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The Review
Sophomore Sarah Jane Lasley (left) dressed as a dinosaur with two other friends from Rockbrook. Dressing up is an important part of Banquet.

Postcards from Summer: Rockbrook Camp

Izzy Andrews, Staff Writer • July 28, 2017

“In the heart of a wooded mountain, circled by silvery streams, is a dear old place called Rockbrook, the scene of our girlhood dreams…” For the sixth summer in a row, I attended Rockbrook Camp...

Creative Visions Beyond the Storied Cloisters features five alumni.

Alumni artwork featured in “Creative Visions” exhibition

Sophie Gillard, Staff Writer • May 1, 2017
Curated by Dan Havel, “Creative Visions Beyond the Storied Cloisters" features alumni artists including photographer Claire Dorfman ('14) and designers Preston Boyer ('13) and Bach Mai ('07).
Sophomore Morgan Self, left, presents her series of large acrylic paintings.

ISAS Spotlight: From gouache to clay, visual artists try new mediums

Mia Fares and • April 20, 2017
Visual artists had the chance to showcase their work and explore new mediums at the 50th anniversary of the ISAS Arts Festival.
The class observes work by Jackson Pollock, an American artist known for his unique style of drip-painting.

AP Art History explores New York museums, views artwork off the page

Eli Maierson, Staff Writer • March 23, 2017
The AP Art History class travelled to New York City to visit art museums and watch the opera "La Traviata."
Dolos piece Components of the World consists of shaped wood pieces in red soil.

What I learned at the art exhibition “Recollecting Dogon”

Kate Habich, Staff Writer • February 28, 2017
On Feb. 15, French students visited the Menil Collection to explore "Recollecting Dogon" and to hear one of the featured artists describe his work French. Staff writer Kate Habich discusses her takeaways.
Pieces from the Butterfly Project were displayed in the Great Hall.

Breakthrough students create art inspired by Holocaust Museum Butterfly Project

Andrew Duong, Staff Writer • November 27, 2016
A small portion of the pieces in the Holocaust Museum's Butterfly Project was displayed in the Great Hall. Museum members presented the works and explained their history to Breakthrough Houston students.
Artists paint their own textiles.

ISAS: The arts festival experience

Iris Chen and Max Westmark • April 20, 2016
Fine Arts groups showcased their skills and attended workshops at ISAS arts festival in San Antonio. Photo and video included.
Last year, photography teacher Chuy Benitez was featured on the cover of Houston Press Magazine and won the Masterminds Award for impacting the Houston arts community.

New York Times profiles Benitez for panorama photography

Michael VerMeulen, Staff Writer • January 20, 2015
Photography teacher Chuy Benitez was profiled by the New York Times for his panoramas.
Although art teacher Dan Havel owns a Honda CR-V, a commercial featuring the same make and model infringed on his Inversion House installation, as pictured on his shirt. Havel used power saws and similar tools to create Inversion.

Honda commercial leads art teacher to file lawsuit

Christian Maines, Staff Writer • November 6, 2014
Art teacher Dan Havel and his artistic partner Dean Ruck are pursuing legal recourse against alleged copyright infringement in a Honda commercial.
A two-time host of History Channel’s “Scrapyard Scavengers,” Mark “Scrap Daddy” Bradford creates his art not from paint and brush, but from scrap metal.

ISAS Spotlight: Mark “Scrap Daddy” Bradford

Irene Vazquez and Max Westmark • April 4, 2014
Though the monstrous metal creature may look out of place in its current spot next to the Lower School Playground, this massive sculpture is the work of the “Scrap Daddy,” Mark Bradford.
Graffiti artist and founder of Aerosol Warfare, GONZO247 leads students in spray painting a blank white wall propped up against the fence in the plaza.

ISAS Spotlight: Graffiti Wall

Megan Shen, Staff Writer • April 4, 2014

For GONZO247, spray painting is more than just a hobby — it’s a way a life. “The idea for my name came when I was living my life with graffiti art 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” he said. GONZO247,...

ISAS Spotlight: Amy Dong

ISAS Spotlight: Amy Dong

Emma Gobillot, Video Editor • April 3, 2014
Sophomore Amy Dong explains the thought behind her painting, “Pleasure Machine,” currently on display in the Visual Arts Exhibition in ASC North Gym. Video interview included.
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