Pacelli to celebrate art in annual show Wednesday
Published 8:15 am Tuesday, May 1, 2018
- Pacelli High School students Shenali DeSilva (left) and Justina Lewis (right) 3D printing fidgets. Photos provided
On Wednesday, Pacelli Catholic Schools will be busy as parents, students and staff come together to celebrate art at the annual Pacelli Art Show.
Pacelli students in kindergarten through 12th grade have been working all year to create a variety of exceptional art from Japanese inspired ink painting to 3D designed and printed vessels.
The show, which will be 6-7:30 p.m. in the All Saints Arena located in the high school, will feature professionally framed works and many additional 2D and 3D pieces that students, currently in art classes, are displaying with pride.
“Its kinda like a church and I painted the building brown,” said first-grader Marlie, describing her artwork. “ I made a cross on the top. I painted the windows morning colors; yellow and orange.”
Much like Marlie, students at Pacelli take pride in expressing their Catholic identity in their school work as they study, serve, play, pray, and paint together in a unified school community.
Pacelli Middle School students Winston Walkup, Othello Stone, and Ayden McGee drawing Zentangles to be framed for the art show. Photos provided
High school students in Miranda Robinson’s art class have taken time throughout the year to bring faith, service, and scholarship to their school community and beyond with individuals face painting younger students for the Walk-a-Thon and Pacelli Night with the Bruins, staying after to help a local artist create backdrops for the annual auction, creating portraits for children in need in Haiti, and designing fidgets to be donated to the elementary classrooms later this year.
Students have studied a curriculum that touches on art throughout history and around the world with ever expanding experience in a variety of art media.
Pacelli students make mistakes into masterpieces as well as practice planning, art analysis, and reflection. The show is an amazing fundraiser for the growing K-12 art department at Pacelli.
The artists and their family members can purchase the framed masterpieces as well as additional reproductions at the art show to display at home or bring to the office.
“Buy as much art as you can get,” said fifth-grader Jayden. “Because all of the art looks really good and the money goes to the school.”
Community members interested in a student’s artwork are encouraged to speak with the artist about ordering a reproduction as originals will be reserved for the artist’s family.
