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Week 6/1/26-6/4/26
Note: End of year activities may effect thils schedule. 8Th Graduation @ Southwest Senior High @ 9:00 AM
Make sure all classes have completed the following:
Handout- Zentangle Sketchbook exercise
Video- Zentangle Hands Sketchbook Activity
-Finish Classroom Cleanup/orgainization/portfolio
-Provide students with Studio Session Photoa
-Make sure all students have saved/backed up their digital files
Homework:
Practice your Craft- H.A.G.S.
Week 5/26/26-5/29/26
Note to C@T Magnet Parents: The Magnet Fair Meeting for all magnet students on 5/27/2026 with Principal Penedo will begin at 6:00 PM before the new student orientation. Existing magnet parents/students can leave before the new student orientation begins. Magnet Fair Flyer
Make sure all classes have completed the following:
Video- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Handout- Drawing Animals With Shapes
-Begin Classroom Cleanup/orgainization
-Make sure all students have saved/backed up their digital files
Handout- Zentangle Sketchbook exercise
Video- Zentangle Hands Sketchbook Activity
Week 5/18/26-5/22/26 (Note: Middle School FAST PM3 Reading 5/18/26 and FAST PM3 Math 5/19/26 may affect this schedule )
Note to C@T Magnet Parents: The Magnet Fair Meeting for all magnet students on 5/27/2026 with Principal Penedo will begin at 6:00 PM before the new student orientation. Existing magnet parents/students can leave before the new student orientation begins
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Handout- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Begin/continue setup for art show
Handout- Photo Collage/Montage/Artists Statement
Week 5/11/26-5/15/26 (Note: 8th Grade Science and algebra may affect this schedule)
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- How To Draw A Hand
Handout- How to draw a hand
Continue Photo Studio Session in room 601
Handout- Photo Collage/Montage/Artists Statement
Week 5/4/26------5/8/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- How To Draw A Face
Handout- How to draw a face (3 pgs.)
Introduce: Self-Reflections Assignment (25 self-reflection photos)
Introduce: Artist Statement (Self-Reflection)
By the end of the week students finish Artist Statement (Save MS Word document in your 25-26 Portfolio folder)
Portrait photo tips 1- Video 1
Portrait photo tips 2- Video 2
UPCOMING-Students will make a photo vignette with their favorite self-reflection/self-portrait photo
Homework:
Finish Artist Statement (Save MS Word document in your 25-26 Portfolio folder)
Self-Reflections Assignment (Due 5/6/26)
- Self-Portrait Drawing (Students are to fill 2 pages in their sketchbook with Drawings of their face)
Week 4/27/26------5/1/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
Review:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
C@T Room:
C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
Compare to previous year -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Discuss what was successful and what could be improved
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Introduce/Begin FAST Poster Campaign
Note: Students are to draft in their sketchbooks
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END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Introduce: Self-Reflections Assignment (25 self-reflection photos)
Introduce: Artist Statement (Self-Reflection)
UPCOMING-Students will make a photo vignette with their favorite self-reflection/self-portrait photo
Homework:
Self-Reflections Assignment (Due 5/6/26)
UPCOMING- Self-Portrait Drawing
Week 4/20/26------4/24/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
---Make sure all students have shared Photoshop Cambridge Poster Project in the team room folder (Last Folder-blue "Troubled Waters Poster- Students P-6")
---Make sure all students who were selected for exhibits have parent release forms completed----
This week you will be in both the the C@T and art room setting up the gallery for Cambridge Troubled Waters classroom Exhibit:
Art Room:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
C@T Room:
C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
Drawing Skill: (Collect all)
Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
Review Possible Display Music
Make sure you have uploaded C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
4/20/2026, 4/21/26-Art Room Display Setup
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
-Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 4/13/26------4/17/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
---Make sure all students who were selected for exhibits have parent release forms completed----
This week you will be in the art room attempting to make an original art print:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Review Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Due Dates:
4/15/2026, 4/16/26-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Finalize Physical Artwork
-Continue bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
-ART Shows Due 4/2/26:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school. Note: Deadline extended to 4/7/26
Previous Year Exhibit
Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Week 4/6/26------4/10/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class Note: FAST Writing Test on Tuesday 4/7/26.
