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The Broadview
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
Students and parents explore Olivia Matthes’ art pieces during the exhibition. Along with Matthes, many students incorporated an interactive aspect to their pieces — including shining light, music and turning pages.

‘Groundbreaking’ IB Visual Art final exhibition opens

Arianna Nassiri, Reporter • April 12, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE After a year and a half of preparation, creation and curation, senior International Baccalaureate Higher Level and Standard Level Visual Arts students presented their complete collections...

Senior Jasper Conacher began working on "Free" in 2016 along with a small team of other Bay Area teens. The first print edition came out in January and the staff hopes to have another edition out before summer.

‘Free’ voices

Cece Giarman, Web Editor • March 22, 2018

Along with her AP courses and three-hour dance classes, senior Jasper Conacher spends her time reaching out to artists, designing pages, posting on social media and managing shipment orders for the mini...

Sketches and drawings were made during the process of this work. The piece will be hung in April during an art showcase along with IB students and elementary school works.

Art piece celebrates Society of the Sacred Heart

Sophia Aeby, Reporter • March 20, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Visual Arts Department Chair Rachel McIntire shared a small fraction of her public art commissions for Convent & Stuart Hall to her Art Foundations II class for their feedback today during...

Peyton House takes notes on the Feminist Art movement. Students were encouraged to incorporate sketches and visual aspects to their notes, which will be added as a part of their class art portfolio and assessed at the end of the semester.

Sophomores conclude art movement exploration unit

Arianna Nassiri, Reporter • February 26, 2018

After three weeks of presentations, sophomore Art Foundations II students completed their unit on Modern & Contemporary Art Theory today. “This unit was very eye-opening for me,” Julianna Ovalle...

Students watch a Netflix documentary trailer about a Chinese artist using fireworks to create his pieces. The class will have a final project where they must use the inspiration and style from three different artist during the age of contemporary and modern art.

Music videos inspire art students

Sophia Aeby, Reporter • February 7, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE The Art Foundations II class of sophomores analyzed different music videos for inspiration for their works as they continue to learn about different art movements. Visual Arts Department...

Visiting artist Genevieve Rae Busby explains to seniors Sarah Mahnfke-Baum and Erika Wong how to hang up paintings for the Syufy Theatre Fax2theFuture Dream Machine Installation. Rae used the dreams of Convent Elementary second graders for the project.

Fax2theFuture Dream Machine installed

Gabriella Vulakh, Senior Reporter • February 1, 2018

Artist Genevieve Rae Busby, installed the Fax2theFuture Dream Machine this morning with the help of juniors and seniors called “dream apprentices” outside Syufy Theatre. The art installation, part...

Day El-Wattar views one of Jim Campbell’s pieces made from photos at the 2017 Washington D.C. Women’s March. The work is made up fluorescent lights shining through a layer of 12 different photos from the event.

IB Art students tour artist’s studio

Caroline Thompson, Reporter • February 1, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Junior and seniors in the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Visual Arts class visited interactive artist Jim Campbell’s studio as they begin their comparative study. “For the...

A pigment of your imagination

A pigment of your imagination

Olivia Mohun, City Life Editor • December 6, 2017

The pop-up Color Factory museum opened the doors of its rainbow-striped building to the public this August in Union Square after months of anticipation, becoming an instant hotspot for both tourists and...

Sophomore Dena Silver looks inside the drawers of the Bardo. The art piece will stay in the Belvedere until the end of the book fair.

Interactive art exhibit displayed in honor of George Saunders

Caroline Thompson, Reporter • November 14, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE In honor of author George Saunders’ visit this Thursday, students and faculty from the Visual Arts Department created a physical representation of the Bardo, a Buddhist ideology referenced...

Sophomore Lauren Tulley explains the color choices of the mural to sophomores Cat Webb-Purkis and Sophia Aeby. Tulley worked with two other students to help to coordinate the mural and it’s location.

The Apexer and student created mural unveiled

Arianna Nassiri, Reporter • November 13, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE After a month of planning and organization and 12 hours of painting, student leaders of the 10th-12th grades and IB art students unveiled a large scale mural in the four division cafeteria. “All...

Art Council Representative Isabella Bermejo cleans up the edges of the words "California Strong" on a heart-shaped pin. After the edges are clean, the pins will be spray painted purple before being sold.

Students raise money for California fire relief using 3-D printer

Caroline Thompson, Reporter • October 20, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE  The Art Council began efforts to raise money to support victims of the California fires by designing 3-D printed pins to be sold to the high school student body. “We wanted to do...

Juniors Abby Anderson and Maggie Walter analyze a work at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The IB students were two of a large group who went to the museum to explore different art pieces and artists.

IB students visit SFMOMA

Sophia Aeby, Reporter • October 17, 2017

WEB EXCLUSIVE Year One IB junior art students left early from G Period for a field trip to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to prepare for their upcoming comparative studies. The SFMOMA is a non-profit...

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