Every year, I look forward to a particular art show at Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University. While the college students are away on Spring Break, the university allows the Middletown Public Schools to display the work of students from every grade and every school in the system. The galleries are filled with pottery, charcoal studies, paper craft projects and pen and ink sketches, each with a label listing the name and grade of the child, as well as their art teacher and school. You can see a slideshow of some of the work on the school system's website.
We have some very talented young artists in town -- and for the kids, nothing matches finding their own work on the gallery wall.
The exhibit is up through March 15th. The Zilkha gallery is open Monday to Friday, from 12 to 7 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 4 pm. If you've never been, the gallery is easily accessed from the parking lot off Washington Terrace, adjacent to the Veterans Memorial Green.
Wow, Wesleyan does something for the greater MIddletown Community. That really is news. Best of all, they don't charge the taxpayers they get tax relief from for going to the exhibit. Good thing the students had a week off.
ReplyDeleteTo anonymous @ 1:16: you're not the first to express resentment at Wesleyan University, nor will you be the last. But to put your feelings in perspective, you might read some previous posts (and comments on them) in the Eye on this issue. See in particular:
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http://middletowneyenews.blogspot.com/2009/01/comment-remembering-urban-renewal-in.html
Am I the only one who has noticed the elementary students' artwork are of the same curriculum exercises year after year? It is getting tedious and it must be so boring for those poor art teachers. I hope the schools can soon update their art curriculum for the elementary grades so that it is a more dynamic and exciting for all.
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