HOPART
2012
Pat Walker
Director of Education Danforth Museum and School of Art
It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to view almost 300 photos of work done by art students at Hopkinton High School, and to take part in a process that celebrates this work and creates a permanent record of it. The work submitted presented numerous styles and techniques, from blind contour drawings, tonal charcoal drawings and colorful paintings, to black and white and color photography, ceramic arts and graphic design pieces. I viewed landscapes, still lifes, portraits, abstractions, functional crafts, sculpture and graphic design solutions to commercial needs. The broad range of accomplished submissions speaks to the wonderful program at Hopkinton High School. I salute the administration and staff at HHS for recognizing the importance of art in the curriculum. It was not an easy task to choose what art to include in HopArt 2012. Working in a museum that annually holds juried exhibitions of artwork, and daily has visitors looking at art, I know that each juror (and each visitor) has preferences. I will tell you about some of mine. I love the materials of art, and feel that each mark made has meaning for the whole. I am moved by how colors interact with each other, by interesting spatial play, and by rhythms within a work. What did I look for in the work submitted for HopArt 2012? In addition to a level of technical proficiency, I found in many of the chosen works a sensibility or vision that drew me into the work. A wonderful passage of color, a display of space, strong composition, beautiful line, or a sense of light may have first caught my eye as I went through the artwork. But it was sometimes a more elusive quality that made an impression on me as I viewed the artwork again and again – a sincerity of purpose, a joy in the materials, a mood or attitude, a meaningful moment captured, or a surprise in the artwork that helped me see something in a new way. Congratulations on your fine work! I saw wonderful qualities and many hours of hard work in the artwork that was not chosen, and would like to congratulate all students who participated. In the words of Bill Ivey, former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Art, “. . . the arts are more than just important, they are central to how we see ourselves, what we believe about ourselves, and how we present ourselves to each other.” Continue to make art a part of your life. You will be richer for it, and so will we.
Kaelyn Maloney, Studio Art (top) Sonia Greene, Studio Art (right)
Olivia Canestrari, Ceramics
Paul Lagasse, Digital Art
2
Katey Allen, Graphic Design
Collaborative Sculpture, Scholars Making Art, Fall 2011
Hop-Art 2012 3
Caitie Kelly, Digital Photography
Katherine Taggert, Ceramics
4
Kate Braunstein, Studio Art
Christine Tarantino, Digital Photography
Hop-Art 2012 5
Kayla Anderson, Ceramics
Nicole McLaughlin, Studio Art
6
Kelsey Smith, Graphic Design
Hop-Art 2012 7
Alexis Stefano, Studio Art
Amanda Rogers, Studio Art
8
Grant Bellar, Studio Art
Nicole Mann, Digital Photography
Hop-Art 2012 9
Marissa Mahoney, Digital Photography
Aleck Venegas, Photography Independent Study
10
Meghan Lauro, Graphic Design
Caroline Mann, Graphic Design
Catherine Cote, Studio Art
Hop-Art 2012 11
Katerina Kratz, Digital Art
Jill Tomlinson, Ceramics
12
Nicole Thomson, Ceramics
Megan Schmit, Graphic Design
John Oldach, Photography
Kaylyn Venuto, Studio Art
Hop-Art 2012 13
Kelsey Smith, Graphic Design
Victoria Munger, Ceramics
14
Hannah Elliot, Studio Art
Andrew Thomas, Studio Art
Lauren Ballantyne, Ceramics
John Oldach, Photography
Hop-Art 2012 15
Nicole Stetson, Ceramics
Hannah Krueger, Ceramics
16
Gabrielle Boyce, Studio Art
Shaina Belsky, Studio Art
Sam Esfahani, Digital Art
Hop-Art 2012 17
Drew Dawson, Studio Art
Alexis Stefano, Studio Art
18
Margaret Burke, Digital Photography
Sam Esfahani, Digital Art
Hop-Art 2012 19
Gabrielle Boyce, Fashion & Textiles
20
Hannah Green, Studio Art
John Oldach, Photography
Hop-Art 2012 21
Renna Bushko, Photography
Chen Ye, Photography
22
Rachel Mclean, Photography
Nicole Mellor, Digital Photography
Emily Kratz, Studio Art
Hop-Art 2012 23
Group Project, Studio Art, Fall Per. 4
Lauren Armstrong, Studio Art
24
Emma McWilliams, Studio Art
Ella Amarel, Studio Art
Alix Livis, Studio Art
Mackenzie Burke, Digital Photography
Hop-Art 2012 25
GUEST JUROR: Pat Walker
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Danforth Museum & School of Art
FACULTY:
Kris Kellenberger Colleen Gianino Ann Rainey Marian Strangfeld Sterling Worrell
FEATURED WORKS FROM: Studio Art Photography Ceramics Digital Art Graphic Design Fashion & Textiles Scholars Making Art
COVER IMAGE:
Kaelyn Maloney, 12th grade
CONTRIBUTORS:
Hopkinton Parent Teachers Association HHS Art Department 90 Hayden Rowe Street Hopkinton, MA 01748