Teen Gallery and Second Floor Display Cases:
Portraits and Ceramics from Newton North High School, second floor Teen Gallery, on view through spring 2017: After looking at portraits by artists like Max Beckman and Oscar Kokoschka as well as Fauvist works and finally the work of Jean Michael Basquiat, students created their own Expressionist portraits. Working with oil pastels, the students used color as a way to enhance the expressions.
Students worked with negative space, scale, texture, surface and volume to create the ceramics in the display cases. Some students chose to tell a story or work with shape to create provocative forms.
Thanks to Eric Blomster of Abraxis Framing Co. in Newton, who provided the frames cost-free. (Image by: M. Haider)
November displays will be on view 11/2-29/16
Atrium Cases 1 and 2: Learn about the League of Women Voters/Newton (LWV/N) in a display that features information on LWV/N history, voter registration and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Info: lwvnewton.org.
Three Main Hall Cases: Step back in time and view a display of games and toys from private collector Joan Flynn. The display will include pieces from the 1920s and beyond. Joan is very knowledgeable about toy banks and other childhood toys of old.
Third Floor Language and Literacy Center Country Display: Learn about Argentina from a display of books, CDs and DVDs!