Youth Art Month
March 16, 2018Portland Museum of Art
The annual statewide Youth Art Month exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art is underway and you won’t want to miss seeing it. Members of the Maine Art Education Association provide one piece of art work from each school that they teach. Nine hundred people attended the official opening and to see the impressive work that represents students in PK-grade 12 from all parts of the state. This is the 24th celebration and the show has over 100 pieces and will remain on display until April 1.
Ted Simpson, grade 4, Ocean Ave. Elementary School, “Froggy in the Tree”, Teacher – Sally Mitchell
Alyssa McNeill, grade 8, Westbrook Middle School, “Be Happy”, Mixed Media, Teacher – Abby Jacobs
Taylor Hagerty, grade 9, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, “Broken Time”, newspaper, collage, acrylic paint, Teacher – Cindi Kugell
Rachel Johnson, grade 11, Brunswick High School, color pencils, Teacher – Colleen Kearney-Graffam
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Thanks so much for doing this post, Argy! Sorry I missed you at the L&I Committee mtg. last week.
Louisa Donelson
Associate Educator for Youth Learning
Portland Museum of Art
The Youth Art Month exhibit is near and dear to my heart. It was so great to see the work on display.
Thanks for your comment Louisa!
~Argy