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Bringing Home the Gold and Going to Nationals!

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The Berlin High School Art Department is pleased to announce that
four of our students have won awards at the
2017 Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards!

This national program was originated to honor the creative efforts of grade 7 to 12 students in public, private and parochial schools. It is now the largest and most senior program of its type in the country.  Following the close of the Conn. Regional exhibit, the select Gold Key award winners from each national region will have their art works reviewed by a blue ribbon panel of judges at the National level in March. The National Jury will select “Gold Medal” National winners and call in their artwork to be exhibited in New York City during June. The National student awards ceremony will be held at Carnegie Hall in mid- June.

The 28th Annual Art Awards Ceremony at Lincoln Theater
Sunday, January, 29 2017 from 2:00 -3:30 p.m. (Doors Open at 1:30)
University of Hartford • 200 Bloomfield Ave. West Hartford, CT 

Please congratulate the following students:

Hannah Schulz (Senior)  – Gold Key, Mixed Media
Going to Nationals! Good Luck Hannah!!!Schulz_WaitingforaCatch

Maisie Hayes (Sophomore) – Silver Key, Painting Hayes_WinterWoods

Rebecca Stanton (Freshman) – Silver Key, Digital Art Stanton_DeathofTime

Peter Albert (Junior) – Honorable Mention, Digital Photography Albert_TheGuyInTheMirror

Color My World Project at Berlin High School

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Anyone who has ever endured construction at their home knows, the anticipation for the final result, and exhaustion over the grind of construction can pay its toll on the people living through it. The Color My World Project is a mural on the 148’ long, 8’7” high temporary wall of the main corridor entering the building on the lower level of Berlin High School. The length of the wall inspired Mrs. Miller, one of BHS’s Art Teachers, to take advantage of a teachable moment while thinking of Wall Drawing 999 by the Hartford, Connecticut born American artist,
Sol LeWitt, who recently passed in 2007. The goal was to elevate the spirit with something beautiful to look at and something fun and creative to talk about.

walldrawing999Wall Drawing 999 at Mass MoCA

Our wall was primed with a color called Daydream on Saturday morning, 10-31-2015, in Banksy style for the tada effect that many students and staff noticed on the following Monday morning. The students who participated in the priming transformation included: Haley Cox, Matthew Formicola and Erin Scalora.

The AP Studio Art students: Nathaniel Baretta, Zachary Burkarth, Jacob Harris, Kaileen Langlois, Samantha Giardina, Daniel Perez, and Jason Szalaty had the pleasure of sketching out the line work during the day, while various art students from Mrs. Miller’s Art classes volunteered to paint in the lines with Magic Magenta paint from our local Pittsburgh Paint Shop. The instructions given to the students, included that all lines needed to be organic, continuous, minimal cross overs and altered in thickness. This type of conceptual art is not unlike how LeWitt himself worked. As a matter of fact, LeWitt conceptual style was often compared to that of an architect’s.

Saturday, November 7th –  – The students/parents who showed up for the event, include in no particular order: Jacob Harris, Nathaniel Baretta, Daniel Perez, Abbie Wendeheck, Hannah Schulz, Gabe Dombrowski, Zoey Salgado, Emily Mazzotta, Divya Patel, Annie Sznaj, Mrs. Sznaj, Annalise Gormley, Erin Scalora, and Mrs. Scalora.

Saturday, November 14th – Rachel Cruz, Kyle Gelazin, Kaileen Langlois, Emily Mazzotta, Erin Scalora, Mrs. Scalora, Hannah Schulz, Annie Sznaj, Mrs. Sznaj

Saturday, December 5th – Matthew Formicola, Emily Mazzotta, Erin Scalora, Hannah Schulz

As the mural is up for limited viewing that only the students of 2015-2016 will be able to experience, photos of the mural is encouraged to memorialize this special event. The wall will be coming down soon to celebrate yet another section of our building being turned back over to us and in so doing, will have completed it’s goal.