WITH GALLERY: Sippican School students unveil works in Art Center exhibit

Jennifer Heshion
Mar 5, 2013
The Sippican School students will exhibit 80 pieces for a six-week run at the Marion Art Center. The pieces vary from watercolor paintings to self-portraits to poems. BY JENNIFER HESHION
Fourth-grader Alexandria Strand used watercolors for her painting of a fish. Of the colors in the painting, Strand said, "I tried to use a lot of different colors. I wanted ones that would pop. I didn't want a lot of white space." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Bessie Pierre, a 4th grade student, will show off one of her landscape paintings in the exhibit. Pierre said she used line patterns to give her work a different look. "I like variety," Pierre said. "I designed it with different patterns and colors. I just came up with the idea." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Kindergartner Cara Bonney created a self-portrait using construction paper. In her self-portrait, Bonney added snowflakes and a snow hat. "I added a purple pom-pom on my hat because I really like pom-poms." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Fourth-grader Caroline Owens also did a landscape, for which she drew inspiration from art books and slides. "I got some ideas from those and then I created my own things. I used dots, lines, and zig-zags. I designed the patterns." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Daphne Pourrier used different shapes to create a landscape. "I just tried the first thing to come to mind and see if it worked. And, it worked." In the bottom of her landscape, Pourrier incorporated the word "Art" many times over. Why? "I really like art," Pourrier said. BY JENNIFER HESHION
Fifth-grader Drew Hiller used watercolors to paint the front portion of a bicycle. "I didn't use color for the bike, just around it. I used salt to mix up the color and lemon juice too. I used a big palette of different colors, but I picked colors that complimented each other." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Fourth-grader Jacob Spark's "angry face" will be on display at the Art Center. Spark chose the subject of his assignment, but don't get the wrong idea. He chose an "angry face" because he had a color scheme in mind. "I chose angry because I thought I could represent it really well. I used yellow, orange, and red to represent angry." BY JENNIFER HESHION
Kindergartner Ollie Fearing used a photo of himself and lots of color for his piece. The poem on the drawing is one Fearing wrote himself. BY JENNIFER HESHION
Fifth-grader Ruth Harris painted a chameleon with different scenes from nature. "I really like nature, animals, and magic. I used salt, rubbing alcohol, and lemon juice for the color. It spreads it a little bit." BY JENNIFER HESHION

The Sippican School art students are pretty good with paintbrushes, construction paper, some salt, and even lemon juice.

The resulting 80 pieces of artwork using those elements include watercolor paintings, self-portraits, landscapes, and poetry. All of which will be on exhibit at the Marion Art Center for a six-week run in the Cecil Clark Davis Gallery.

The third annual show was the brainchild of Sippican School art teacher Erin Kirk and Art Center Director Deborah Bokelkamp. The two came up with the idea for having the elementary school students exhibit their work alongside the work of professional artists in a dual show.

This year, the students will feature their work with those of artists Joan Dromey and Cecilia Murray.

“It’s especially great for the parents,” Kirk said. “I typically save the students’ artwork until the end of the year. It’s a nice chance for the parents to see what’s going in the classroom.”

The title of this year’s show is “Color and Creativity.” The featured pieces were chosen based on which works showed the most effort by the young artists, Kirk said. There is no overarching theme, which Kirk said gives the show a lot of variety.

There will be an opening reception for the students’ exhibit on Friday, March 8, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Marion Art Center.

So, where did the artists get inspiration for their work? Check out the photo gallery to find out what these students had to say about their work.

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