This year the Creative Arts Parent Association, in collaboration with high school art teachers Janet Armentano and Mike Rumrill, started “Art Around Town”, a townwide art exhibition to showcase student artwork and get it out into the community.
This first year we were fortunate that the Middlesex Savings Bank came on board, offering lobby display space for these fantastic art pieces. Be sure to stop by the bank to take a look! The artwork was just put up – and there is even talk of having ongoing display space at the bank for our student artwork!!
In our pilot year, we were disappointed that more local busineses did not participate and are hoping more will come on board next year. Thank you to volunteer Kay D’Orlando, who did the legwork and got our pilot started! And thank you to Janet and Mike, who volunteered their time to transport and hang all the pieces.
The Creative Arts Parent Association approved a grant to purchase the display panels that are used for this exhibition. The panels are available for use by the entire fine arts department (one was also standing in the Little Theater lobby during Les Mis to display cast information). We are excited to add this equipment to the department and look forward to seeing it in action many times in the future!