Here is the official art show poster made by Nicholas Sanders and Ryan Voss

Save the Date: Fall Semester Art Show

The fall semester Gallery Night will take place in the lobby of Oak Creek High School from

 5:00-6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 13th.  Each art student will have at least two works of art on display.

AP art student Ryan Voss is creating a digital painting of his friend Preston in a fantasy landscape.

Advanced placement painting student, Katelyn Albers, prepares a winter themed mural for Oak Creek High School's Generosity Project celebration.

Drawing Students Experiment with Repeated Patterns in a Two Day Design Challenge

Portfolio Day at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Recently, Advanced Placement art students and juniors who plan to attend art school participated in the annual event Nation Portfolio Day at MIAD.  Students brought their best works of art to be critiqued by artists, art professionals and admissions counselors. There were over 70 colleges with representatives present.  Students were asked about the concepts behind their art and their artistic plans for the future.  Students left the event motivated to apply what they learned.

If you or your student plan on attending college for an arts related, this is an amazing event that helps students to make informed decisions.

NAHS Pumpkin Painting for Oak Creek Meadowmere Residents

National Art Honor Society members got together and painted pumpkins in order to create decorations for Meadowmere Senior Living Facility.  The students enjoyed the process of painting while listening to the Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack and while the eating the fall themed snacks.  The best part was that they were able to impact the community in a positive way with their artwork!

Students in Foundations Two are building their "Open and Reveal" ceramic vessels.  Each project is carefully designed to communicate a student's point of view on a theme or issue while learning how to make structurally sound work.  When the viewer opens up the project it will reveal information on the inside of the vessel.  Students try to incorporate the element of surprise into their artwork.

Tiffany's marching helmet opens to reveal a marching knight.

Carlee's project is about pursuing dreams. When the lid of the bed shaped project is lifted it reveals a quote saying "If you can dream it you can do it."








Sara's oven sculpture will open to reveal muffin tins, baking sheets, pots, pans and recipes since she is passionate about cooking.

Students in Drawing class are currently focusing on observation based drawing skills. They are learning to visual measure proportions and check negative space shapes while working on a charcoal still life drawing. 

In preparation for our figure drawing unit, students began by learning a little bit about human anatomy while carefully depicting our favorite class skeleton, Skully.

                                        Jordyn Sjolander

Oak Creek's National Art Honor Society Shows Their Spirit

During Homecoming week at OCHS passionate art students participated in a school sponsored chalk art competition. Together as a club, students created a sidewalk mural based on the work of Van Gogh.  Our school's mascot, Knightro, is featured holding a large paint brush and a palette.  This year we tied with the Best Buddies team for first place.

National Art Honor Society also participated in the school's Homecoming Parade fully equipped with neon picture frames and over-sized art materials as props.