-Review Possible Submissions for Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
Note: Deadline extended to 4/7/26
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Composition (20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Review Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Due Dates:
4/2/2026- MS Word Research and Scavenger Hunt Images
4/6/2026- Photo Images and Sketchbook Draft Poster Ideas
4/10/2026- Final Campaign Poster
4/15/2026-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Continued-25 weekly Photos organic/inorganic textures/forms to add to your Digital Collage/Montage poster campaign
-Finalize Poster Campaign Idea in your sketchbook
-Continue bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 3/30/26------4/2/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class Note: No school Friday.
-Review Possible Submissions for Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
-Review Possible Submissions for Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM - ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.
Continue/Finish any entries for project exhibitions due 4/2/2026
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Value and Form (20-40 minutes)
Video-Value
Video- Form
Video- Cast Shadows
Check:
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
20 Superhero Portraits - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: ( Must be uploaded to Student folder by 3/18/26).
Watch Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Discuss Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
Introduce C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Due Dates:
4/2/2026- MS Word Research and Scavenger Hunt Images
4/6/2026- Photo Images and Sketchbook Draft Poster Ideas
4/10/2026- Final Campaign Poster
4/15/2026-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-25 weekly Photos organic/inorganic textures/forms
-Draft your Poster Campaign Idea in your sketchbook
-Begin bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 3/16/26------3/19/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books to class each week Note: Youth Fair field trip Thursday. No school Friday.
-Note: Ensure all 8th graders have yearbook quotes.
-Have students work on PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family- Artwork to support adoption of dogs and cats from the humane society.
-Review Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
-Begin/Continue studio Portrait skills
-Video- How to draw facial features
-Handout- Facial Features
-Video-How to draw a realistic eye
Photograpy Skills: --Watch Video- Environmental Portraits
Photoshop Skill:
-Saving image and saving image as a PSD
-Saving image as a JPEG (Have each student share their favorite art piece they made this year for CAT as a JPEG
-Students are to share a PDF of their favorite art piece/photo that they have done this school year
Review Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
-How to blend or fade 2 images
-If time- Introduce Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
If Time- Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Homework:
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
Remember to take 20 Portraits for - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: ( Must be uploaded to Student folder by 3/18/26).
(UPCOMING)
(UPCOMING)-If time- Introduce Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
(UPCOMING)-If time discuss-50 photos for troubled waters Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
(UPCOMING)-If Time- Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
V.A.68.H.3.3- Create imaginative works to include background knowledge or information from other subjects.
Week 3/9/26------3/13/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books to class each week
-review PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets-cats/dogs (due 3/9/25)
--Watch Video- Composition Techniques
-Students finish Scavenger Hunt- PAWtraits
Discuss/Review/Practice Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
Open your Favorite PAWtrait in photoshop: Duplicate your layer several times----> on your top layer use the rectangular marquee tool ---Apply a filter on the selected area---> Then do the same to another area etc. Also try cutting out and enlarging. Also try cutting out just the pet adding it to its own layer and and duplicating multiple times and apply a filter/color on each pet layer. See distorted face on the on the wall and Blending Modes video.
Remember to always duplicate your layer. Here are some useful shortcuts:
Ctrl+C= Copy
Ctrl+V= Paste
Ctrl+= Zoom In
Ctrl-= Zoom Out
Select Students-Begin drawing from collected works/ pencil on provided paper. Use Stippling/Hatching/Cross Hatching/Contour Line Techniques/Other art techniques.
-Have students work on PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family- Artwork to support adoption of dogs and cats from the humane society.
-Introduce Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Photograpy Skills: --Watch Video- Composition Techniques
Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
-How to blend or fade 2 images
Homework:
Work on PAWtraits Drawing
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
Remember to take 20 Portraits for - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
If time:
-Have all students download Canva Affinity free software on school computers
-Introduce- How to create a halftone effect in Affinity Photo
-All Students- Begin research for Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Note: All students are required to participate in the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
-If time take students down for acrylic spray-painting
UPCOMING-Begin/continue Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
V.A.68.H.3.3- Create imaginative works to include background knowledge or information from other subjects.
