Festival of Trees, a TREEmendous Success
by Morgan H. (Indian Creek) Tuesday, January 10, 2012
“’Tis the Season” and to celebrate, Graphic Communications decorated a Christmas tree for IVVC at the Festival of Trees held at Timber Creek Inn & Suites. To begin, Graphics 2 started brainstorming creative and practical ideas for decorating the tree. They decided to ask each class at IVVC for a small token that represents the . . . read more
"I Have a Dream" Graphics Posters
Raster??? Vector??? Graphics students work with digital technology every day. This month they have been studying the difference between raster and vector images. Raster means the image is composed of pixels and each pixel is a tiny colored . . . read more
Fall Into IVVC
The Graphic Communications A.M. and P.M. classes were asked to design the front bulletin board and the hallway display window. For inspiration each class went to Harvey Creek Preserve for a nature walk. We had someone take pictures of ideas . . . read more
IVVC Students are Winners
Indian Valley Vocational Center Graphic Arts students spent their first days back to school preparing entries for the Sandwich Fair Junior Art and Photography Exhibits. Becky Morphey, Superintendent of Junior Photography, spoke to the class . . . read more
Graphics ... Off to a Great Start!
In Graphics, we’ve started linoleum block printing, silk screening, and negatives and positives. Busy first couple of days! Some students have shown their school spirit by using school logos for projects. Graphics students have . . . read more
Picture This!
Graphics Class + Digital Camera + 250 Seniors Faces = Lots of IVVC SMILES!
May is National Photography Month and Graphics celebrated it by taking individual pictures of all the IVVC Seniors. They were assisted by a professional photographer who happened to be the mother of student Haley O. from . . . read more
Graphics Designs Brochure for Local Program
The Graphics students recently worked on designing a brochure and open house flyer for a new program starting in Kendall County, The Cornerstone Young Women's Learning Center. The class is looking forward to helping with future graphic . . . read more
Graphics Gets Noisy
Have you ever heard of Foley artists? You are very familiar with the sounds they make! They are the people that recreate sounds for filmmaking. It got its name from Jack Foley, the man who started it all for Universal Studios in . . . read more
Learning Today. Creating Tomorrow.
Graphics students were faced with the challenge of creating a bulletin board for the front entrance at IVVC. The theme was “Learning today. Creating tomorrow.” The students were required to feature each IVVC class by making a “Who will . . . read more
Fair Coloring Contest Assisted by Graphics Students
What do you get when you combine The Sandwich Fair, IVVC Graphics students, a horse named Dutch, and 126 Sandwich second graders? One awesome coloring contest, that’s what! The Graphics Communication classes recently assisted with a . . . read more
