DeAnn Hanisch

Art is idea. It is not enough to draw, paint, and sculpt. An artist should be able to think. ~ Gurdon Woods #CReate #REspond #PResent #CoNnect #ArtEd #ops_burke

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Don’t forget about the importance of small steps. Showing up, participating, and practicing are the small steps you can take to improve your skills…not just in pottery, but in life. You’ve got this! https://t.co/nDMVJaRfBy

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Congratulations to @OPS_Burke and visual arts students from across the state on your Nebraska Scholastic Art Awards! #scholasticartandwriting #artmatters #OPSProud

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

Why, better?

Why, indeed.

We rarely question “good,” and we nearly never question “great.”

But “better” necessitates questions.

Better begins. Better continues.

With questions.

Better, where we rely upon why, instead of resting on the “understood of good.”
#Project180

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

@OPS_Burke Exploratory Art students spiced up their Friday afternoon with a little 🎃 project. #heybulldogs #woofwoof

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Artists are observers who notice and react to the smaller details of the world around them. Check out the attention to detail on this pumpkin created by @ops_burke pottery student, Amia B. She’s an eagle eye observer! #SHoM #weobserve #noticing #pumpkin
#pinchpot #earthenware

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Hey, @HamikChem! What’s the opposite of an @ops_burke #hotdawg?

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Hey, former Burke Pottery Peeps! Do you miss working with clay? Check out MCC’s open studio! https://t.co/hCcSqI58ey

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Check out these plates created by @OPS_Burke Pottery 4 students experimenting with the wax Mishima technique.

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Check out these beautiful glaze combinations created by @ops_burke Pottery 4 students!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

@AbigailStav11 Awe, thanks Abby! I’ve missed you, too! 💛🖤🩶🤍

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

A few more wax Mishima plates from yesterday’s @ops_burke kiln firing. Well done Pottery 4!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

…and this one, too!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Check out some of the gorgeous organic glaze effects we pulled from the kiln today. Way to go, ops_burke Pottery 4 students!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Fresh out of the kiln! Check out these wax Mishima plates by @ops_burke seniors Pottery 4 students, Tori B. and Skylar H. Well done!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Fresh out of the kiln. Check out this vase by @ops_burke Beginning Pottery student, Izzac C!

[DeAnn Hanisch @ddhanisch]

Congratulations @ops_burke Pottery 6 & 8 seniors on completing your works in a series and your very last pottery slam. Your presentations gave me the goose bumps! So proud of you all!