Week 3/2/26------3/6/26
Day 1, 2-
Watch Video- 5 Photography Composition Tips
-Show students examples
-Due to limited time discuss/assign art shows/activity that students will try to participate in
-Introduce PAWtraits portrait assignment
-Discuss-PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family
-Discuss Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Review Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
Begin Handout- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
-Students are to open one of their favorite images that they have created in Photoshop and share with the teacher
-Review upcoming art shows with a due date of 4/2/26 for possible student art exhibitions:
-Select art show/activity that students will try to participate in
Review Stippling Technique:
-Introduce how to turn a Photo into a Halftone Pattern Effect
-Have students open one of their favorite images and try this effect
-Also note that students can do this with a custom paint brush
Homework:
Finish Handout for next class- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques-
See Reference : Drawing Value Scale
PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets (due 3/9/25)
Days 3, 4-
-Turn in Handout- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques-
See Reference : Drawing Value Scale
--Review upcoming art shows with a due date of 4/2/26 for possible student art exhibitions:
-Make sure all students have created their own folder in MS OneDrive and shared it with me as "Can View"
STEPS: goto your student portal--> goto MS Office --> goto Onedrive--> Click "create or upload" (blue oval in upper left)--> Create a new folder--> Name folder "C@T-Your Name-P#"--> Share with me -->-Can View access only-->Copy any files you want to keep from previous years into this folder:
To Copy files from Teams to your OneDrive folder--->click and drag the images you want to select--> left click and select move to---> Move the files to your newly Created C@T folder
-Daily skill- Video-Magic Wand Tool
Go to the teacher website: www.eduk8.org:
-Download/Open the C@T Image1-001 to practice our daily skill
-Use the Magic Wand Tool -to remove the blue canvas and insert an image (yourself-gradebook image) with a filter/effect
(remember- always duplicate your layers before doing anything else----- When finished save the image in your newly created folder)
-Discuss-PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family
-Watch Video- How to photograph your pets
Review-PAWtraits portrait assignment
Scavenger Hunt- PAWtraits
-Introduce the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Begin Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Homework:
PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets (due 3/9/25)
-Continue Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
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If time:
-Watch Video- Composition Techniques
-Have all students download Canva Affinity free software on school computers
-Introduce- How to create a halftone effect in Affinity Photo
-All Students- Begin research for Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Note: All students are required to participate in the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
-If time take students down for acrylic spray-painting
Benchmark: VA.68.S.1.2 Use media, technology, and other resources to derive ideas for personal art-making
Week 2/23/26------2/27/26
C.A.T. Substitute Classwork/Homework:
1. Each week students are to complete the provided handout with a pencil. Students must write their Name, Date, and period # at the top of the paper.
2. In their sketchbook, students are to draw an original drawing based on the current weekly handout.
3. In Photoshop, students are to use filters and other effects to manipulate an original photo taken each week. Note: Original photos should mimic the style of the weekly provided handout.
Provided Handout- Stippling and Hatching
Watch Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
Watch Video- Value
Watch Video- How to Shade Basic Forms
See Reference Image: Drawing Value Scale
ART Shows Due 4/2/26:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding FamilyDue Date: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school
Previous Year Exhibit
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.)
Upcoming Art Shows:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
This exhibition celebrates Haitian Heritage. This exhibition showcases 2-D and low-relief artworks that honor Haitian history, culture and tradition, selected for digital display at the School Board Administration Building. Viewed virtually by School Board Members, community leaders, and thousands of visitors, this high-profile exhibition brings vibrant cultural expression to a wide and diverse audience.
- Artwork not representing the theme of Celebrating Haitian Heritage will not be considered for adjudication.
- THIS IS A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding FamilyDue Date: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school
Previous Year Exhibit
Note: This year, do not include the title or written text within the artwork image. Teachers are encouraged to guide students toward communicating their ideas visually and to refrain from adding text directly onto the artwork.
As early as 45,000 years ago with cave art and depictions of ancient animal species, animals have always served as not only cultural resources but have been the subjects of folkloric and religious narratives. Ancient Egyptians and Africa memorialized cats as did the Romans with their dogs, along with the ancient Chinese and Japanese cultures. They have been integrated into symbology, emblems, totems and have been used to create lessons through stories. Some modern artists like George Rodrigue of the Blue Dog paintings fame, Cassius “Kash” Marcellus Coolidge of the Dogs Playing Card Games, Norman Rockwell and his famous “Boy and Girl Gazing at Moon (Puppy Love) and Saturday Night Post fame, and Andy Warhol and his pop art depictions, are just a few of the many artists whose subject matter has included cats and dogs, imbuing them at times with human attributes. This exhibition encourages students to explore cats and dogs as their subject matter while considering shelter adoptions and these pets’ importance to humans in their everyday life.This 2D exhibition encourages students to move beyond traditional portrait concepts and explore bold, inventive approaches to creating original artwork.
