Mr. Ellis

ART IN THE WORLD. ART IN THE CITY. 
ART IN THE CLASSROOM.

EVERYONE  HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
THE WORLD AND EVERY GENERATION OF HISTORY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE ARTS.
THE WAY WE SEE, WALK,  TALK, THINK AND INTERACT WITH THOSE AROUND US DEFINES WHO WE ARE . 
WHEN WE LEAN INTO THE ARTS AND CREATE SOMETHING NEW, 
WHO WE ARE IS REVEALED.
THAT MEANS OUR STUDENT'S ART WILL SHAPE THE WORLD AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME 
AND REVEAL WHO THEY ARE.

Mr. Ellis' Favorite Artist
"Make You Think" Quotes

Wether you are young or old
yesterday, today and tomorrow  are the greatest art teachers.

Faith Ringgold

"You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it" "Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending it."

Frida Kahlo

"I think that little by little I'll be able to solve my problems and survive."

Vincent Van Gogh

“ Great things do not just happen by impulse, but as a succession of small things linked together." "I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart."

Jean-Michel Basquiat

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not."

Andy Warhol

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”

Georgia O'keefe

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.”

Pablo Picasso

“I don't say everything, but I paint everything.”

Yayoi Kusama


"I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live."
"My wish is for you to explore yourself and find a marvelous view of life during your life."