A Collaborative Journey: The Museum as an Art Classroom
“The Norton partnership gives our students an opportunity to learn from curators and artists outside the classroom, exposing students to new ways of thinking and making… Our students are so fortunate to have these varied experiences to draw upon while creating their own artwork and the opportunity to become part of the museum community as both patrons and exhibiting artists.”
-Sarah Knudtson, Art Teacher, Jupiter Community High School
In this virtual exhibition, A Collaborative Journey: The Museum as an Art Classroom, fifty high-school students from Forest Hill Community High School and Jupiter Community High School created artwork based on multiple visits to the Norton. Through tours and discussions, students used the Museum as inspiration to reflect upon themes in art through diverse subject matter and a variety of media.
These special experiences included practicing how to “read” a work of art with Glenn Tomlinson, William Randolph Hearst Curator of Education, and conversations about historical and contemporary photography with Tim B. Wride, William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of Photography. Students had the unique opportunity to meet with artists featured in the Norton’s 2020 Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers exhibition; and as aspiring artists themselves, were able to discuss the art making process and learn from these innovative working artists from all over the world.
The students’ artwork in this virtual gallery reflects art they studied during visits to the Norton. Some students chose to connect their artwork to the permanent collection while others were inspired by special exhibitions such as The Body Says I am a Fiesta: The Figure in Latin American Art and Where? A Brief History of Photography Through Landscape. Their artworks explore many aspects of personal identity and reflect individual realities.
The Norton Museum of Art congratulates all the students who participated, and thanks Jupiter High School Assistant Principal Amber Saunders, and art teachers Sarah Knudtson and Stephen Germana, as well as Forest Hill High School Assistant Principal Mary Wilson and art teachers Kim Pirisino and Malissa Reese for their dedication to student success through the arts.
Katelyn Adair
Grade 11
Sirena
Acrylic on canvas
Wagner Agustin
Grade 12
The Final Stop
Acrylic on canvas
Juan Andrade
Grade 12
La Trompeta
Acrylic paint
Kenya Banks
Grade 12
Skin and Bones
Chalk pastel on paper
Xane Bradburn
Grade 12
The Sixth Angel
Mixed media
Damian Cardenas
Grade 12
Melting Factory
Mixed media
Emily Casales
Grade 10
What about pain?
Watercolor
Mary Diaz
Grade 11
Existential High
Acrylic on canvas
Emma England
Grade 11
The White Room
Pencil on paper
Stephanie Garcia Panclas
Grade 11
She’s Just a Phase
Acrylic on canvas
Alejandro Gonzalez
Grade 11
Euphoria
Acrylic on canvas
Deborah Hernandez
Grade 12
Golden Poppy Hills
Acrylic on canvas
Janel Koh
Grade 12
To My Best Friend
Mixed media
Lauren Miller
Grade 12
Stars Make Me Wonder Where You Are
Mixed media
Juan Munoz
Grade 11
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
Brigette Raudales
Grade 11
Paradise
Mixed media
Grace Reyes
Grade 11
Acrylic on canvas
Hungry Benny and Comrades
Jade Robledo
Grade 11
Gold Stars
Mixed media on paper
Ian Rouille
Grade 12
The Sacred Mother with her Child
Mixed media
Berelin Rueda
Grade 12
New Beginnings
Acrylic on canvas
Jillian Ruth
Grade 11
Raccoon Road
Mixed media on canvas
Aaron Stoddard
Grade 12
Overtaken Tranquility
Mixed media
Laura Valdes
Grade 11
Cut Your Hair
Mixed media on canvas
Briana Valenzuela
Grade 12
Kore
Mixed media
Christine Zelaya
Grade 11
Yes
Mixed media on paper
Lilly Bermudez
Grade 9
Nighttime Sky
Photography
Mia Damiano
Grade 12
Obscured Virility
Photography
Ashley Donald
Grade 12
Clown
Photography
Kaysa Flemk-Joli
Grade 11
Untitled
Mix media
Carly Green
Grade 11
Untitled
Photography
Jennie Hernandez Saenz
Grade 11
Untitled
Photography
Sophie Kiembock
Grade 12
Houses on a Hill
Digital photography and embroidery
Jayme Lopez
Grade 12
Untitled
Digital photography
Tayleigh Lucas
Grade 11
Untitled
Darkroom photography
Megan McCully
Grade 11
Pupils
Digital photography
Noah Mildner
Grade 11
Untitled
Photography
Kendall Mine
Grade 11
Junctionz
Photography
Alexa Molback
Grade 11
Untitled
Film photography
Lauren Murphy
Grade 12
Lilac Feilds
Photography
Jesi Nolf
Grade 10
Untitled
Photography
Avryl Oviedo-Gonzalez
Grade 10
Untitled
Photography
Megan Palmieri
Grade 11
Two Faced
Digital photography
Kayli Richter
Grade 10
The Lamentation of Christ Following the Act of Peter Cutting Off a Man’s Ear
Mixed media photography
Genevieve Rustchak
Grade 12
udstødt
Photography
Erynn Simpson
Grade 9
Frozen in Time
Digital photography
Olivia Tracy
Grade 9
Family tree
Digital photography
Eleanor Willis
Grade 9
All I Hold Sacred and Not So Sacred
Mixed media
This program was made possible by the generosity of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation Arts & Culture Fund of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.