Student Art Display Links Past and Present at USN
by Trent Boysen, art department chair
Inspired by Reunion Weekend, high school students created an art gallery in the Tibbott Center that links alumni and former teachers with current students.
Inspired by Reunion Weekend, high school students created an art gallery in the Tibbott Center that links alumni and former teachers with current students.
To connect with the alumni weekend, students in my advanced photography class designed two projects utilizing the upper Tibbott Center gallery and the project walls in the parking lot on 21st Ave. Their idea was to combine alumni with the younger students in a way that bridges the generation gap with imagery and writing.
In the upper gallery, sophomores Daley Hall and Ella Steinhilber photographed current 1st grade students and faculty who were at one time walking the same USN halls. Younger and older are juxtaposed with each other’s youthful expressions to show that “the alumni and new generations at this school aren’t all that different.” The exhibit is bookended with a chalkboard which encourages all to write words of wisdom to the many other students who pass by.
We have dedicated 4 walls in the parking lot off 21st Ave. as a space for students to experiment with larger art projects. Junior Mia Greenberg and senior Camille Townson studied the work of local street artist Emily Davis, who pastes her whimsical fauna all over Nashville. Mia and Camille photographed alumni and asked them for a message they would like to share with the younger USN students.
The portraits are very large, 6’x6’ with the message along the bottom. And like the work of Emily Davis, the prints are pasted directly on the walls with a mixture of flour and water. The inconsistencies and impermanent qualities of this process are interesting. The images will decay over time, suggesting the message and photography’s inherent tie to time.
The portraits are very large, 6’x6’ with the message along the bottom. And like the work of Emily Davis, the prints are pasted directly on the walls with a mixture of flour and water. The inconsistencies and impermanent qualities of this process are interesting. The images will decay over time, suggesting the message and photography’s inherent tie to time.
I need to also mention that senior Henry Rieniets and freshman Seth Brown were crucial in the research and production of both exhibits.
The works will be on display through the end of the semester, though the large portraits on the project walls may not last that long.
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