Organization or School Affiliation: Falmouth High School
Student Name: Eleanor Rosenthal Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: A pencil artwork showing pieces of different species of dead coral that I have collected over the years since I was a little girl. These coral pieces originate from the ocean floors of Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and The British Virgin Islands. These animals used to be part of a beautiful paradise and now have been bleached into lifelessness. Teacher: Jane Baker
Spiraling
Organization or School Affiliation: New Bedford High School
Student Name: Kiva Bank Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This staircase references the depressive “spiral” one can have. A double helix structure of DNA provides a railing support, as genetic factors can increase the risk of someone having depressive episodes, particularly if there is family history of depression. The wall portraits represent behavioral influence of others who contribute to and nurture the descent into depressive darkness. Teacher: Alanna Boucher
Comparison Destroys Personality
Organization or School Affiliation: New Bedford High School
Student Name: Ketsia Nyonga Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: Three-layered expressive collage studying composition & design w/ black and white imagery. The bottom layer reads, Why are you somebody else? Second layer consists of torn newsprint pieces of written personal statements of comparisons I make between myself & others. I was essentially tearing myself apart in the process. The final layer poses the initial statement, Comparison Destroys Personality. Teacher: Alanna Boucher
Zipper-head
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis Yarmouth Regional High
Student Name: Johnathan Hendricks Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: The zipper-head piece is a strong piece due to its meaning. The symbolism of the zipper is the man’s breaking point and the words on him are the feelings and emotions he is letting out. I created this piece during men’s mental health month. During the process it really inspired me to push my boundaries to make a sculpture that helps view the difficulties of mental health. Teacher: Mr. Brodt
Poppy Dinnerware Set
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis Yarmouth Regional High
Student Name: Sophia Dupey Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: When making this dinnerware set, I wanted to incorporate a lively design that was continuous
throughout each piece. I chose poppies because they symbolize rebirth, and the set is meant to
represent the promise of springtime after every long winter. The vines of the poppies connect
throughout, and bring each piece of the set into one. Teacher: Mr. Brodt
Farewell
Organization or School Affiliation: Manchester Essex Reg SD
Student Name: August Capotosto Grade: Grade 10 Artist Statement: I used collage and gouache in my combination of The Kiss by Gustav Klimt and The Tempest by Oskar Kokoschka. Both pieces depict lovers in an intimate embrace, one being passionate and the other dismal. I chose to use Klimt’s poses and utilize Kokoschka’s style for the male figure to portray decay, yet decorate him in the bright colors and patterns of Klimt, also inspired by Egyptian sarcophagi. Teacher: Tamera Burns
Anatomy of Our Modern People
Organization or School Affiliation: Manchester Essex Reg SD
Student Name: Miles Takayesu Grade: Grade 9 Artist Statement: In my art piece i used the traditional art style of stippling to create a more masculine body in opposition to the modern style of cubism and the more feminine colors to represent the difference in the rigid gender norms we are forced to fit into vs the people we truly are, i further made this point by placing the subject in tea soaked paper to show the old fashioned ideals we still live in today. Teacher: Tamera Burns
The Next Step
Organization or School Affiliation: Manchester Essex Reg SD
Student Name: Henry Swerdloff Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: My piece was influenced by Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. When I saw the older man holding his chin in his hand, contemplating life, I was inspired to draw a more modern form of contemplation. I thought about life choices people make. Later in life one may question those choices, and whether the path their life took was best suited for them, and their passions. Teacher: Tamera Burns
Inside's
Organization or School Affiliation: Manchester Essex Reg SD
Student Name: Oliver Rodi Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: My piece, entitled Inside's, theme, is how we as people have two sides to ourselves. There’s the outside oriented side, representing our personalities and how they can be changed around other people. Then there’s the inner side, the gouache, that shows our internal thoughts + desires. My work was inspired by artists like Keith Haring, Michelangelo, design from Hirohiko Araki and modern design.
