Walt Whitman High School 1967 Yearbook (Bethesda, MD) - Full Access

104 MR. THOMA C. KOZAR Fundamentals of Art; Ceramic ; Honorary Art ociety MR. CHARLE A. AWCHE KO Fundam ntal of Art; Honorary Art ociety MR. WILLIAM G. WILKER ON tudio rt; Commercial Art; Chairman, Art De– partment "I didn't know giraffe had tail ," comment Pamela Bumgardner when offered advire by art teacher Mr. Thoma Kozar. Walt Whitman Art Department Opts Op Mr. Charle . awchenko demonstrate to Duane Eri k5on the way to ketch human anatomy with charcoal. Collage enlivened the walls of the art room \1 here multi– colored paint and ink encru ted the finger of re ourceful tudio art tudent a the trove to produce \1 ork of di · tinction. Their be t venture were ubmitted to a tatewide art competition for which Walt Whitman wa elected to repre ent Mont~omery Countr. Encouraaed b) Whitman' three art teacher . each a prac· ticina arti. t, enterpri ing art tudent turned their talent toward new attempt at creativity. ommer ial art tudent perfected the technique of . ilk- ere ninrr and lettering. Op art, a contemporary method of arti tic expre ion wa ex– plored in addition to more traditional form of de ign and culpture. upplementing their painting and drawina in var· iou media. art novices tried their hand at culptures of cia wood, metal, and papier mach·. ut tanding art tu– dent were inducted a charter m mber in the new Hono– rary Art ociet,. Re-development of the Quadrangle continued a the De– partment' major project, and tudent laborer worked every ixth period.