Ottoson Middle School Art Room

We are so excited to finally be able to present this video to you! Please read below and watch the video to see the enormous variety of incredible art made by Arlington students during the school closure!

"Our goal for this project was to give students a way to reflect on the school closure. We asked them to share their experience in life away from school and friends and all their normal activities. We wanted students to understand that making art can help us to process things that can't always be put into words."

Common Prompt Project v4 The Arlington Public Schools K-12 Visual Art Department is pleased to present the Common Prompt Project: a video of over 800 student artworks created by stud...

Celebrating ALL of the good news from the Supreme Court this week! 8th grade artists really get it!!!!

CONGRATS TO OUR 8th GRADERS MOVING ON TODAY!
We have enjoyed making art with you for 3 years now - and we cannot wait to see what you do next!

The OMS Literary Magazine, Mirabile Scriptu, is finally here! The first online edition - how exciting! Congrats to all the students and staff who submitted work :) Check it out by clicking the link below!

Mirabile Scriptu 2020 Ottoson Literary Magazine written and illustrated by students and staff

Art is such an important vehicle for discussing race, there are many artists who create artwork as a way to promote dialogue in the world about important topics. Check out this short video of artist Nick Cave discussing how police brutality inspired his body of work called "Soundsuits."

How Police Brutality Inspired These Works of Art It was 1992. Chicago artist Nick Cave was in turmoil over the beating of Rodney King. Sitting in a park, he noticed a twig on the ground. It was discarded—a ...

The MassArt Art Museum is offering lots of cool projects online at this website:

https://maam.massart.edu/makewithmaam

Hi everyone :)

I wanted to let you know that the Ottoson Literary Magazine is still up and running, just in a new way. Ms. Walsh Bradley will be putting out an online version that includes both student and staff work! She is looking for students to submit written pieces (poetry, short stories, etc.) OR any artwork you have been creating. If your student would like their piece to be included in this year's online edition, email Ms. Walsha Bradley with the writing or photograph of the artwork attached. Make sure to include your name and grade!

ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, MAY 15th!

Ms.Walsh Bradley's email: [email protected]

For all the origami lovers out there!

Make Your Own Paper Prawn Using This Pattern Designed by Artist Lisa Lloyd We've been admirers of Lisa Lloyd’s meticulous birds and bees crafted from countless strips of paper for a while, and the London-based artist now is offering an amusing tutorial to create her tiny paper prawns at home. The downloadable instructions, which are available for free on her site, are co...

If you know any seniors, even from other districts and towns, share this with them! Contemporary artist, JR from the Inside Out Project is putting together a nationwide yearbook to celebrate the 2020 seniors!

#GraduateTogether: Your Yearbook just got bigger! Now’s your chance to get your portrait in the largest yearbook, ever. A nationwide initiative that celebrates every single graduating high school senior in the country.

Arlington Community Ed is now offering online classes for adults and kids / teens!

Check out what they're offering:
http://www.arlingtoncommunityed.org/

Arlington Community Education Online Registration

This is fun!

Quarantine through ART

During our art club hangout today on google hangouts, we all looked at a picture of a cherry tree in honor of ARBOR DAY and we all drew our own interpretation! Check them out! If your 7th or 8th grader would like to be a part of our "OMS Art Club" google classroom where we share ideas and prompts as well as plan google hangouts, please email either Mrs.Ford or Ms.McKenna!