- THIS IS A YEAR LONG EXHIBITION. STUDENT WORK WILL BE RETURNED IN THE SPRNG OF 2026.
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.)
Note: As a reminder, submitted artwork must reflect original student ideas and imagery. Artwork that copies or closely resembles published images, internet sources, or trademarked characters (fan art) is not eligible and will be disqualified. Please encourage students to design unique fantasy characters inspired by the theme rather than existing characters.
Fantasy Characters have always included those of the Hero/Heroine, Mentor, Friendly Creatures, Evil Creatures, and Villains. Stories through the ages have provided us with both heroines and heroes with faithful sidekicks like Sancho Panza, Sir Kay from the Legends of King Arthur, and Lone Ranger’s companion Tonto. Mentors like Gandalf, and Glinda the Good Witch, along with friendly creatures such as Buckbeak, and Where the Wild Things Are, and villainous characters and creatures like Lord Voldemort, Wicked Witch of the West, The Kraken, Fire breathing dragons, have captured the imagination. All are endowed with special powers of one sort or another. This 2D and 3D exhibition invites K–12 students to delve into the world of fantasy characters, discover their own unique powers, and create artwork that answers the question: What's Your Power?"
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44th Annual Museum Education Program ExhibitionDate Open: 8/1/2025 12:00 AM Date Closed: 4/8/2026 12:00 AM (- ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.)
Recognized by the National School Boards Association as one of the outstanding curriculum ideas in the United States, the Museum Education Program generates creative artworks as an outcome of studies within the galleries and museums. A highlight of the year, this culminating exhibition showcases the vital importance of understanding both traditional and contemporary visual arts in the process of creating new artwork.
- All art teachers participating in the 2025-2026 Museum Education Program are expected to participate in this exhibition as part of authentic assessment.
- If you did not participate in a field experience through the Visual Arts Museum Education Program, your entries will NOT be ACCEPTED.
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Annual Countywide Student Art Show
Date Open: 8/1/2025 12:00 AM Date Closed: 4/30/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher)
This is a STEAM Authentic Assessment Exhibition
Surprising, innovative, clever, and accomplished, the annual show encompasses all styles, media, and techniques in 2-D and 3-D artworks. The ambitious and impressive collection demonstrates the development of new skills, abilities, and interests; and emphasizes versatility, good design, and imagination.
-C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- Click here or the logo below to learn more about th 6-8th grade C@T program
-South Miami K-8 Center's Computer Art Technology (C.A.T.) Application- C.A.T. Application
-Photo Basics
-Draft Syllabus 26-27
-Sketchbook prep
-Sketchbook Assignments
-Rubric
-V.A.68 Item Specs/Benchmarks
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Note: Lessons/activities/homework are subject to change at the teacher's discretion.
Note: End of year activities may effect thils schedule. 8Th Graduation @ Southwest Senior High @ 9:00 AM
Make sure all classes have completed the following:
Handout- Zentangle Sketchbook exercise
Video- Zentangle Hands Sketchbook Activity
-Finish Classroom Cleanup/orgainization/portfolio
-Provide students with Studio Session Photoa
-Make sure all students have saved/backed up their digital files
Homework:
Practice your Craft- H.A.G.S.
Week 5/26/26-5/29/26
Note to C@T Magnet Parents: The Magnet Fair Meeting for all magnet students on 5/27/2026 with Principal Penedo will begin at 6:00 PM before the new student orientation. Existing magnet parents/students can leave before the new student orientation begins. Magnet Fair Flyer
Make sure all classes have completed the following:
Video- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Handout- Drawing Animals With Shapes
-Begin Classroom Cleanup/orgainization
-Make sure all students have saved/backed up their digital files
Handout- Zentangle Sketchbook exercise
Video- Zentangle Hands Sketchbook Activity
Week 5/18/26-5/22/26 (Note: Middle School FAST PM3 Reading 5/18/26 and FAST PM3 Math 5/19/26 may affect this schedule )
Note to C@T Magnet Parents: The Magnet Fair Meeting for all magnet students on 5/27/2026 with Principal Penedo will begin at 6:00 PM before the new student orientation. Existing magnet parents/students can leave before the new student orientation begins
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Handout- Drawing Animals With Shapes
Begin/continue setup for art show
Handout- Photo Collage/Montage/Artists Statement
Week 5/11/26-5/15/26 (Note: 8th Grade Science and algebra may affect this schedule)
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- How To Draw A Hand
Handout- How to draw a hand
Continue Photo Studio Session in room 601
Handout- Photo Collage/Montage/Artists Statement
Week 5/4/26------5/8/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Video- How To Draw A Face
Handout- How to draw a face (3 pgs.)
