McKinley Middle and Prep HS Exhibition!

On Wednesday, May 13^th, I had the pleasure of attending a reception for an exhibition of student artwork from McKinley Middle School and Prep High School at the Blue Cross/Blue Shield offices in Landmark Center and it was great! I was invited by Lisa Mosher, who teaches visual art at McKinley Middle and she is also a 2009-2010 TAA fellow! She'll be going to Serbia this summer to study Balkan Folk Music. Not only a visual artist, but also a musician!

This was quite exciting event of both student generated art work and music! Students chose a work of art that inspired them from an artist of the past and then created their own rendition. Each student had one painting displayed and guests were invited to bid on the work. The money sold from the paintings will actually go directly back to the student artists; quite an incentive!

In addition to their paintings, students from the high school advertised a cd of original music that was produced by them! Upset by a tragic fire that destroyed several businesses in their community, students created this cd to benefit the victims of the fire. With the help of one of the math teachers and his recording equipment, the class wrote and recorded all the music on the cd in one of McKinley’s classrooms. Pretty amazing work!

There was really some beautiful work to be seen and heard. Students were excited and proud to be present and I was happy to participate in this lovely reception to celebrate these extraordinary students! Congratulations, McKinley! And thank you!