Visual Arts

Students learned about four artists: Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Kadir Nelson and Bisa Butler during the month of February/March 2022.

After presenting a chosen work from one of the four artists to the class, students than

became involved in the act of making a realistic portrait learning about measure of the face, placement, values of a color, tone and background.

Here is an example of the students that excelled at this Unit. 

Some notable people students chose were bad Bunny, Rihanna, Samuel. L. Jackson, Willow Smith, Adele and more. 

Students learned about two of the most famous leading Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Roy Litchenstein. Thank created a pop art inspired piece of their own using the style guide of that movement. Included are exemplary works by students.

Some themes include: brands, logos, words. comics, icons

Students learned about angles above and below the horizon line as part of the correct technical skills of

Drawing buildings, structures and how to take that knowledge and combine it with

fun culture, animals, plants  that make up the essence of a city to create a unique tribute to a place of their choice. 

Some places  include: Hawaii, Greece, NYC, and Egypt

Students learned about Jean-Michel Basquiat and his life, art and how expressive he was with his style. They then created animals using the techniques of distortion, blending with oil pastel to create lively works.

Featured here are a array of animals from varied periods and grades Fall 2021.

Students Ann Sim (11th grade )and Stephanie Vidals (12thh grade) won $100 as part of Arts Connection Citywide Call to Art Showcase titled Flourish. The work will be framed and displayed at Centerview Partners, an investment banking firm , in Midtown Manhattan for a year. Both projects were completed in Created Art Class between Spring 2019 and Spring 2020.

Projects: Portraiture and Picasso-Inspired. 

THE MURAL IS FINALLY COMPLETE.

Students volunteering (2021 - 2022)  to improve the school by helping paint panels on the 3rd Floor.

We will be posting out work as we add to it on a regular basis. 

Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 and Saturdays 11:00 - 1:00 

Theme from African to Asia: Animals of the World

Congratulations to 9th grader Gael Vazquez, 9th grader Jazmin Ministro and Senior Mohammad Salam for being chosen as one of the three winners by UP Magazine for our Ron English-Inspired contest.

Ron English whose considered a master artist also reinterprets famous characters (Supersize Me, Coney Island Walls).

 As a jumping off point, Students reimagined a famous character and applied proper tone and shading techniques.

They looked at Ron English for inspiration.

Thanks to T.M Mills and UP Magazine for collaborating with QTHS to get our crew juices flowing. Students will be receiving a copy of UP Magazine and some fun Ron English goodies.
@t.k.m85 @up__mag @ronenglish

Students have been meeting via Google since March to discuss and create art together : one project we dedicated to was a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. The special Show The Immersive Van Gogh  opened in NYC in June and we wanted to pay tribute to this legendary artist.

Artists are Kelly Lin,  Sara Barrientios,, Milagros Cruz Gomez, Kelvin Dutan, Myckie Weng, Stephanie Peralta, Lindsy Ruiz, Carolina Delrio Rodrgue, Christopher Vargas, 

After learning about the infamous Street Artist turned Gallery Artist turned toy maker Ron English, Students re-invented a famous character so they became a new character. Think Alter-Ego with a twist!! There were 6 winners because it was so hard to choose. Students not only re-interpreted the character but had to learn shading techniques with colored pencil. Students showcased are: Henry Ponciano Garcia, Sara Barrientos, Jocelyn Chasi, Joanne Famor, Alex Tenesaca and Sherlyn Bernal. Each student will receive a special gift pack at home included with some Ron English Stickers. All work created in Ms. Volpe's Creative Art Class. @RonEnglish

Keith Haring was an 80s artist whom became a world wide sensation with his "activism" and style of art. He bagan in the subway doing line drawings, and quickly rose to fame with gallery shows, products and eventually a store in SOHO. His style flat and bright with dark outline appealed to the masses. Diagnosed with HIV AIDS , Keith began focusing on helping at-risk youth and using his art to promote safe sex as well as Mental Health issues.

Students chose and issue and in an optimistic way, illustrated their topic using a hopeful message. Bright Colors and Black outline was applied.

Congratulations to 10th graders Sara Barrientos, Noe Carrasco, Genesis Lazo and Seniors Candice Greaves, Naidelyn Hernandez, Jennifer Popovici, Lizbeth Ramirez. Their artwork from 20-21 has been selected to be exhibited in the 2021 New York City Department of Education Queens Borough Arts Festival. Student artwork will be displayed in a virtual gallery accessible online, opening in June 2021. Their hard work paid off and they represent the amazing artistic talent of Queens Tech! #QTArtists #Artclass

After learning about the infamous Street Artist turned Gallery Artist turned toy maker Ron English, Students re-invented a famous character so they became a new character. Think Alter-Ego with a twist!! There were 6 winners because it was so hard to choose. Students not only re-interpreted the character but had to learn shading techniques with colored pencil. Some of the Students showcased are: Henry Ponciano Garcia, Sara Barrientos, Jocelyn Chasi, Joanne Famor, Alex Tenesaca and Sherlyn Bernal. Each student will receive a special gift pack at home included with some Ron English Stickers. All work created in Ms. Volpe's Creative Art Class. @RonEnglish

Students put on masks and took their pixel artwork inspired by the real French Urban Artist Invader out into the real world. Artwork is comprised of exact squares with varied colors to make pixel inspired artwork. Students chose their own topic. The winner of the contest was Rachel Naspud. She took her invader art and hit up Times Square.