Viewing the photographs of student art from Hopkinton High School was a special experience for me and I was honored to be asked to be the juror. Being invited to choose just fifty-five pieces to include in the HopArt catalog was not an easy task and I looked at the images many times before making my final decisions. The art was created using a variety of techniques and spoke to a high level of art instruction. The result exemplified the freedom in creativity and the level of proficiency students have in a school that truly supports the arts and taught by teachers who are the instructors to these fortunate students. The time I spent looking through the images was a feast for my eyes and for my brain, making connections and opening emotional responses. I reveled in the movement, of color and line used in expressive ways, in the skill of forming clay made into fluid shapes, soldering metal to become something we are familiar with in a completely new way, and the use of drawing, prints, and photography to make images that are meaningful in many ways. In my own teaching, looking at the artwork of students is a wonderful and gratifying aspect of teaching. Here is the proof of the ways our minds work: how we see, hear, comprehend and create in unique ways. The work was significant, too, for its varied references: beautiful organic shapes that we see in nature, 17th century Dutch art, the beauty and ugliness of a construction site, the joy and angst of people growing up in our complex world, bold designs that are memorable and meaningful. This selection of art speaks to the time and effort of these students to make meaningful and technically proficient work. Their studies began with crayons and pencil. Over time, they progressed with those materials and more. They became more educated art-makers and art-lookers which changed their own way of making art. Pieces not chosen were not less commendable than the fifty-five chosen. This group of artists express their talent in ways that all people can appreciate no matter who or where they are, these art projects have global appeal. Our response to art, just as the making of art is always subjective and this is the beauty of art, it allows talented people to create it and allows everyone to see and respond to it.
Laura Ziman
Senior Adjunct Professor and Chair of General Ed & Multidisciplinary Studies at Cambridge College; Studio Art Teacher at Museum of Fine Arts 2
Olivia Centrella, Digital Art
Jill Kellett, Studio Art 1
Hop-Art 2013 3
Avery McKenna, Photography I
4
Emily O’Conner, Ceramics
Hop-Art 2013 5
Alexis Stefano, Studio Art 5
Claire Levenson, Digital Photography
6
Lauren Ballantyne, Ceramics
Lawson MacDonald, Digital Art
Hop-Art 2013 7
Hannah Tapley, Ceramics
Whitney Thalheimer, Digital Art
8
Mackenzie Burke, Studio Art 2
Penelope Martin, Studio Art 1
Katherine Blake, Photography 1
Talia Patapoutian, Digital Art
Hop-Art 2013 9
Mackenzie Britt, Photography I.S.
10
Brianna Gallo, Digital Photography
Rachel McLean, Angellis Alexandre, Mackenzie Britt, Madison Whittles, Photography 2
Chloe Smith, Digital Art
Adam Cronin, Studio Art 1
Hop-Art 2013 11
Aleck Venegas, Photography I.S.
Kaylyn Venuto, Studio Art 4
12
Katherine Ronan, Ceramics
John Oldach, Photography I.S.
Hop-Art 2013 13
Claudia Tordella, Digital Photography
Julia Macchi, Studio Art 2
14
Bryanna Walker, Studio Art 2
Kora Sileo, Photography 1
Hop-Art 2013 15
Jesse Wise, Photography 1
Morgan VanBeek, Photography 1
16
Grant Bellar, Digital Art
Mackenzie Britt, Photography I.S.
Hop-Art 2013 17
Stephen McCluskey, Digital Photography
Bridget Coffey, Studio Art 2
18
Erica Stefano, Studio Art 1
Travis Prall, Digital Photography
Hop-Art 2013 19
Taylor Rossini, Studio Art 1
Max Charteris, Studio Art 2
20
Annie Dumas, Studio Art 1
Aleck Venegas, Photography I.S.
Hop-Art 2013 21
Brent Heavey, Digital Art
Xue Fei, Graphic Design
22
Maggie Siegfried, Studio Art 2
Stephanie Puig, Photography 1
Hop-Art 2013 23
Lili Kinsella, Studio Art 1
Rachel Calkins, Digital Art
24
Julia Powers, Studio Art 1
Syndey Velazquez, Photography 1
Hop-Art 2013 25
Aleck Venegas, Photography I.S.
26
Nicole Belisle, Photography 1
Sarah Carmody, Studio Art 5
Erica Stefano, Digital Art
Hop-Art 2013 27
GUEST JUROR:
Laura Ziman Senior Adjunct Professor and Chair of General Ed & Multidisciplinary Studies at Cambridge College; Studio Art Teacher at Museum of Fine Arts
FACULTY:
Kris Kellenberger Colleen Gianino Mina Lee Ann Rainey Marian Strangfeld Sterling Worrell
FEATURED WORKS FROM: Studio Art Photography Ceramics Digital Art Graphic Design Fashion & Textiles Scholars Making Art
COVER ARTWORK:
Aileen Whitty, 12th grade
CONTRIBUTORS:
Hopkinton Parent Teachers Association
HHS Art Department 90 Hayden Rowe Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 http://tinyurl.com/hhsart