Ashley Jager
Out of the Wild
Habitat loss—due to destruction, fragmentation, or degradation of habitat—is the primary threat to the survival of wildlife in the United...
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Ashley Jager
May 16, 20222 min read
Painting History to Life
It's a sunny day and New Buffalo students are painting in the courtyard during Art class... nope, they are in their World History class!...
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Ashley Jager
May 6, 20223 min read
Picasso Portraits
Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous artists of all time who dedicated 80 of his 91 years to creating artwork that changed the course...
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Ashley Jager
Apr 20, 20222 min read
2022 Community Student Art Exhibition
New Buffalo artists Nicky Durham (9th Grade) and Lieve Siewert (8th Grade) were chosen for the Berrien RESA Community Art Scholarship...
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Ashley Jager
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Tessellation Creatures
Above: Bison Tessellation Math meets Art in the repetition of shapes that tessellate like puzzle pieces locking together without gaps in...
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Ashley Jager
Apr 1, 20223 min read
The Art of Portraiture
The biggest challenge in drawing portraits is overcoming the tendency to draw a person as you think they should look like with stylized...
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Ashley Jager
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Reinventing the wheel
People remember 10% of what they hear, 20% of what they read, and 80% of what they see and do. (Lester, P.M. 2006. Syntactic Theory of...
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Ashley Jager
Mar 11, 20221 min read
The Week in Photos from New Buffalo Art Dept.
It seems as if this school year has been flying by! Today marks the last day of 2nd Trimester in the 2021-2022 school year. I'd like to...
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Ashley Jager
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Kinetic Op Art Illusions
Art is made to be seen. Each work is created by the artist to communicate a purpose, aesthetic beauty, reflection of the world, or an...
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Ashley Jager
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Ch Ch Ch...Chia!
"Your life is like a piece of clay, don't let anyone else mold it for you." -Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher (6th Century) New Buffalo High...
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Ashley Jager
Feb 18, 20224 min read
New Buffalo Artists in the Michigan K-12 State Show
New Buffalo artists in the elementary, middle, and high school have been chosen for the Michigan Art Education Association's K-12 State...
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Ashley Jager
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Photography Scavenger Hunt
New Buffalo High School students have been daydreaming in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite with their Photography and Design unit. The art...
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Ashley Jager
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Middle School Ceramics!
The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students are eagerly invested in learning pottery with their hands covered in clay! I see these young artists...
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Ashley Jager
Jan 21, 20223 min read
Art Appreciation in Honor of Dr. MLK Jr's Legacy
Above: David Driskell, artist and curator of "Two Centuries of Black American Art." (Photo Credit: Center for Maine Contemporary Art)...
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Ashley Jager
Jan 7, 20222 min read
The NBHS Pottery Club Debut
The New Buffalo High School Pottery Club had its first kick-off workshop after school this week on Thursday, January 6th, 2022. As the...
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Ashley Jager
Dec 10, 20213 min read
It's A Small World
"It's a world of laughter A world of tears It's a world of hopes And a world of fears There's so much that we share That it's time we're...
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Ashley Jager
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Being Thankful
Thankfulness is the feeling of being happy or grateful because of something or someone. Life gets busy and it is easy to fall into our...
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Ashley Jager
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Introducing... the New Buffalo Art Showcase!
As the last full week of the trimester comes to a close and students prepare for their final exams, the art room is buzzing with students...
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Ashley Jager
Nov 5, 20212 min read
The Making Of...A Toy Story
From marching wooden toy soldiers to a group of lifeless toys who rally each other to follow their owner, toy stories bring out a little...
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Ashley Jager
Oct 28, 20214 min read
Exploding Pumpkins!
40 PUMPKINS of all shapes and sizes grin at us with magical emotions. Their colors are vibrant and their personalities extraordinary....
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