Students Create Installation Art

CSHS art students were inspried by the Pae White exhibit "Lisa, Bright and Dark" at the Taubman Museum of Art after a recent field trip. With the help of JMU student teacher, Brian Hammelman, they created bright and dark hanging pieces. Each hanging piece was made of recycled materials and decorative paper.

Event at Taubman

25th Annual Juried High School Art Show

We have 14 students who were accepted into this show at Center in the Square.

CSHS Art Show and Band Concert

Stop by and see the awesome artwork of CSHS students on Monday, May 11 from 5:30-7. The Band Concert follows at 7:00. The Art Show is also during the day on Tuesday, May 12 until 2:00.

Pottery Silent Auction

The CSHS Art Department will hold its annual Pottery Silent Auction during intermission of the CSHS drama production Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, May 9.  The play starts at 7 and the pottery will be on view and available for bidding starting before the production. All bidding ends at the end of intermission. Winning bid items are picked up at the end of the play. Checks and cash accepted.

All the money from the auction goes to CSHS Art Department. The pottery was donated by members of the Blue Ridge Potters Guild who took part in last fall's pottery sale in the CSHS cafeteria.

Email apfeiffer@rcs.k12.va.us for more information.

Roanoke College Children's Choir

Some of our students are part of the Roanoke College Children's Choir, which is presenting their 22nd Annual Spring Concert, Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 3 pm in the Shaftman Performance Hall at the Jefferson Center. Tickets are available on-line at www.jeffcenter.org

CSHS Students and Grads Performing

Some CSHS students and graduates are in bands that are playing at the Penn Forest Worship Center across from CSHS, Friday, March 20 at 6:30.

Scott Blanding to Show His Documentary at the Taubman Museum of Art

Scott Blanding, a Cave Spring High School and Temple University graduate, spent two months in the Congo filming a documentary about the brutality of women caught in the Congolese fighting. His film, Women in War Zones, will show at 7:30 at the Taubman Museum of Art, and the tickets are $5. The tickets are going quickly so you might want to order online. High school students and teachers are invited to a Roundtable where they can meet and talk to Scott before the film. That starts at 5:30 and is free, but you should register with Frank Giannini know if you plan to come. fgiannini@taubmanmuseum.org

Field Trip to the Taubman and Link Museums

Mrs. Pfeiffer's classes spent a day downtown getting tours of the new Taubman Museum of Art and the O. Winston Link Photography Museum. They ate lunch in the Market Station and had a little time to take photos. It was a gorgeous day. Mrs. Carr's class will be doing the same field trip in a few weeks.

Another Potter Amazes Art Students

Steve Mitchell, a local potter who specializes in large pots that are each a piece of fine art visited us in late February. He brought one of his large pots, that was about 3' high and demoed how to build a large pot with separate cylinders. He talked a lot about wood firing, promoting his work and many of the wonderful potters he's met and worked with.

National Art Honor Society Memory Portrait Project

The NAHS club completed 25 portraits of children from orphanages in Myanmar, Kenya, and Uganda last month. Each club member chose a photo of an orphan and the art medium of their choice to render their portrait. Patrons and friends from the Taubman Museum of Art helped to fund this activity through their generous monetary donations. A feature article with lots of photos about the CSHS NAHS chapter can be viewed on the swo-co.com website, and in the Roanoke Times “SWo-CO” publication. Our club has participated in this activity for the last 5 years, creating portraits of orphans from Guatemala, India, Mexico, and Honduras. You can read about this world-wide “children helping children” activity at http://www.thememoryproject.org

CSHS Art Students "Clean Up" at the Regional Scholastic Art Awards

CSHS art students did very well at the Scholastic Art Competitions, winning 8 of the 36 golds, which go on to New York City to be judged at the national level, and 26 of the 74 silver awards, more total awards than any other high school participating in our region. The reception is Monday, 1/26 at the Fine Arts Center of the New River Valley, 5-8.

CSHS Show at VWCC Gallery

Past and present Cave Spring High art students were invited to display their work in Virginia Western Community College's Art Gallery this past fall. Senior CVA students juried the entries and hung the exhibit. The crowd at the reception was one of the largest they had seen there and the guest comments were very encouraging. It was quite an honor.