Introduce: Self-Reflections Assignment (25 self-reflection photos)
Introduce: Artist Statement (Self-Reflection)
By the end of the week students finish Artist Statement (Save MS Word document in your 25-26 Portfolio folder)
Portrait photo tips 1- Video 1
Portrait photo tips 2- Video 2
UPCOMING-Students will make a photo vignette with their favorite self-reflection/self-portrait photo
Homework:
Finish Artist Statement (Save MS Word document in your 25-26 Portfolio folder)
Self-Reflections Assignment (Due 5/6/26)
- Self-Portrait Drawing (Students are to fill 2 pages in their sketchbook with Drawings of their face)
Week 4/27/26------5/1/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
Review:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
C@T Room:
C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
Compare to previous year -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Discuss what was successful and what could be improved
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Introduce/Begin FAST Poster Campaign
Note: Students are to draft in their sketchbooks
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END OF YEAR SUBMISSION (CRITICAL)
As we approach the end of the year, we are preparing for the Annual South Miami K-8 Art Show. You must curate your best work from the entire year. Note: Select works that show your growth and your unique voice as an artist. These will be the pieces considered for the final gallery exhibition! Instructions: Create a folder titled: "Your First and Last Name Period # and 25-26 Portfolio Submission" Inside this folder, you must upload your four favorite items from each of the following categories:
● 4 Favorite Photoshop Documents: These must be uploaded as .PSD files (to show your layers and process).
● 4 Favorite Original Drawings: High-quality scans or clear photos of your physical sketches/paintings.
● 4 Favorite Original Photos: Unedited or edited photography captured during our photography units.
Introduce: Self-Reflections Assignment (25 self-reflection photos)
Introduce: Artist Statement (Self-Reflection)
UPCOMING-Students will make a photo vignette with their favorite self-reflection/self-portrait photo
Homework:
Self-Reflections Assignment (Due 5/6/26)
UPCOMING- Self-Portrait Drawing
Week 4/20/26------4/24/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
---Make sure all students have shared Photoshop Cambridge Poster Project in the team room folder (Last Folder-blue "Troubled Waters Poster- Students P-6")
---Make sure all students who were selected for exhibits have parent release forms completed----
This week you will be in both the the C@T and art room setting up the gallery for Cambridge Troubled Waters classroom Exhibit:
Art Room:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
C@T Room:
C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
Drawing Skill: (Collect all)
Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
Review Possible Display Music
Make sure you have uploaded C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
4/20/2026, 4/21/26-Art Room Display Setup
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
-Sketchbook Classwork/homework:Cambridge: Sketchbook, Reflection, & Documentation
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 4/13/26------4/17/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class
---Make sure all students who were selected for exhibits have parent release forms completed----
This week you will be in the art room attempting to make an original art print:
Physical Art with a Purpose—Saving Our Troubled Waters
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Composition- In your sketchbook(20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Review Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Due Dates:
4/15/2026, 4/16/26-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Finalize Physical Artwork
-Continue bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
-ART Shows Due 4/2/26:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school. Note: Deadline extended to 4/7/26
Previous Year Exhibit
Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Week 4/6/26------4/10/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class Note: FAST Writing Test on Tuesday 4/7/26.
-Review Possible Submissions for Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
Note: Deadline extended to 4/7/26
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Composition (20-40 minutes)
Video- Composition
Review Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Check:
Sketchbook- Draft Poster Campaign Idea
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Due Dates:
4/2/2026- MS Word Research and Scavenger Hunt Images
4/6/2026- Photo Images and Sketchbook Draft Poster Ideas
4/10/2026- Final Campaign Poster
4/15/2026-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-Continued-25 weekly Photos organic/inorganic textures/forms to add to your Digital Collage/Montage poster campaign
-Finalize Poster Campaign Idea in your sketchbook
-Continue bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 3/30/26------4/2/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books every class Note: No school Friday.
