Engaged hands creating forms; three dimensional construction helps develop spatial awareness, hand-eye coordination, and confidence. #WeAreVIDA

We're currently exploring virtual worlds, preparing to create our own. It's fun stuff.

Blind Contour Line Drawings are a low stakes way to gain confidence in drawing, and a great way to develop skills as an artist. #WeAreVIDA

We're working with raster graphics in Graphic Design. Students are learning some basics regarding selection tools. It's fun stuff :) #WeAreVIDA

I'm very proud of this student and the grit he has exhibited. He spent months designing and creating a 3D model of a Pteranodon skeleton. And now it is complete -- very exciting :) #WeAreVIDA

Woodshop is rad. #WeAreVIDA

Twinsies #WeAreVIDA

Froot Loop necklaces in Jewelry Design??? It's the day before Spring Break. It's okay ;) #WeAreVIDA

We are practicing empathy - and just showing each other how much we care - by making friendship bracelets in Jewelry Design. I'm sneaking in some art curriculum by having students think about color and pattern and texture and form and all of that other good stuff :) #WeAreVIDA

Just a normal day :) We are working through the Design Thinking process and developing environments to address the needs of visitors to our lab. #WeAreVIDA

We're making noise in Jewelry Design.

Variety is the spice of life in Jewelry Design. We've got a lot going on this week. It's a good distraction from testing :)

Part of the rigor of an introduction to art class involves color mixing. This prepares us to think about and work with color harmonies (a corner stone of thoughtful design). We're building those skills in class right now :) #WeAreVIDA

Intro Art Students are practicing what they have learned about organizing colors by painting tropical fish using different color schemes and applying those painted fish to a background.

Talk about INNOVATION. I don't know of any other middle school doing anything like this. VR Design has creates virtual objects in the virtual world, using Tilt Brush. We are then printing those objects in a 3D printer, for students to take home.