Spurwink Students Exhibit at the Farnsworth Museum
In the spring of 2008, Spurwink Art teacher, Tracy Ginn, heard about an upcoming graffiti exhibition at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland, Maine. Students in secondary public and private schools all over Maine were invited to send art work to be selected by a student jury for the exhibition. The work selected would be matted and framed or could be painted or drawn directly on the gallery walls. Graffiti sculpture was permitted too, however, no spray painting was allowed in the gallery.
Tracy encouraged her students at Spurwink's Cummings School to submit their work for consideration. As a result, three students in the school's Art elective class were selected for the show at Julia's Gallery at the Farnsworth.
“We were very excited for Anne, Justin and Natasha whose original and vibrant colored pencil name design sketches were chosen for the show,” Tracy stated.
In early August, two Spurwink vans of Art elective students took the long drive to Rockland to visit the Farnsworth Museum and view the show. “It was more than we expected,” Tracy reported. “Anne, Justin and Natasha's colored pencil work was placed on one wall together and sparkled in their professional looking frames.
”The students were fortunate to spend time touring the extensive permanent collection at the Farnsworth museum and the iconic work of the Wyeth family.
“It was special day in our lives and we felt especially fortunate that our art curriculum fit into this unique opportunity to display our work in a museum setting,” Tracy said. “Many students proudly proclaimed that they could now address themselves as ‘real artists'!”
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