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Monday, June 11, 2012 By Courtney Marcil, Joey Harris
Students and parents browse the work of various art students during Arts Night - Contributed photo by Moe Shea
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“They have a gift to give us, and I’m going to be here get it,” said vice-principal Bill Evans talking about Arts Night the week prior to the big event. Thursday May 17th was the school’s annual Arts night, which Art Department Chair Maureen McNally says is a “celebratory event highlighting the accomplishments of students in visual and applied art classes.” McNally herself is the creator of Arts Night/ All students who take courses such as graphics, cabinetmaking, photography, CAD, clay and sculpture, or regular arts classes are displayed in some way in the show, although seniors are especially highlighted and given much space, which is decorated to their style.
“A lot of teachers says this is their favorite night,” McNally says, commenting on the environment of the night. Latin teacher Phil Langevin enjoys going as well, saying, “it's nice to spend time with the faculty and get out of the normal rigor of the school setting.. in a less strict setting.” Many teachers enjoy going to support their students and to appreciate all of the hard work put into the work by the students. Langevin says it’s cool to see the end products of all the effort students put into their work.
Some of the most impressive pieces included Scott Miller’s CAD class ski bikes, which were “totally awesome.. and they work,” said McNally. Another fantastic spread of work included McNally’s Art 1 students’ pointillist self portraits paintings. The AP Portfolio students contributed a huge showing of their best work throughout the hallways. Another large standout piece was an enormous chicken coop, made by woodshop students, AJ Quinn, Pat Wage, Mike Hynek, Brian Heady, Adam Rosario, and Jacob Healy.
For many freshman, this night, their first Art Night is important to their confidence as an artist to finally be able to show-off their work. Freshman Deeanna Conti says, “it’s so exciting to see people who appreciate my art.” Another freshman art student, Danielle Miele said, “I love being able to show people how talented I am. Miele attended the show with her mom and dad to see her own artwork as well as all of the other great student art on display.
For all of the seniors who have been involved in the art programs at the high school, this event was what senior Abby Foster called their “last hurrah.” Seniors have the biggest displays which are usually in proportion to how much and hard they’ve worked over the past 4 years.
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