Four Harwich High School students received Honorable Mention in the Sixtieth Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards competition. Students in grades 7-12 in public, private and parochial schools in Massachusetts competed for Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention awards.
Tabitha Eldredge (ceramics), Una Doherty (sculpture,) Steven Cutillo (photography) and Ramsey Musk (mixed media/ painting) had their winning pieces on display at the State Transportation Building in Boston, February 1 - March 19, 2010.
Art Students Exhibit
Art students of Deb Donovan and Liane Biron have their work on display at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (www.ccmoa.org) as part of "Art Visions" the Cape Wide K-12 Student Art Exhibition which runs through January 17, 2010.
"Una's House", mixed media
"Work Truck", analog photography
Una Doherty
Colton Ellison
"Untitled", drawing/watercolor
Joshua Smith
"Fall Arrangement", watercolor
"The Forest of the Unknown"
Tiffani Harris
acrylic on canvas
Joel Gomez
"Shannon's House", mixed media
Shannon Grossman
"Sunflower", analog photography
"Through the Woods"
Steven Cutillo
acrylic on canvas
Erin Strong
June 2009 - Fashion Designer Visits Art Classes
Sioux Campbell, a Brewster resident and instructor at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, visited Liane Biron's art classes on June 8. As a graduate of the Fashion Design Department of Kent State University and former manager at several clothing stores, she brought much insight, information and inspiration to the students concerning the career opportunities open to them in Fashion Design. She shared her own creations beginning with their concepts and progressing through sketching, pattern making, sewing and modeling of the garments
Sioux with wedding gown she designed.
May 2009 - All Cape & Islands Young Maritime Artists Search
Students from Liane Biron's art classes entered work in the All Cape & Islands Young Maritime Artists Search held at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod and cosponsored by the American Society of Maritime Artists. The exhibit ran from May 6 - May 17. The opening reception and awards ceremony was held on Friday, May 8.
A majority of the two dimensional works exhibited and all but one of the seventeen three dimensional pieces were from Harwich High School. . See the exhibition brochure here for all the entrant names and to view works by Ramsey Musk and Maddie Eldredge featured on the cover.
Ramsey Musk (junior), was awarded first place and $500 for his acrylic painting "Cape Dune" and his pastel "Pleasant Bay".
Maddie Eldredge (freshman) received Honorable Mention for her pastel, "Dune".
Abby Hanus, Denise Silva and Madison Schultz received Awards of Merit for their clay sculptures.
As part of the students' preparation for the competition, Russell Vuys, a Harwich resident and an accomplished member of the American Society of Marine Artists and the Cape Cod Art Association, demonstrated techniques to art classes during a visit in February.
Ramsey Musk
Acrylic
"Cape Dune"
Maddie Eldredge
Pastel
"Dune"
Abby Hanus
"Clay Seal"
Madison Schultz
"Lobster"
Denise Silva
"Tortoise"
School to Careers Art Intern
Tabitha Eldredge (junior) participated in this year's School to Careers Art Internship Program offered through the Cape Cod Museum of Art. The mentoring program, in its twelfth year, pairs students with working professional artists. Tabitha worked for eight weeks with Brewster potter, Diane Heart who commented in the exhibit catalog that "Tabitha is a gifted artist and has an extreme talent with clay."
Tabitha's ceramic bowls and birdbath were on display at the museum along with the work of the other interns, through May 31.
March 2009 - Art Students Exhibit at Cape Cod Art Association
Clifane Joseph - painting
Sarah Smith - drawing
1st Place - $100
2nd Place - $50
Ramsey Musk - drawing
Margaux Fortier - mono print
Honorable Mention
Honorable Mention
Ariel Colby - painting
Paul Fox - photography
Tiffani Harris - painting
Matt Peter - painting
Laura Grose - silkscreen
Rachel Burke - painting
2009 Globe Scholastic Art Awards
HHS art students entered work in the 2009 Boston Globe Scholastic Art competition which is open to students in grades 7-12 in public, private and parochial schools in Massachusetts. A record number of 5,198 entries (paintings, film, apparel, photography, jewelry, mixed media, prints, and sculptures) were received from 343 schools. Judges determined Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention awards.
Sarah Smith received a Silver Key for her drawing, "Tools".
Denise Silva won a Silver Key for her clay turtle sculpture, "Tortoise"
Ramsey Musk was awarded Honorable Mention for his pastel, "Pleasant Bay"
Paul Fox received Honorable Mention for his photograph entitled "Melting Pond".
Matt Peter received 3 Honorable Mentions for his paintings - "Portrait", "Eden" and "Senuous".
The work of Gold and Silver Key winners was on display in the Transportation Building in Boston, Jan. 26th - Feb. 27th, 2009.
Marine Artist Demonstrates Techniques
Harwich artist, Russell Vujs, demonstrated marine painting techniques to Studio Art students on Friday, February 13, 2009. The artist is an accomplished member of the American Society of Marine Artists and the Cape Cod Art Association. Read more about the artist and see his work here. The students will be creating marine paintings for the Cape & Islands Young Artist (High School) Maritime Art Competition to be held later this semester.
Students Exhibit Art Work
The following students had art work on display at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in the “K-12 Student Art Show from Schools across Cape Cod and the Islands" sponsored by the Cape and Islands Art Educators Association and the museum: Hannah Schupbach (painting), Fionna O'Connor (art box), Haley Pothier (photography), Tiffani Harris (painting), Madison Schultz (ceramics) and Denise Silva (ceramics). The poster for the exhibit was designed by Ariel Colby. The show ran from December 10, 2008 – January 4, 2009.
Cool Painting - Winter 2008
Liane Biron's art students paint winter scenes on the windows of the CVS in Harwich Port.
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