The new BHS Cafeteria name was chosen by Senior, Lisa Grieco, who won a contest two years ago to name the Cafe. Senior, Alex Curtin, created a logo for the cafeteria, as part of a competition in the Digital Art II Class, which was installed in the cafe over the summer.
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Berlin High School Empty Bowls Project
This March, the BHS Art Department will host it’s first Empty Bowls event. The Empty Bowls Project is an international grassroots effort that began over 25 years ago to raise both money and awareness in the fight to end hunger. Schools and organizations across the country have utilized this unique concept as a way to join together the visual arts and the community.
The event will take place Thursday March 10, 2016 in the BHS cafeteria, from 5:30-7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for children/ students and $15 for adults and will be available for sale at the door.
Guests attending the event will be share a meal of soups, pastas, breads and desserts, and choose a handmade “empty bowl” to take home and keep as a reminder of all the people within the community that do not have a meal to eat. These ceramic bowls are one of a kind artworks, handmade by the students and staff at BHS.
Proceeds of the event will be donated to the Berlin Food Pantry to aid families within our own community.
For any questions please contact Caitlin DeSorbo at cdesorbo@berlinschools.org.
Festival of Trees:
This past December,the artwork of 31 Sculpture students was on display as part of the 42nd Annual Festival of Trees and Traditions at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. As part of the event, schools, organizations and artists created and donated trees to be put on display and sold as an important fundraiser for the museum. Each of the Sculpture students at BHS created an animal sculpture using paper and wire to hang on the tree. These animals were inspired by the work of American sculptor Alexander Calder. The tree was on display December 4th-13th.