Emerging Visions: Complexities
March
21-April 5, 2014
Emerging Visions annually offers Fairfax
County high school students the opportunity to work directly with Greater Reston Arts Center's curatorial staff to create competent artworks that will be
exhibited in our gallery. Participating students from Herndon, Oakton and South
Lakes High Schools have committed themselves to the success of this project and
have worked hard to achieve their artistic endeavors. Many of the artists have
focused their energies on projects that reflect complex issues, such as
forgiveness and love. Some have worked collaboratively to address larger issues
of environmental stewardship, identity, and memory. The gallery will be
immersed in evocative drawings and paintings, energetic mixed media works and
beautiful photography.
My students were just ecstatic to
participate again in this exciting opportunity! It was challenging with all the
snow Mother Nature had thrown at us… getting the work made and keeping the
momentum going.
The end result was a very solid body of artwork! This is such an awesome opportunity for the students to gain real world experience with how galleries work and what is to keep deadlines!
The reception was very
well attended and offered the students the experiences of seeing an audience
interact with their work. They could also engage in conversation about their
process.