-Review Possible Submissions for Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
-Review Possible Submissions for Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM - ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.
Continue/Finish any entries for project exhibitions due 4/2/2026
Drawing Skill:
Handout- Value and Form (20-40 minutes)
Video-Value
Video- Form
Video- Cast Shadows
Check:
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
20 Superhero Portraits - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: ( Must be uploaded to Student folder by 3/18/26).
Watch Video (40 minutes x1.25 speed ): Troubles Waters: A Turtles Tale
Review -Previous Years C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery
Discuss Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
Introduce C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project/C@T Classroom 3/D Display Project
25 Images Digital Scavenger Hunt
25 Photos and Poster Campaign Assignment for troubled waters C@T Troubled Waters Poster Project
Due Dates:
4/2/2026- MS Word Research and Scavenger Hunt Images
4/6/2026- Photo Images and Sketchbook Draft Poster Ideas
4/10/2026- Final Campaign Poster
4/15/2026-Art Room Display Collaboration
INSPIRATION for C@T TROUBLED WATERS 3-D DISPLAY ART:
● Video: Sea Turtle Conservation
● Video: The Impact of Marine Plastic
● Previous Years Troubled Waters Gallery: Student Examples
Homework:
-25 weekly Photos organic/inorganic textures/forms
-Draft your Poster Campaign Idea in your sketchbook
-Begin bringing in recyclable materials for C@T Troubled Waters Project (Plastic Bottles, Cardboard, etc.)
VA.68.F.3.1, Students investigate and describe the role of artists and designers in creating a digital or physical campaign to inform the public or advocate for a social or environmental cause.
Week 3/16/26------3/19/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books to class each week Note: Youth Fair field trip Thursday. No school Friday.
-Note: Ensure all 8th graders have yearbook quotes.
-Have students work on PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family- Artwork to support adoption of dogs and cats from the humane society.
-Review Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
-Begin/Continue studio Portrait skills
-Video- How to draw facial features
-Handout- Facial Features
-Video-How to draw a realistic eye
Photograpy Skills: --Watch Video- Environmental Portraits
Photoshop Skill:
-Saving image and saving image as a PSD
-Saving image as a JPEG (Have each student share their favorite art piece they made this year for CAT as a JPEG
-Students are to share a PDF of their favorite art piece/photo that they have done this school year
Review Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
-How to blend or fade 2 images
-If time- Introduce Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
If Time- Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Homework:
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
Remember to take 20 Portraits for - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: ( Must be uploaded to Student folder by 3/18/26).
(UPCOMING)
(UPCOMING)-If time- Introduce Middle School- Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
(UPCOMING)-If time discuss-50 photos for troubled waters Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
(UPCOMING)-If Time- Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
V.A.68.H.3.3- Create imaginative works to include background knowledge or information from other subjects.
Week 3/9/26------3/13/26- Students: Please bring your sketch books to class each week
-review PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets-cats/dogs (due 3/9/25)
--Watch Video- Composition Techniques
-Students finish Scavenger Hunt- PAWtraits
Discuss/Review/Practice Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
Open your Favorite PAWtrait in photoshop: Duplicate your layer several times----> on your top layer use the rectangular marquee tool ---Apply a filter on the selected area---> Then do the same to another area etc. Also try cutting out and enlarging. Also try cutting out just the pet adding it to its own layer and and duplicating multiple times and apply a filter/color on each pet layer. See distorted face on the on the wall and Blending Modes video.
Remember to always duplicate your layer. Here are some useful shortcuts:
Ctrl+C= Copy
Ctrl+V= Paste
Ctrl+= Zoom In
Ctrl-= Zoom Out
Select Students-Begin drawing from collected works/ pencil on provided paper. Use Stippling/Hatching/Cross Hatching/Contour Line Techniques/Other art techniques.
-Have students work on PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family- Artwork to support adoption of dogs and cats from the humane society.
-Introduce Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Photograpy Skills: --Watch Video- Composition Techniques
Digital Skills Videos:
-Layer Mask
-Blending Modes
-How to blend or fade 2 images
Homework:
Work on PAWtraits Drawing
Sketchbook- Draw your superhero in your sketchbook
Remember to take 20 Portraits for - Superhero Portrait Pose-What's Your Superpower: (Assignment: 25 Portrait Photos for Super Heroes).
