Cushing Academy Visual Art Magazine 2020

2020

CUSHING ACADEMY VISUAL ARTS MAGAZINE

2020

CUSHING ACADEMY

VISUAL ARTS MAGAZINE

Each year, Cushing students produce an extraordinary number of creative pieces. This magazine highlights some of the artistic creations produced by our talented artists during the 20192020 academic year. We commend our students for their hard work, talent, progress, and willingness to share their work with others. We hope you enjoy their work as much as we do.

FACULTY

Robert F. Johnson - Department Chair Jeanine Eschenbach Deborah Gardner Katherine Lemieux ‘15

DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY

Philip Wexler EDITOR

Beth Somerset MISSION STATEMENT

Cushing Academy exists for students and develops curious, creative, and confident learners and leaders.

Cushing Academy 39 School Street Ashburnham, MA 01430 (978) 827-7000 www.cushing.org COPYRIGHT ©2020 CUSHING ACADEMY All rights to illustration, photography, and text are reserved by Cushing Academy. Artwork may not be copied, reproduced, or translated in whole or in part without written permission of Cushing Academy.

Cover by Diyan “Diana” Gao

CUSHING ACADEMY VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM Cushing Academy is home to one of the most highly respected visual arts programs in secondary education.

We feature classes from beginning to advanced levels in a variety of mediums, including silversmithing, ceramics, painting, drawing, architectural design, photography, and stained glass.

Within our state-of-the-art Emily Fisher Landau Center for the Visual Arts, we are able to offer unique courses of study and activities using an array of professional-level equipment.

Students in the Visual Arts program encounter many avenues for self-expression. Our supportive environment allows young artists to grow and learn from distinguished faculty and from each other, and to appreciate talent and creative spirit.

In addition to the major coursework offered by the Academy, there are also other opportunities for artistic expression and education. These include visits by guest artists as well as field trips to museums and studios throughout New England for students to experience practical applications of artistic endeavors. Cushing also offers an intensive five-week summer program in Studio Art and Portfolio Preparation.

COURSE OFFERINGS

Yixin Yvette Luo

Drawing

Fused Glass

Painting

Silversmithing

Advanced Painting

Advanced Silversmithing

Photography

Ceramics

Advanced Photography

Advanced Ceramics

Architectural Design

Art History

Stained Glass

Portfolio

DRAWING & PAINTING Cushing’s 40’ x 80’ art studio is filled with natural light and is the ideal space for students pursuing painting, drawing, and architectural design. The studio also serves as a space for art shows, demonstrations, and workshops.

Naka Kondo

Yue “Molly” Wang

Yue “Molly” Wang 2

Polina Belova

Yichen “Jack” Ji CUSHING ACADEMY

Polina Belova

Xiaotong “Angela” Ye

Naka Kondo

Molly Mahoney

Polina Belova

Yue “Molly” Wang

Gabrielle Bertrand

Taisiya Nikitina

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EunSoo Kim

Yixin “Yvette” Luo

Yiran “Eva” Li

Youshu “Judy” Song

Yewon “Claire” Seul

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Yiran “Eva” Li

Yinshu “Salina” Cai

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EunSoo Kim

EunSoo Kim

Cheng “Cindy” Zeng

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EunSoo Kim

Alana James

Yewon Seul

Cheng “Cindy” Zeng

Youshu “Judy” Song

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Haeun “Alex” Oh

EunSoo Kim

Ziyu “Selina” Pang

EunAh Kim

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EunSoo Kim

Yinshu “Salina” Cai

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Yichen “Jack” Ji

Rosie Hernsdorf-Smith

Yichen “Jack” Ji

Yichen “Jack” Ji

Haeun “Alex” Oh

EunSoo Kim

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Rosie Hernsdorf-Smith

Yichen “Jack” Ji

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Yao “Ty” Tang

Yixin “Yvette” Luo

Xiaoyi “Taylor” Zhu

Youshu “Judy” Song

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Yue “Molly” Wang

Yuxin “Julie” Zhu

Yixin “Yvette” Luo

Yue “Molly” Wang

Cheng “Cindy” Zeng

Youshu “Judy” Song

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METALSMITHING In our metalsmithing studio, students learn to make jewelry as well as flatware and hollowware. This space is ideal for learning the full range of stone cutting and faceting, as well. The Academy also has an impressive collection of historic metalsmithing tools, some dating back to the 1800s.