Subtle Beauty
Organization or School Affiliation: Canton High School
Student Name: Catherine Robinson Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: My drawing is a nature piece done in graphite on paper. My focus was enhancing little things in nature that get overlooked but are pivotal factors in making a scene beautiful. My goal during the process was to use differences in value to capture the way the light hits the organic material. I was inspired by the subtlety of beauty reflected in the background. Teacher: Hannah Cascio
Untitled
Organization or School Affiliation: Canton High School
Student Name: Naylanni Baez Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: My piece is about connecting the Spanish, Tainos, and African cultures that mixed together to form present day Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic. My work acknowledges the traumatic events, such as rape and slavery, that my ancestors endured. I use hand-building techniques that allow me to show the merging of cultures that were integrated through slavery and European conquest. Teacher: Kaitlyn Van Buskirk
Bones
Organization or School Affiliation: Silver Lake Regional High School
Student Name: Kenna Slyker Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: We studied the bones of many different animals while learning about the artist Georgia O’Keeffe, since many of her paintings depict bones. This painting is inspired by O’Keeffe’s memorable artworks she made throughout her life. Bones represent both life and death all in one story, preserving the memories of the creature it once inhabited. Teacher: Hannah Close
Rusty Wrench
Organization or School Affiliation: Silver Lake Regional High School
Student Name: Julia Hawley Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: What one may see as only an old useless tool, is really the opportunity for creation. What started as a silly adventure to try something new, digital art became another source for me to express my ideas and perceptions on wonderful aspects of life that are often overlooked. Teacher: Hannah Close
Origami Butterflies
Organization or School Affiliation: Silver Lake Regional High School
Student Name: Olivia Silveira Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: This piece was inspired by a work of literature I read where butterflies were a reoccurring part of it, symbolizing both hope and happiness. I’ve loved butterflies and nature forever and that only inspired me more to create this work! Teacher: Hannah Close
Rolling In
Organization or School Affiliation: Silver Lake Regional High School
Student Name: Brooke Phillips Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: “Rolling In” is a mixed media piece, specifically acrylic paint and Posca paint markers. This artwork is supposed to capture the beauty and terror or storm clouds covering a landscape. Teacher: Hannah Close
Symbolic Self Portrait
Organization or School Affiliation: Medfield High School
Student Name: Emily Fratolillo Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: This symbolic self portrait includes objects that are meant to act as a metaphor for self. I reflected on ephemera that I regularly surround myself with & gathered the valued items into a still life. Using mark-making techniques, I rendered each object to have dynamic texture & contrast in the monochromatic composition. Teacher: meg drew
Me, myself, & I
Organization or School Affiliation: Medfield High School
Student Name: Greta Krauss Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: In this multifaceted self-portrait painting, I studied various angles of my physical self to reflect my subconscious thought process. I attempted to convey the notion of being physically present while the mind drifts internally. By organizing the multiple portraits to stem from the center-frontal portrait, I hope to demonstrate the distraction of wandering thoughts. Teacher: meg drew
Primavera
Organization or School Affiliation: Medfield High School
Student Name: Anna LaRowe Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: This relief uses negative space & depth to create an abstract landscape. Through elements of color, shape, repetition & variety, I assembled the piece in layers to create an area that the eye can move through. The ascending layers create dimension that is both orderly & chaotic to travel between. Teacher: meg drew
Environmental Changes
Organization or School Affiliation: Medfield High School
Student Name: Katie Turner Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This piece is a reaction to the current environmental issue of global warming. Climate changes effects our daily life & threatens the future of our planet. Using dry & wet materials, as well as 3D elements, I intended to create a bold image that emphasizes the role of people as the cause of climate change. Teacher: meg drew
New Day
Organization or School Affiliation: Medfield High School
Student Name: Bailey Mead Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This mixed media piece is a symbolic representation of personal growth & renewal. Using plaster casting, painting, & fiber arts, I intended to convey the passage of time through crocheting hands that are imbued with nature's daily cycle. The practice of crocheting demonstrates that time spent artmaking leads to my personal growth & development. Teacher: meg drew