If time:
-Have all students download Canva Affinity free software on school computers
-Introduce- How to create a halftone effect in Affinity Photo
-All Students- Begin research for Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Note: All students are required to participate in the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
-If time take students down for acrylic spray-painting
UPCOMING-Begin/continue Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
V.A.68.H.3.3- Create imaginative works to include background knowledge or information from other subjects.
Week 3/2/26------3/6/26
Day 1, 2-
Watch Video- 5 Photography Composition Tips
-Show students examples
-Due to limited time discuss/assign art shows/activity that students will try to participate in
-Introduce PAWtraits portrait assignment
-Discuss-PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family
-Discuss Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Review Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
Begin Handout- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
-Students are to open one of their favorite images that they have created in Photoshop and share with the teacher
-Review upcoming art shows with a due date of 4/2/26 for possible student art exhibitions:
-Select art show/activity that students will try to participate in
Review Stippling Technique:
-Introduce how to turn a Photo into a Halftone Pattern Effect
-Have students open one of their favorite images and try this effect
-Also note that students can do this with a custom paint brush
Homework:
Finish Handout for next class- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques-
See Reference : Drawing Value Scale
PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets (due 3/9/25)
Days 3, 4-
-Turn in Handout- Cross Hatching, Contour Line Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques-
See Reference : Drawing Value Scale
--Review upcoming art shows with a due date of 4/2/26 for possible student art exhibitions:
-Make sure all students have created their own folder in MS OneDrive and shared it with me as "Can View"
STEPS: goto your student portal--> goto MS Office --> goto Onedrive--> Click "create or upload" (blue oval in upper left)--> Create a new folder--> Name folder "C@T-Your Name-P#"--> Share with me -->-Can View access only-->Copy any files you want to keep from previous years into this folder:
To Copy files from Teams to your OneDrive folder--->click and drag the images you want to select--> left click and select move to---> Move the files to your newly Created C@T folder
-Daily skill- Video-Magic Wand Tool
Go to the teacher website: www.eduk8.org:
-Download/Open the C@T Image1-001 to practice our daily skill
-Use the Magic Wand Tool -to remove the blue canvas and insert an image (yourself-gradebook image) with a filter/effect
(remember- always duplicate your layers before doing anything else----- When finished save the image in your newly created folder)
-Discuss-PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding Family
-Watch Video- How to photograph your pets
Review-PAWtraits portrait assignment
Scavenger Hunt- PAWtraits
-Introduce the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Review -Previous C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- here
Begin Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Homework:
PAWtraits portrait assignment- Students are to take 25 quality composition images of pets (due 3/9/25)
-Continue Brainstorming/Researching for the Troubled Waters Cambridge Project (Due 4/10/26)
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If time:
-Watch Video- Composition Techniques
-Have all students download Canva Affinity free software on school computers
-Introduce- How to create a halftone effect in Affinity Photo
-All Students- Begin research for Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
Note: All students are required to participate in the upcoming Troubled Waters Cambridge Project
-If time take students down for acrylic spray-painting
Benchmark: VA.68.S.1.2 Use media, technology, and other resources to derive ideas for personal art-making
Week 2/23/26------2/27/26
C.A.T. Substitute Classwork/Homework:
1. Each week students are to complete the provided handout with a pencil. Students must write their Name, Date, and period # at the top of the paper.
2. In their sketchbook, students are to draw an original drawing based on the current weekly handout.
3. In Photoshop, students are to use filters and other effects to manipulate an original photo taken each week. Note: Original photos should mimic the style of the weekly provided handout.
Provided Handout- Stippling and Hatching
Watch Video- Pencil Drawing Techniques
Watch Video- Value
Watch Video- How to Shade Basic Forms
See Reference Image: Drawing Value Scale
ART Shows Due 4/2/26:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding FamilyDue Date: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school
Previous Year Exhibit
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.)
Upcoming Art Shows:
Celebrating Haitian Heritage Month (Virtual)Due Dates: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.
Previous Year Exhibit
This exhibition celebrates Haitian Heritage. This exhibition showcases 2-D and low-relief artworks that honor Haitian history, culture and tradition, selected for digital display at the School Board Administration Building. Viewed virtually by School Board Members, community leaders, and thousands of visitors, this high-profile exhibition brings vibrant cultural expression to a wide and diverse audience.
- Artwork not representing the theme of Celebrating Haitian Heritage will not be considered for adjudication.
