Why a Fine Arts Education? Art Band Choir Elementary Fine Arts Home Orchestra Speech & Debate Theatre "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." -- Edgar Degas RESULTS 2008 Midland Area Student Art Show High School Division Click Here for PhotoStory of Winners In April the Museum of the Southwest hosted the 2008 Midland Area Student Art Show. Ribbons were awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Honorable Mention in 16 categories. The photostory here features the winners of the high school division. For a look at all of the entries in this year's show and more, click here. RESULTS 2008 Midland Area Student Art Show Junior High Division Click Here for PhotoStory of the Winners The Museum of the Southwest hosted the Midland Area Student Art Show in April. The first, second and third place winners in the Junior High division are posted here for the sixteen categories judged. For a look at all of the entries in this year's show and more, click here. MISD Central Office Art Displays Click Here One of the neatest things about visiting the Midland ISD Administration Building is the opportunity to view a revolving exhibit of student artwork. All campuses participate, so there are a variety of pieces from Kindergarten yarn drawings to award-winning paintings from our secondary schools. Stop by to visit us or just wander around the lobby to see what is going on in our art classes here in MISD. Women in Art Click Here This photostory is compiled from student artwork displayed at the Midland County secondary art show in April 2007 at the Museum of the Southwest. Additional pieces are from the November 2006 city-wide student art show in Nakatsugawa City in the Gifu prefecture of Japan. San Jacinto Art Show Click Here San Jacinto Junior High hosted their art show in May, 2007. There were displays of sculpture, painting, drawing and collage. Parents and friends were invited to a reception and many attended what ended up being a big party to celebrate the arts in MISD. Our thanks to Adriana Dominguez who made it all happen. "The Grey Area" Student Art in Black & White Click Here Gunter Grass, a German poet, novelist, playwright, sculptor and printmaker, made the following comment, "Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper." It's back to basics. With charcoal, pencils, pen and ink, Midland County art students explore the endless possibilities of a world that really can be "black and white." Cross Cultures -- "Abstractions" Click Here "Abstract Art" is difficult to define, difficult to recognize and difficult to execute. Picasso said, "There is no abstract art. You must start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." Here are examples of the process from students in Midland, Texas, and Nakatsugawa City in Japan. The points of view are certainly different, but the images are remarkably similar. We see in these students' work that we do, indeed, live in a global community. Even abstract concepts from a culture far removed from our own seem somehow familiar. 2008 PTA Reflections Winners Click Here for PhotoStory The Midland Council of PTAs received over 1300 entries for the 2008 Reflections Fine Arts Contest. Working with the theme, "I Can Make a Difference by . . . ," the young artists of Midland County submitted pieces in categories including Visual Art, Literature, Dance, Music, Photography and Film. One hundred thirty-four medals were presented to the District winners at a ceremony held at Alamo Junior High on Monday, February 4. Most of the winners in the Visual Arts and Photography categories are featured here.