Sichang “Emma” Chen

Yue “Molly” Wang

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Sichang “Emma” Chen

Sichang “Emma” Chen

Hao-Hsuan “Daniel” Hung

Matthew Bertin

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Hao-Hsuan “Daniel” Hung

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Julia Cole

Yuze “Joe” Jiang Name

Ana Suriano

Michael Vecchione

Matthew Bertin

Julia Cole

Name

Ana Suriano

Matthew Bertin

Name

Daniel Lichtman

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William Norcross

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Sichang “Emma” Chen

Emilie Leger

Nick D’ Antuono

Daniel Lichtman

William Norcross Name

Emilie Leger

Michael Vecchione

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Ana Suriano

Emilie Leger

Yue “Molly” Wang

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Gabrielle Bertrand

Yue “Molly” Wang

Pedro Vilela

Yue “Molly” Wang

Matthew Bertin

Daniel Lichtman

Matthew Bertin

Matthew Bertin

Sichang “Emma” Chen

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Yue “Molly” Wang

Michael Vecchione Dominique Biron

Jiaxi “Jackson” Wang

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Julia Cole

Michael Vecchione

Sichang “Emma” Chen

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GLASS STUDIO Cushing’s glass program combines the art of stained glass with contemporary methods. Our students study glass cutting, soldering, and fusing and learn to create bowls, plates, platters, pendants, and lampshades. Students work with copper foil, aluminum/lead solder, fused glass, stringers, frit, dichroic glass and hand rolled stained glass.

Yifan “Tony” Zhang

Podi Prichanont 16

Zoe Wilcox

Yifan “Tony” Zhang

Zoe Wilcox CUSHING ACADEMY

Avery Canney

Kyla Bourque

Zoe Wilcox

Garrett Reardon

Shihan “Shelly” Peng

Jiamu “Henry” Wang

Podi Prichanont

Youshu “Judy” Song

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Lexi Browell

Sarah Potter 17

CERAMICS Students interested in trying their hand at pottery and sculpture have the very best equipment and supplies at their fingertips in Cushing’s ceramics studio. The studio offers nine Brent wheels as well as a slab roller, an extruder, and several kilns, both electric and raku. The large space provides plenty of room for instruction as well as individual work.

Amelia Arthur

Alana James 18

Rylie Jones

Patrick Aalto

Jackson Dorrington

Yue “Molly” Wang CUSHING ACADEMY

Maddy Biondi

Max Bogdanovich

Ava Alioto

Patrick Aalto

Ava Alioto

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Amelia Arthur 19

Ruijie “Jessie” Feng

Shea Verrier

Max Bogdanovich

Patrick Aalto

Cole Johnson

Ryann Daly

Max Bogdanovich

Maddy Biondi

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Max Bogdanovich CUSHING ACADEMY

Brady Horgan

Eli Frazier

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Maddy Biondi

Max Bogdanovich

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Shea Verrier

Gechuan “Jack” Xu

Andrew Rosen

PHOTOGRAPHY At Cushing, photography students learn the entire process of traditional black and white film photography. Our studio includes an area to develop black and white film and a group darkroom with ten enlargers for students to make their own black and white prints. For more advanced photography students, we offer a digital photography class where students use Macs, Photoshop, and Epson printers.

