Design and Illustration

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Ashley Stagner

Ashley is a teacher and practicing artist in her field. She earned her BA at Hamilton College in 2009 and a Masters in the Art of Teaching (MAT) at Colgate University in 2011. Following the completion of her master’s degree, she took further courses at UVM and RISD.

She is dual certified in both NY and VT for 7-12 English and K-12 Visual Art, due to her belief that verbal and visual communication need to operate together. After teaching for five years in NY, she moved to VT and has been teaching in Burlington for the past four years.

Primarily a printmaker (intaglio, woodcut, and silkscreen), her work has been shown nationally in group exhibitions as well as solo shows. Aside from teaching at Burlington Technical Center, she also teaches printmaking to adults at the BCA studios.
Her students have won the Scholastic Gold Key in drawing and illustration, Congressional Art awards, US Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and have been awarded merit scholarships from their senior portfolios.

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5 days ago

Students from Health Sciences Academy had a fantastic time volunteering at the VT Special Olympics 2024 Swim Meet last weekend! They helped out at health screening and education session stations for the many athletes. Students assisted with measuring blood pressure, BMI, and height and weight circumference. One student was also able to work with the Nurse Practitioner to educate patients about their results. Thanks for the pictures and for letting us be part of the big day Special Olympics Vermont! ... See MoreSee Less

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MENTORING with EES students in ETL!One of the most unique things about @btc_edtrainlead is that we are located within Edmunds Elementary School. This comes with many amazing opportunities, including using our classroom to hold mentoring sessions each week!BTC worked with the teachers and the school counselor at EES to match ETL students with 2nd and 3rd graders to have a snack, play games, draw, and connect once a week in our classroom. This gives our ETL students the opportunity to form strong bonds with individual students and practice their leadership skills, and gives the elementary students a larger support system, the opportunity for breaks from their classroom, and a positive relationship with a “big kid.” It has been so fun watching these relationships start to form! Coloring and being competitive in uno have been highlights for the students.What activities should we add to our rotation?#teched #cte #teaching #learning #futureeducators #vted #mentoring #studentconnection #edrising ... See MoreSee Less

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Burlington Technical Center

2 weeks ago

Check out the latest project from our Design, Engineering, and Fabrication program!Students have been reverse engineering stainless steel spatulas - aka reproducing another manufacturer's product through detailed examination of its construction or composition. Students milled hardwood pieces that will be fastened for the handle. They worked on precision measurement of the original spatula, 3D modeling it in Fusion. Then each student designed custom cut-outs to make their own unique blade!Special shoutout to Blodgett Ovens, one of our industry partners, who was kind enough to provide the materials and use their 4,000 watt fiber laser to cut our designs. It took the laser approximately 70 seconds to cut each blank. ⚡Who else wishes they had one of these in their kitchen!? 🙋‍♀️ ... See MoreSee Less

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Aviation maintenance students testing Bernoulli’s principle of fluid dynamics in the wind tunnel. Do you know how Bernoulli’s principle applies in aviation? ✈️🛫 ... See MoreSee Less

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BHS families of prospective students, we’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow evening! Come learn about all of the opportunities in Career and Technical Education. @btvschools @seahorsespirit802 @counselorsbhs ... See MoreSee Less

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About the Program

Imagine spending more than two hours of your school day on art, every day.

Our Design & Illustration program pushes art students to become masters in visual creative problem solving and self expression by immersing them in a wide array of artistic mediums. Study all aspects of graphic design on an iMac loaded with industry-standard Adobe Creative Cloud software. Work towards mastering drawing in our figure drawing and still life studios. Paint, collage, sketch or do whatever you love in a Visual Journal. Learn to take professional portraits and fine art photographs with a DSLR camera or animate on a Wacom Cintiq digital illustration tablet.

Design & Illustration will expose you to many artistic mediums and put the best tools and technology in your hands, all while helping you (one-on-one) build your strongest portfolio for applying to schools or to continue your artistic practices in life after high school.

All students need to submit a portfolio of at least 5 works for review, and interview with the instructor as part of the application process for this program.

Art I, or an equivalent (Digital Photo I, Graphic Design I), is a prerequisite for this program. Enrollment, and completion, in a college or community class (Burlington City Arts) does count (Eg. Drawing I at CCV, UVM, RISD continuing education).

CREDENTIALS, CERTIFICATES, WORK-BASED LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Portfolio; National Technical Honor Society; SkillsUSA

High School Credits Available:

Year 1 – 1.0 Art, 1.5 Elective, and 0.5 English
Year 2 – 1.0 Art, 1.5 Elective, and 0.5 English
Work-Based Learning (BCA, gallery internships)

Dual Enrollment/College Credit Opportunities (Up to 21 College Credits)

Introduction to Adobe Creative Cloud (3 credits)
Digital Photography I (3 credits)
Drawing I (3 credits)
Printmaking I (3 credits)
Graphic Design I (3 credits)
Painting I (3 credits)
Digital Animation 1 (3 credits)

Follow this link to the CTE Digital and Visual Arts Programs Proficiency as detailed on the VT AOE website.