

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Joao Cadima

In my painting  for the Design-A-Bin contest, I drew a world with supporting hands and flowers, trees, butterflies, energy-saving light bulbs and water. My opinion about my painting is we have to care for the world, we have to help each other, and to help others make the world a better place to live. The Salvation Army helps other people to live a better life. They collect donated goods and put a smile on the faces of people in need who all deserve to live a happy life.

We have to make this world a united world without wars and inequality.  Everyone has a right to live happy in this world.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Paul Jimenez

My artwork for the Salvation Army Design-A-Bin contest is trying to show the different services that the Salvation Army provides. The  Salvation Army is represented by the black figures standing on the alphabet building blocks. The Salvation Army logo shield in the background lists a few of the many things the Salvation Army can do for people in need. They provide rescue relief, give vocational skills to people who need them, and assist in rebuilding areas that have been destroyed by any kind of disaster. The Salvation Army is making a constant effort to fix the world into a  more comfortable place for everyone.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Kevin Calle

In my art entry for the Design-A-Bin contest, I had to draw a piece that represents doing the most good. I drew a  superhero named Salvation Soldier for the Salvation Army. He is fighting a villain named Dr. Evil. The statement I wrote at the top of the design means when you give you will be rich in love and you can not go poor. The villain represents poverty and the superhero represents donating so you can fight poverty. The bottom statement is a phrase used in comics. Instead of a super villain being the one being brought to justice, we are bringing poverty to justice.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

George Tejada

In my painting for the Design-A-Bin contest, I created a superhero that goes by the name of Captain Salvation Army.  Captain Salvation Army represents three symbols: food, clothes, and shelter. Food for the people who starve or need more food for their families and themselves. Clothes for the people who mostly don’t have  any or have some but they are ripped or worn out.  Shelter for the people who do not have anywhere to go and who have to live on the streets. Captain Salvation Army provides food, shelter and clothing for the people in need.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Richard Araujo

Through my art piece for the Design-A-Bin contest, I attempted to portray what I do to contribute to “doing the most good” - which is the Salvation Army’s motto. I tutor, so the portrait shows me tutoring a teenager, which is what I do after school. I am accompanied by two friendly tools, a pencil and a book to give the viewer hints of what I tutor about. Located on the paper is my job if the viewer did not already know and also a catchphrase to encourage students to go to tutoring whenever they need help, because it will ultimately lead them to success. I tutor English, which is why the design includes the words: “Read and write your way to success.” There is also a Salvation Army logo plaque within a frame to symbolize how my work and their work are related, which is in doing the most good within a community.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Joseph Rosa

My statement for the first Design-A-Bin contest submission is about educating those who are in the street for job training. I chose to do this because educating gang members to stay off the streets can help them learn from their mistakes and pursue a better future. The young man is in an urban setting, standing by an abandoned house.This spoke out to me because in the past, I approached a gang member and explained how being in school or having a good job is better than risking your life on the corner of a street. So this is why I chose to paint this picture, to show job training and how the Salvation Army provides this kind of service and aid.

Our First Project: Salvation Army Contest

Pamela Wye-Hunsinger

Students in Art and Nature 2015 were invited to participate in a contest with cash prizes ($250 for 7th-8th grader and $500 for 9th-12th graders) and the opportunity to have their work seen by the community at large. "Doing the most good" was the theme of the Salvation Army's "Design-A-Bin" contest. Students created two projects (the maximum number they could submit) in order to increase their chances of being among the selected designs to be incorporated onto the Salvation Army bins around the community. Finalists' artwork will be on display once they've been chosen. We will have information about that when we know who the finalists are. Our inaugural blog posting consists of students describing the thinking that went into their first "Design-A-Bin" submission along with a photo of the completed design.

We will announce any SBP winners, here, on our blog.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Nardele Da Silva

The painting I created for the Salvation Army’s Design-A-Bin contest shows a city or a town with people out in the street protesting for things like feeding the poor, job training programs and housing. The Salvation Army shield logo is the sun and, like the sun, it is a beacon of light. It means that the Salvation Army is an important organization which is a leader that show the way for doing good. On the side there are services that the salvation army may run like homeless shelter, food pantry, and job training program. This design shows how the Salvation Army has a positive effect in one's community by supporting those in need.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Emmanuel Okoye

The reality in our world is that it is filled with many unpredictable predicaments. The Salvation Army is one of the many organizations throughout the world attempting to be a source of remedy to those effected everyday. My Design-A-Bin painting is a representation of the effects of the Salvation Army on our world. It identifies the common goal of all charitable organizations, like the Salvation Army, which is to create a united and better world. The deeds of the Salvation Army are indiscriminate deeds of love. The kids holding hands and the images in the world globe portray the result of providing people with the opportunity and facility to have fun and express a sense of care for others. The image of the boy at the bottom of  my design is seeing this ideal world in his thought bubble. We are caretakers of the world.  Because the boy is picturing this ideal world means that it is not a reality yet.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Sebasteon Allen

 

     The first painting I did for the Salvation Army “Design-A-Bin” contest shows that the meteors have words in them that signify what the Salvation Army protects against. There are shields that are over the Earth that are protecting it. All the meteors that are there are examples of bad things that happen in the world like natural disasters. The shields represent the Salvation Army getting rid of the bad things that the meteors say. The Salvation Army is the protector of the suffering people.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Dominick Silva

The Salvation Army holds clothing drives and food pantries that help people come together hand in hand to work together. Other activities such as blood drives and the Toys for Tots program also contribute to the Salvation Army’s cause, which is to do the most good. These are some of the ideas which I included in my Design-A-Bin contest submission. The people in poverty pray to God for clothes, food, better health, shelter, and the other necessities of life.  The cross is a symbol of God. The Salvation Army acts like God’s answer to people’s prayers and it gives hope and encouragement to the poor, the sick, and the needy. The crime and wearing down of homes is what people try to run away from, so they look for help in order to find hope and happiness. The Salvation Army acts like a light in the darkness of the lives of those in need.

Salvation Army Design-A-Bin

Julian Cardona

The world is constantly going through problems and is suffering due to man’s actions such as crime, war, or the normal occurrences such as death. There isn’t anyone or anything that wants suffering to continue, which is why different groups of people have risen to assuage the pain of people. One organization that attempts to do this is the Salvation Army, which promotes many means to do good and help the world to be a better place with its motto: “Doing The Most Good.” My first Design-A-Bin contest submission illustrates both the greater good and the specific things the Salvation Army does to do the most good. This group serves the people, especially the poor, the sick, the young, and the needy in many different ways. Some methods include the opening of shelters, food pantries, and thrift shops. It also helps people by holding clothes drives and donating to different associations such as schools and hospitals. The world sees organizations such as the Salvation Army as a help, which the people push forward in order to promote its continuation.