Fall Fieldtrip 2024
September 17, 2024
Re: Fall Fieldtrip
Dear Parents,
Thank you for supporting us in our endeavor to take our kids on a full-day art fieldtrip! This year, we have the exciting opportunity to take everyone out of the building to see art from 9:00am -3:30pm on Friday, October 25. This is a great time for everyone in the art department to spend the day together including our consultants! We are building community throughout the grade levels and making connections between AM and PM art kids! We will visit the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University and the Silos at Sawyer Yards. We are working closely with all of these institutions to get special, educational tours.
The Blaffer Museum at UH is showcasing the Texas Biennial. We will also view Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions and receive a special campus tour of the public art! Ms. Pye and Mr. Sherrard are included in the Biennial and might give us some personal insight!
The Silos are a unique experience displaying installation art in abandoned grain silos. We will visit the eighth iteration of this series, called Solid State- A Celebration of the Material World. The curator, Volker Eisele will guide us through the space and talk about the curatorial process. Houston based participating artists will join us to talk about their Silo spaces and artwork. Alum Patrick Renner is included in this line-up!
At the Moody Center for the Arts, we will view Do Ho Suh: In Process. It will be of special interest to art students since the emphasis is on the artist's studio practice and working process rather than "final" artworks.
Since the pandemic, we have not taken a department wide fieldtrip. We have gone on a few trips to the MFAH with AM and PM groups separately. Therefore, this will be a unique and special day. This day requires that students miss their academic block. I will communicate with these teachers. I encourage the students to talk with teachers before the fieldtrip to make sure they are in good standing and on the road to success, to ensure that we have a stress free, art filled day. It is an expectation that our students attend this educational trip that ties into our curriculum.
Sincerely and with kindness,
Mr. Waddell
Chair of the Visual Art Department
Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
713-942-1960
