Big things are happening in the photography program! Huge congrats to Marcus, Darby, Cebo, and Jaidyn for placing 2nd in their respective divisions at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo art competition! We are proud of you! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

It’s awards season in Hollywood, and in AH photography class! Students voted on their peers’ best works this week. Categories included “Best Texture”, “Best Lighting”, and “Best Sound”, among others. Job well done! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts ArtTeach_AHHS

Big congrats to Darby! This weekend, she competed in the VASE regional art competition. Darby earned a 4 and qualified for Area. Round of applause for Darby and all of the AH art students who competed in VASE! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules

We have more STATE award winners! Congrats to Hill and Marcus for receiving a Gold Key (the highest honor) at the Scholastic state art competition. Congrats to Wendall for Silver Key, and Jaidyn and Arthur for Honorable Mention! AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

The Festival of Learning was a success! Grateful for a district that believes in and promotes Fine Arts. Thank you very much, Alamo Heights ISD! Thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting our students! Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts ArtTeach_AHHS AHHS Mules

That’s a wrap on 23-24! What a year it was! There were several award winners-on both the local and state level, growth was shown in many ways, and the program is poised to grow and do even bigger things next year! Very proud of everyone involved AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

24-25 is here! The program has incredible numbers and amazing talent this year! Today was our “12 of 1” practice. It’s great to see your subject in different ways, and this practice encourages you to use different compositional techniques AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

As we’re wrapping up our first unit, students are also learning how to give feedback to their peers. Gallery Walks and in-class conversation will help our students become better photographers, and better thinkers! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

Photography is currently shooting a collection on Architectural Photography. To practice good composition, students built a mini cityscape out of paper. This will help with capturing good angles, and work different depths of field in a more manageable scale! AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD

Big congrats to Rainey, Brooks, Vicky, and Matthew for being recognized in the Hotshoe Photography Contest! This area wide contest featured over 1,300 entries. What an honor it is to be recognized in this contest. Very proud of you all! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

We’ve been crushing this lighting and movement unit! Students are using various sources of light and shooting in manual mode to capture different types of movement within their frame. Students have shown amazing creativity! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

Today, we completed our Movement Collection! Students had to shoot in manual mode and use different settings on their camera to best capture movement in their photo. Wrapping it up with peer reviews is always a great way to gain perspective! AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

Congrats to Mariah and Christian (2nd place) and Claire and Vicky (3rd place) for placing in the SA Livestock Show and Rodeo Western Art Competition!! What an honor! We are proud of you all! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts

It’s awards season in Hollywood, and in Photography class! Students competed this week in categories such as “Best Sound”, “Best Drama”, and “Best Picture”. Results were amazing and students had a blast! Job well done! Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts ArtTeach_AHHS Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules

Congratulations 🎉 Anjaleen Cruz! She is the winner of the 2025 The Wash Tub Fiesta Medal Design Contest! This thoughtfully designed work of art can be purchased The Wash Tub & proceeds will support Haven for Hope! Get a medal while you let The Wash Tub do the dirty work! 🚗🧼🐴🆙🎨

Photography in motion! Students began their claymation project today! In the coming weeks, everyone will create their own stop motion mini-movies. We are looking forward to the results! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts ArtTeach_AHHS

Big congrats to Rowan and Berkley for receiving 4’s (a perfect score!) in the Regional VASE competition! Both entered amazing photographs and we are proud that many people were able to see their incredible work! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules

History projects: reinvented! Our “Photographer’s Facebook Page” is a fresh take on research. Students chose a famous photographer and constructed their research into a Facebook page, complete with “posts”, “friends”, and an “about me” section. Awesome work! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules

Big thank you to the Make Ready Market for hosting our Visual Arts showcase tonight. The turnout is incredible! We’re so proud of all of our talented artists - now the community gets to see it all as well! Alamo Heights ISD AHHS Mules

Anytime you get your work published in a magazine, it’s a big deal! Congrats to Rowan for having her photo published in AHHS’s Lit Mag! Rowan has had an amazing year in photography, and we can’t wait to see more work in the future! AHHS Mules Alamo Heights ISD Alamo Heights ISD Fine Arts