Mia Langlois

Gechuan “Jack” Xu 22

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Klim Galkin

Gechuan “Jack” Xu CUSHING ACADEMY

Matt Pinkney

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Klim Galkin

Diyan “Diana” Gao

Gechuan “Jack” Xu

Gechuan “Jack” Xu

Gechuan “Jack” Xu

Shea Verrier

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Brendan Dougherty

Gechuan “Jack” Xu

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ARCHITECTURE In the Academy’s Architectural Design class, students learn to draft a blueprint and construct a sustainable structure.

Students explore the conservation of natural resources while designing safe, healthy, and attractive living spaces.

Yimo “Billy” Pan

Yimo “Billy” Pan

Braydan Walker

Braydan Walker

Linxuan “Roxette” Xu Ziyu “Selina” Pang

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CUSHING CUSHING ACADEMY ACADEMY

Tao Lambert

Linxuan “Roxette” Xu

Linxuan “Roxette” Xu

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SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS Once again, Cushing Academy artists are shining among the

Below is a complete list of Cushing’s 2020 Scholastic Art &

best young artists across the United States. At the end of

Writing award winners and can be found on the following pages.

January, eight of our visual arts students were recognized by five of those students earning Gold Key Awards, which merit

AMERICAN VISIONS GOLD KEY AND NATIONAL MEDAL

automatic advancement to the national competition.

Cheng “Cindy” Zeng

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-

GOLD KEY

running and most prestigious recognition program for creative

EunAh Kim

teens in grades 7 through 12. This year, students submitted

EunSoo Kim

the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards at the regional level, with

nearly 340,000 works of visual art and writing to the Awards; close to 90,000 works were recognized at the regional level and

Yimo “Billy” Pan

will be celebrated in local exhibitions. The top art and writing

Youshu “Judy” Song

at the regional level went on to the national stage, and results

Yue “Molly” Wang

were announced in March 16. The results of Cushing’s student submissions is at right.

SILVER KEY Yinshu “Salina” Cai

Many of Cushing’s Scholastic award recipients have plans to

EunSoo Kim

focus on art in college. Many of Cushing’s Portfolio and Advanced

Yimo “Billy” Pan

students and Scholastic award recipients have plans to focus on

Youshu “Judy” Song

art in college. This year 18 students submitted art portfolios as

Linxuan “Roxette” Xu

part of the college admissions process to major in architecture, industrial, graphic or fashion design, art restoration and curation, and fine art.

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Yimo “Billy” Pan

Yimo “Billy” Pan

EunSoo Kim

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Yue “Molly” Wang

Youshu “Judy” Song

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Youshu “Judy” Song

EunAh Kim

EunSoo Kim

EunSoo Kim

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Linxuan “Roxette” Xu

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ART PORTFOLIO

Advanced art students who are in the process of preparing a portfolio of their work for college applications have the opportunity to participate in our Art Portfolio course. This allows them to develop a cohesive body of work that represents their overall achievement in art. Portfolio students devise projects that cover a variety of media, techniques, and themes.

Instruction in presentation is also offered. Students can choose one or a combination of the following: drawing, painting, ceramics, metalsmithing, stained glass, photography, and architectural drawing. Portfolio may be taken each semester and earns credit as a major course or a major afternoon activity.

Many Cushing graduates have gone on to prestigious art schools and are enjoying professional careers in the arts. Below is a list of colleges and universities attended by recent alumni.

Art Center College of Design

Savannah College of Art and Design

Boston University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Carnegie Melon University

School of Visual Arts

Montserrat College of Art

Skidmore College

The New School/Parsons School of Design

Stanford University

Purdue University

Tufts University

Rhode Island School of Design

University of California, Davis

Roger Williams University

University of California, San Diego

More than 150 Cushing Academy alumni are accomplished artists: photographers, painters, sculptors, architects, metalsmiths, art historians, fashion designers, gemologists, graphic designers, industrial designers, and more. Cushing Academy’s Arts Affinity Group aims to help bridge the connection among alumni artists and allow future alumni a glimpse of what they can do in their professional lives. To join, visit www.cushing.org/artsaffinity.

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