Organization or School Affiliation: Waltham Public Schools
Student Name: Avery Bross Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: Humans are prone to choose things based on the way they look. I was inspired by my time working in a garden over the summer to make this piece. To me the raspberries symbolize how much we value attractiveness over anything else.
Teacher: Kathleen Flynn
Self Portrait
Organization or School Affiliation: Billerica Memorial High School
Student Name: Alexander Leonard Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This piece is a self-portrait that I did in class with the idea of it being monochromatic with a different color for the background. My portrait itself had a lot of orange in it, so I chose to use blue for the background, since it's the complimentary color to it.
Teacher: Brenda Fredericks
Am I Really Blue?
Organization or School Affiliation: Billerica Memorial High School
Student Name: Kate Gregorowicz Grade: Grade 10 Artist Statement: This project was a monochrome self portrait assignment, but eventually my color choice started to mean something to me. On the day my reference photo was taken I was feeling quite sad but I smiled. This portrait represents masking emotions but only some people notice and see the "blue" emanating from you.
Teacher: Brenda Fredericks
My Wildest Dreams
Organization or School Affiliation: Billerica Memorial High School
Student Name: Alexis Govertsen Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This is a visual representation of imagination. Vivid colors, dragon heads, and lively flora all tucked in a small space behind lock and key so that no one can touch it. Just like this enchanted garden, in life we learn to protect our fantasies and wildest dreams behind a fence so that others may look, but not touch.
Teacher: Brenda Fredericks
Eighth Night of Hanukkah
Organization or School Affiliation: Acton-Boxborough Regional High School
Student Name: Calista Barnett Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: I am Jewish, but, throughout my life, Judaism has been more about culture than religion. I used thin washes of acrylic paint to build up a soft glow from the candles to convey the feeling of love that is present in my family throughout the celebration of Hanukkah. I also used paper collage for the menorah to make it stand out, highlighting the importance of Hanukkah to me.
Teacher: Eliza Greene
Vexed
Organization or School Affiliation: Athol High School
Student Name: Corina Thibault Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: I painted this skeleton to show how people can go through a deep mental state in their life. The fire and smoke represents a dark state with negativity going around the head and body. I worked with acrylics and charcoal to achieve a gloomy feeling focusing on a grayscale. I felt vexed working on this piece, my mind corrupted with thoughts on family matters and things I tend to overthink. Teacher: Eleonora Halstead
Not Titled
Organization or School Affiliation: Athol High School
Student Name: Jackson Melo Grade: Grade 9 Artist Statement: This landscape from imagination was created with a variety of both traditional and experimental media that literally breaks the surface of the picture plane. Meditating on a landscape, I applied paint, then squeezed water from a sponge directly over until it could no longer hold and broke the surface. It was as if my visceral response to all the flooding in my area and the damage to come. Teacher: Eleonora Halstead
Red Knight’s Stand
Organization or School Affiliation: Excel Academy Charter High School
Student Name: Kimberly Martínez Chacon Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: Inspired by my love for the song “The night begins to shine” by BER. My love for music has helped me continue to make more art and overcome long periods of art block. Teacher: Amy Beth Harrison
Mayan Gifts
Organization or School Affiliation: Excel Academy Charter High School
Student Name: Eli Bonilla Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: Mayan Gifts is a map of the Mayans, an Indigenous empire that ruled Central America for years. it's a map of a land out of the Americas. The left side of the map shows 2 figures, that being a priest and one being a warrior. Slightly right is a deity called the Kukulkan (a Feathered serpent). On the far right is a compass, and the symbols are words, numbers, and symbols that relates to Mayans. Teacher: Amy Beth Harrison
Flower and Sunshine
Organization or School Affiliation: Excel Academy Charter High School
Student Name: Erik Paez Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: This watercolor embodies life's joys with a saw and a wooden boy, representing passion. The woodworker cherishes his late son through a wooden creation in the corner picture. The tear from the flower's eye signifies that it's not just sunshine sustaining life, but also the tears along the way. This artwork captures joy's complexity, embracing passion and emotional nuances in life. Teacher: Amy Beth Harrison
