High school students show off their artistic talents
The Art II pieces from King Farm. Photos by Kat Sheridan
A ceramic piece by Molly Bell. 
Some of the pieces by Kaiden Ramos.
Photography by Aerro Gove.
Sadie Gifford's ceramics. 
Fashion by Sloane Brodsky.
Kai Dixon with his art.
Casey Lima with her art.
Tassiana DaSilva with her art.
The Art II pieces from King Farm. Photos by Kat Sheridan
A ceramic piece by Molly Bell.
Some of the pieces by Kaiden Ramos.
Photography by Aerro Gove.
Sadie Gifford's ceramics.
Fashion by Sloane Brodsky.
Kai Dixon with his art.
Casey Lima with her art.
Tassiana DaSilva with her art.
Every year, the Dartmouth Cultural Center hosts a show featuring the Dartmouth High School’s AP Art Student’s work. This year, the show featured a wider variety of students’ art including the AP Students, seniors and the Art II class.The Cultural Center hosted the opening reception for the AP exhibit on Friday, March 21.
“I was pleasantly surprised it all came together because I was a little worried that it was going to look mishmashed,” said Christine McFee, the head teacher of the art department, “I think it looks pretty good.”
She added, “It’s nice to have something extra special; as opposed to just their own section in the regular art show… It’s a little more professional for them.”
This year, the AP class only had four students, so McFee and the rest of the department decided to open the show to others. Some students took AP in the past and couldn’t participate again, others have been in the art program for years.
“I’m pretty honored because I’m not in an AP class,” said Sadie Gifford, one of the seniors, “So I was really surprised that they wanted to have my stuff here.”
The show featured a large variety of art mediums, such as fashion, blackroom photography, digital art and ceramics.
“Working with everyone in our class is really fun because we help each other, like having creative ideas and being able to bounce them off of each other,” said Tassiana DaSilva.
The Art II class worked on a project where they visited King Farm, took photos, collaged the photos together and then painted using the collage as a reference.
“I really enjoy being creative and doing different pieces and being able to choose what I want to do,” said Casey Lima, an AP art student, “I feel like a lot of the past art classes that I’ve taken, obviously it’s interesting, but I feel like they make the projects or idea for you and this was, I got to choose what I wanted to do.”
The students have an art show for all the students in the art program at the end of May. McDee said that having a show at the Cultural Center gives the students a chance to have a wider audience for their art.
“At the moment, this is the closest I feel to famous,” said Kai Dixon, a student in the AP class.
He added, “It’s cool that it’s actually something that I’m putting my biggest effort into.”
The show’s reception was Friday, March 20 and will run until March 28 at the Dartmouth Cultural Center. The Center is located at 404 Elm Street.
