Picture pefect: Students display their artwork in annual district show
Kaydence Rousseau, 8, and Logan Roy, 9, with the artwork they created during the 14th annual art show. Photos by Abby Van Selous
Gabriella Bradley points to her artwork.
Senior Annica Dupre had several pieces on display.
The very hungry caterpillar was just one of many ceramic pieces on display.
One student's art was a pencil.
Paintings created by students.
Some students displayed shoes they drew with charcoal while other students showed off their use of perspective with homes.
Rows of display boards filled the Dartmouth High School gym.
Interior design work.
Abstract artwork.
Some art pieces included stories written by the kids.
Some students created jewelry in Dartmouth High School.
Kaydence Rousseau, 8, and Logan Roy, 9, with the artwork they created during the 14th annual art show. Photos by Abby Van Selous
Gabriella Bradley points to her artwork.
Senior Annica Dupre had several pieces on display.
The very hungry caterpillar was just one of many ceramic pieces on display.
One student's art was a pencil.
Paintings created by students.
Some students displayed shoes they drew with charcoal while other students showed off their use of perspective with homes.
Rows of display boards filled the Dartmouth High School gym.
Interior design work.
Abstract artwork.
Some art pieces included stories written by the kids.
Some students created jewelry in Dartmouth High School.
Under 5,000 but “definitely in the thousands.”
That’s the estimate Dartmouth High School art teacher Morgan Bozarth had for how many pieces of art were on display in the district’s 14th annual art show, held on Thursday, May 7.
And it’s a number that may not be hard to believe, with students from the Cushman School through the high school all showing off the art they created during the school year.
“Tonight is all about celebrating visual arts,” Bozarth said. “We have representation of the entire district all in one spot.”
Jewelry, photographs, still life paintings, charcoal drawings, pottery and more filled the high school gym as students, friends and family members walked between display boards and tables with ceramic pieces.
Ally Lincoln, a student at Potter School, said having artwork in the show is “really cool because everybody and all the people get to see it on display.”
Logan Roy, 9, had on display an acorn she made with charcoal and a “certain eraser that made the whiteness in it.”
She said it felt “really good” to have her artwork on display, noting that “everyone who comes here from all the different schools get to see it.”
While students in every grade level can show-off their work in the art show, Bozarth noted that it “really helps the younger students.”
“They’re here in great numbers, and their parents [get] to see the progression and see what we offer at the middle school level and at the high school level,” she said.
Annica Dupre, a senior at the high school, had several pieces on display, featuring artwork she created throughout the year.
Dupre, who has participated in three of the art shows, said she thinks “it’s great” to have artwork from every grade level on display.
“I had a great education in art in my elementary school at Quinn, and I know these kids are too, and I think that they’re learning a skill and a hobby that will help them throughout the rest of their lives,” she said.
Beth Neto, an art teacher at Potter School, said she thinks the art show is “helpful to build self-esteem.”
“Having all the different levels all together helps kids to see what they can aspire to,” she said. “They start out young, and they can aspire to something really amazing when they get to high school.”
