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Arts News, February 15

Christopher Parsons, Theater Arts and Music Teacher
February 15, 2019

Students Create Array of Makeup Effects for Stage

Seventh and eighth graders enrolled in the arts elective Special Effects Makeup have been busy practicing their craft. Unlike everyday makeup, stage makeup’s role is to highlight your facial features for performance under the bright stage lights. Therefore, it is important that the makeup is not only a lot thicker than normal, but a lot more pigmented. It creates a great base not only to build coverage but to build your characters look. Furthermore, due to the heat of the lights, costume changes and of course sweat, stage makeup is designed for long wear and heavy duty. Students have learned basing, contouring and highlighting, old age, beauty, accident/blood/bruise/gore, and face-painting techniques.

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Seventh and eighth graders have been creating handmade, one-of-a-kind books in the bookmaking elective arts class. They worked on several projects that included illustrating and developing a theme or story in an open pamphlet book. They hand-printed paper to cover…
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The third grade visited Belmont Center on Tuesday for a field trip. We walked down the hill to Town Hall, where we met with Selectman Matt Taylor and Brandon Fitts, who works with community outreach. The students asked questions about…
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On Saturday, November 15, twenty Middle School students took part in a Model UN Conference at Northeastern University.  These students were “delegates” of either Tunisia or Russia. During the Middle School clubs period, they worked hard to research their countries…
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Earlier this month, Trinity Johns, associate director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and Joshua Sussman, school counselor, attended the 2025 AISNE Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Conference in Waltham. With over 200 attendees from peer schools throughout New England,…
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