JUNIORS
The Junior Year for our students prioritizes portfolio building and sharpening their Adobe and Creative Cloud skills, along with encouraging them to take on live jobs both within and outside the school. This allows them to apply real-life skills to real-life situations, like the Metrowest Film Festival or SkillsUSA competitions.
STILL LIFE PROJECT
The DVC Juniors were assigned a project where they would complete a still life that reflected who they were
and what was important to them. Here are some of the stunning results!
PROVINCETOWN PRINTMAKING
The students were assigned a project where they made a print of a subject that interested them, reminiscent of Provincetown’s traditional printmakers, like Blanche Lazzell, Mabel Hewit, and Mary Mullineaux. These women were inspired by Japanese wood prints and found a way to make them multicolored. The project was a great way to explore negative space! The final result was a linoleum block carved out to create the image, which is then printed.
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OUTDOOR READING ROOM
The junior class of DVC has been chosen to create an Outdoor Reading Room at the Cole Center in Natick. The project is a collaboration between the Design and Visual Communications, Carpentry, and Metal Fabrication programs. We are currently in the fabrication period, with a plan to install from May 16th to 26th and will be displayed throughout the summer. The project will come to a close at the end of August, so make sure to stop by and visit it this summer!
LIVE JOBS
In order to learn more about real-life jobs in art, different activities around the shop were given to groups of students- creating a new logo for a mental health awareness group allied with the school and producing a short movie, a blog, and a new banner for Design and Visual. The purpose was to familiarize the students with live jobs and working with clients, which will be important for the students that intend to continue their artistic careers. Considering a message and audience is relevant to their futures as artists.
DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION STUDENTS
During the DVC program students work with Photoshop, InDesign, Digital Photography, and Video to produce a variety of multimedia projects for their portfolios. Package Design, Product Photography, Multimedia Presentations, Web design, and Production skills will be introduced through the use of the latest technology.