YAM Opening – Success
March 9, 2010Hundreds attend opening at Portland Museum of Art
Tanner, Gr 2, Young School, Saco, Art Teacher Diane Noble
For the 16th year the Maine Art Education Association has sponsored the state Youth Art Month exhibit at the Portland Museum of Art. The opening was well attended with kids and parents and many others who appreciate and value student art work.
Congratulations to Manon Lewis, Tory Tyler-Millar from MAEA and to Stacy Rodenberger from the Portland Museum of Art. The staff of the PMA and MAEA members deserve a great big thank you for the work each person does in helping to create an outstanding event and exhibit. This year the students from MECA also assisted under the leadership of Michelle Zelkowitz.
Art Teachers: Allison Price, Brunswick HS & MAEA art teacher Shalimar Poulin Gardiner HS
It is a wonderful opportunity for art teachers to connect, see old friends, and to celebrate the art work of their students. Each student was recognized by being invited to the stage to receive a pin and certificate. A wonderful addition to this years event was the looping pictures of the student art work on the big screen. I understand this was Stacy’s idea and a good one it was!
Shalimar Poulin, this years Maine Art Educator of the Year, gave a lively presentation reaching out to each young artist with a slide show and stories of her childhood art making memories. She gave out bracelets with “Create” on them to remind us all of the importance and pure joy of making art.
The exhibit remains throughout March so if you missed the opening on Saturday, there is plenty of time for you to get there during the month.
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Argy! Found your blog using link from PMA! Ali and I are planning a visit to the YAM exhibit soon. You can bet I’ll be visiting meartsed again!
Take Care,
Dan
Don’t delay Dan so you don’t miss the YAM exhibit at PMA. It is AWESOME. Thanks for visiting meartsed.
Hi Argy –
Thanks so much for this post! I’m hoping to check out the exhibit before the 4th! I would love to learn more about the whole program as well. Any tips on where to start looking? My niece is a budding artist. She’s in 5th grade now and taking private art lessons. I know she’s going to get better and better in the next few years and would love to find out how to get her involved. I’m not sure if her school participates.
Thanks so much for your help and again for the great post!
Best,
Erin
Members of Maine Art Education are invited to exhibit one students’ work each year. It will be interesting to see if your niece’s art teacher selects work from her school for the show.
Giving your niece the opportunity to see student work in as fine of an art museum as the Portland Museum of art is will be a wonderful opportunity for her. And touring the other exhibits at the museum while there will be equally important. Fifth grade is a great age to expose her to as much as possible and private art lessons will only enhance her school program and other opportunities.