Program Description

The Visual Art Department at Germantown Academy is committed to providing a comprehensive education in the arts within the context of a liberal arts education. Our foundation and advanced curriculum is a well-rounded and versatile approach to the study and application of art. It is designed to provide a creatively stimulating education in an open environment of studio classes. Experimentation and innovation, collaboration and social responsibility are themes built into the curriculum. While these courses extend excellent opportunities for the general study of art and life-long arts advocacy, they are also designed to cultivate serious talents in the visual arts. Many of our students have gone on to prominent careers in commercial, fine, and applied arts.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Poems in Trees: A Collaborative Art Installation

Poems in Trees is an Arts Across the Academy installation inspired by this year’s convocation address, by poet and 4th grade teacher Julia Blumenreich. It will appear this fall, and expand on campus throughout the school year. The first installation is in the tree line outside of The Art Center and highlights 4th grade poetic verse inspired by The Preserve. Members of the upper school sculpture program worked with lower school students to create the printed wrappings.
The exhibition series strives to highlight the power and beauty of poetic verse and provide unexpected opportunities to pause and be mindful of our surroundings.  Trees around the Academy will be wrapped and woven in block printed verse on muslin ribbons. This sculptural installation will become a powerful embodiment of the high value we place on confident self-expression and observant contemplation by members of our community. 





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