- THIS IS A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
PAW-fect Pawtraits! Hearts for Homes: Drawing Love, Finding FamilyDue Date: 4/2/2026: - ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school
Previous Year Exhibit
Note: This year, do not include the title or written text within the artwork image. Teachers are encouraged to guide students toward communicating their ideas visually and to refrain from adding text directly onto the artwork.
As early as 45,000 years ago with cave art and depictions of ancient animal species, animals have always served as not only cultural resources but have been the subjects of folkloric and religious narratives. Ancient Egyptians and Africa memorialized cats as did the Romans with their dogs, along with the ancient Chinese and Japanese cultures. They have been integrated into symbology, emblems, totems and have been used to create lessons through stories. Some modern artists like George Rodrigue of the Blue Dog paintings fame, Cassius “Kash” Marcellus Coolidge of the Dogs Playing Card Games, Norman Rockwell and his famous “Boy and Girl Gazing at Moon (Puppy Love) and Saturday Night Post fame, and Andy Warhol and his pop art depictions, are just a few of the many artists whose subject matter has included cats and dogs, imbuing them at times with human attributes. This exhibition encourages students to explore cats and dogs as their subject matter while considering shelter adoptions and these pets’ importance to humans in their everyday life.This 2D exhibition encourages students to move beyond traditional portrait concepts and explore bold, inventive approaches to creating original artwork.
- THIS IS A YEAR LONG EXHIBITION. STUDENT WORK WILL BE RETURNED IN THE SPRNG OF 2026.
Nicklaus Children's Hospital: Fantasy Characters, What’s Your Power?
Date Closed: 4/2/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher/per school.)
Note: As a reminder, submitted artwork must reflect original student ideas and imagery. Artwork that copies or closely resembles published images, internet sources, or trademarked characters (fan art) is not eligible and will be disqualified. Please encourage students to design unique fantasy characters inspired by the theme rather than existing characters.
Fantasy Characters have always included those of the Hero/Heroine, Mentor, Friendly Creatures, Evil Creatures, and Villains. Stories through the ages have provided us with both heroines and heroes with faithful sidekicks like Sancho Panza, Sir Kay from the Legends of King Arthur, and Lone Ranger’s companion Tonto. Mentors like Gandalf, and Glinda the Good Witch, along with friendly creatures such as Buckbeak, and Where the Wild Things Are, and villainous characters and creatures like Lord Voldemort, Wicked Witch of the West, The Kraken, Fire breathing dragons, have captured the imagination. All are endowed with special powers of one sort or another. This 2D and 3D exhibition invites K–12 students to delve into the world of fantasy characters, discover their own unique powers, and create artwork that answers the question: What's Your Power?"
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44th Annual Museum Education Program ExhibitionDate Open: 8/1/2025 12:00 AM Date Closed: 4/8/2026 12:00 AM (- ONLY 5 entries per teacher/per school.)
Recognized by the National School Boards Association as one of the outstanding curriculum ideas in the United States, the Museum Education Program generates creative artworks as an outcome of studies within the galleries and museums. A highlight of the year, this culminating exhibition showcases the vital importance of understanding both traditional and contemporary visual arts in the process of creating new artwork.
- All art teachers participating in the 2025-2026 Museum Education Program are expected to participate in this exhibition as part of authentic assessment.
- If you did not participate in a field experience through the Visual Arts Museum Education Program, your entries will NOT be ACCEPTED.
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Annual Countywide Student Art Show
Date Open: 8/1/2025 12:00 AM Date Closed: 4/30/2026 11:59 PM (- ONLY 3 entries per teacher)
This is a STEAM Authentic Assessment Exhibition
Surprising, innovative, clever, and accomplished, the annual show encompasses all styles, media, and techniques in 2-D and 3-D artworks. The ambitious and impressive collection demonstrates the development of new skills, abilities, and interests; and emphasizes versatility, good design, and imagination.
-C@T Troubled Waters Image Gallery- Click here or the logo below to learn more about th 6-8th grade C@T program
-South Miami K-8 Center's Computer Art Technology (C.A.T.) Application- C.A.T. Application
-Photo Basics
-Draft Syllabus 26-27
-Sketchbook prep
-Sketchbook Assignments
-Rubric
-V.A.68 Item Specs/Benchmarks
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Note: Lessons/activities/homework are subject to change at the teacher's discretion.
