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Celebration of Youth Art - High School Students

Dates: May 14, 2011 to May 25, 2011

Scenes from the Exhibit:
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The Celebration of Youth Art is as last year a two-tiered exhibit of work by elementary level students, and by students of middle and high school together. The Arts Center awarded ten elementary schools grants for special group projects. These grants could provide special materials, the services of a teaching artist, or both. The grants were made possible with support of The Miller Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission. Some schools received individual grants and some schools received multiple grants.

The projects were integrated in the academic curriculum as much as possible, which means that the art produced is an inseparable part of the students learning process; students learning by “doing” on top of absorbing abstract facts.

Participating High Schools & Artists:

• Cheldelin School, Corvallis: art teacher Kerry Bliss had students study Matisse, have students pose and work out the sketches in Matisse’s colorful style, full of pattern.
• Linus Pauling Middle School, Corvallis: artist Joel Weinstein sought inspiration in outer space for work on tempera paintings with some students, while another group made a number of craved pieces inspired by Henry Moore.
• Corvallis High School and Crescent Valley High School: teachers selected work from individual students working in pencil, acrylic, watercolor, oil, ceramic both functional and decorative, jewelry, and some materials that are not directly thought of as art materials.