YOUTH ART MONTH 2020

March is National Youth Art Month. Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts. Student exhibitions, public artworks, art festivals, and school events are held all over the country to raise awareness and support for the importance of quality visual arts programs in the schools. In Abington, we are displaying more than 700 pieces of art created by students in kindergarten through grade 4. The work will be on display at the Abington Public Library all month and part of April. BBES's exhibit will run from March 4 through March 23 and Woodsdale‘s will run from March 23 through April 13. Two Family/Community Viewing Receptions will be hosted on March 10th for BBES and April 2nd for Woodsdale. Both receptions are 5-7 pm. Thank you to the PTOs and the parent volunteers that helped us prepare the exhibits. Also a big thank you to the library for letting us take over their walls each year.

The photographs below shows some of the work from the BBES exhibit which was just installed today. Stop in and be overwhelmed with the explosion of color.

Middle and high school students will have their work displayed at the new school during Celebrate The Arts Festival on May 13 from 3:30 to 7:30. More details to follow.

Youth Art Month BBES and Woodsdale Art Exhibits at the Abington Public Library

I would like to thank and acknowledge all of those that helped make the BBES and Woodsdale Art Exhibits, during Youth Art Month, a great success.  Almost 800 works of art were displayed and the Abington Public Library walls were bursting with color.  We were told by the library staff that almost 750 visitors attended the two receptions.  Ribbons were handed out, lots of cookies consumed and a lot of art was appreciated.  A big thank you to the Beaver Brook and Woodsdale PTOs for helping coordinate volunteers, purchasing cookies and ribbons.  Thank you to all of the parents who generously gave their time to help us prepare, hang up and take down so many pieces of art.  Not one crooked or mislabeled piece of art.  Awesome! Thank you to Mr. Hawes and Mrs. Zinni and their respective offices for helping us print labels and send out notices.  It was truly a group effort and that is what made it such a success.  A nice memory for me was when I was able to witness the excitement of a few students in the kindergarten classes as they pointed out their displayed artwork to their parents. Photographs below are from the exhibits. 

March Is National Art Month

March is National Youth Art Month. Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts. Student exhibitions, public artworks, art festivals, and school events are held all over the country to raise awareness and support for the importance of quality visual arts programs in the schools. In Abington we are displaying more than 650 pieces of art created by students in kindergarten through grade 4. The work will be on display at the Abington Public Library all month. BBES's exhibit will run from March 1 through March 18 and Woodsdale‘s will run from March 18 through March 31. Two Family/Community Viewing Afternoons will be hosted on March 7 for BBES and March 28 for Woodsdale. Both will be from 5-7. Thank you to the PTOs and the parents who helped us prepare the exhibit.
A few photographs of kindergarten and grade 1 artwork are below. The landscape outside your window may not be colorful at the moment, but the walls in the library are.

Students from the middle and high schools will have their work displayed at the new school during Celebrate The Arts Day on May 8 from 3:30 to 7:30. More details to follow.

International Lions Club Peace Poster Contest

All grade six students at the middle school have spent September and October working on peace posters for the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest.  The posters will be displayed at the Abington Public Library in mid-December and will remain on display until the end of January.  Below is a sneak peek of students working on their posters.  They turned out awesome.  The winning posters will be displayed on this blog in a few weeks.