Out of Place
Organization or School Affiliation: Weston high school
Student Name: Solana Varela Grade: Grade 10 Artist Statement: This piece challenged the creative side of my brain to come up with something I had never thought of before. Mrs. Hom-Mandell challenged us, giving us no boundaries or format to go off of. I think this was one of the most entertaining paintings I have created leaving me not wanting to finish it. The only guideline given was “surrealism” and this is my take on my dreams. Teacher: Mrs.Hom-Mandell
Omni (All)
Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School
Student Name: ALLISON MACCALOUS Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: At age 9 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In this work, I’m exploring the connection between nature, technology, and medicine. Here, I created my insulin pump (the Omnipod) in Raku clay, which has three layers, a top layer, an inner mechanical layer, and bottom layer. I added wire to highlight the mechanical qualities of the pump and Raku glazes to create crackle and metallic surfaces. Teacher: Brenna Johnson
Eat Me, Drink Me, Join Me for Tea
Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School
Student Name: Kat Rosenberger Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: I was inspired by the fantasy world created in the movie Alice in Wonderland. The floral teapot is open on one side revealing a mini kitchen with an accompanying table, chairs and tea set. Then, the sugar bowl is shaped like a cupcake and the creamer is an egg sandwich representing mini finger sandwiches one eats at a tea party. Finally, I wanted to create a piece that was playful and unexpected. Teacher: Brenna Johnson
Depilatus Cutis = Peeled Skin
Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School
Student Name: CLEO ST. VRAIN LARY Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: This face jug is transforming from a robot, to a human, to a skeleton and was inspired by the Terminator movie. The metallic glazes are robotic like and parts of the glazes were scratched off suggesting decay. Then, an arm is peeling the face off revealing a skeleton underneath that was glazed in fleshy pinks and yellows blurring the line between humans and technology. Teacher: Brenna Johnson
Leaf Pitcher
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Student Name: Isabel Colon Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This piece captures a sculptural perspective with a functional aspect. This pitcher has a leaf theme with the spout of the pitcher being shaped as a leaf; as well as the handle being vine shaped with leaves being shown on both the top and bottom. Teacher: Craig Brodt
Girl's night
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Student Name: Charleigh Hicks Grade: Grade 11 Artist Statement: I created this acrylic shoe painting to reflect the essence of the end of a fulfilling girls night out. The way the shoes are composed is to show that the person who was wearing them, kicked them off in a hurry and rushed away. Teacher: Maureen Kessler
The girls
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Student Name: Aimen Khurram Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: My work is a shoe portrait made using acrylic paint on canvas. My reference was a picture of me and my friends, taken over the summer on a ferry ride. The boat's movement made the picture blurry, so I aimed to convey that in the painting through the use of looser brushstrokes and blending in order to create a blurred effect. I also chose to contrast the different types of shoes in order to create Teacher: Maureen Kessler
Sculptural Necklace
Organization or School Affiliation: Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
Student Name: Keneisha Brown Grade: Grade 9 Artist Statement: I created this sculptural paintbrush necklace because it reflects me as an artist. I love taking art classes, as well as, making digital art on my own time. The cubes represent pixels on a screen. The design is quite abstract and spontaneous as it’s in the form of a paintbrush.
Teacher: Chelsie Starace
Listen
Organization or School Affiliation: Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Student Name: Leah Kinnon Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: This is a sculpture of a stone face representing the positive nature of the advice and help I want to provide people and the world compared to my seemingly apathetic exterior. The fungi represents the potential widespread positive impact of this advice, if people listened to it. Teacher: Rebecca Kostich
Labyrinth Model
Organization or School Affiliation: Groton-Dunstable Regional High School
Student Name: Emily DeNyse Grade: Grade 12 Artist Statement: Made from foam, fake moss, hot glue, and my hopes and dreams. I chose this because we read the roman myth about the labyrinth in my Latin class. I’m going into architecture school, so I wanted practice making model. Teacher: Rebecca Kostich
