This November, forty students
of Camas High School’s Integrated Arts and Academics (IAA) program
will exhibit their personalized
and meaningful artwork informed by academic studies.
The Freshmen
cohort created oil pastel, self portraits based on a journey into
their personal “essence” as they wrote memoir poetry in their
English class. The Sophomores will show mixed media, altered books
based on their personal response and mindful connections to academic
content. The theme of “motif” helped them to find those
connections in world civilizations and religions (World History),
ecological systems (Biology), and the novel “The Secret Lives of
Bees” (English).
In
its second year, IAA students have the opportunity to study
connections between academics concepts and themes while integrating
that content with the arts. This makes their learning more relevant
and personally meaningful.
“For our youth, the opportunity to show
their art publicly with a live audience makes for an authentic and
unforgettable experience. Students will be interacting with the
public at the First Friday Artist Reception which will give them
public speaking experience, and it will undoubtedly be exhilarating
and affirming for them. We are grateful to the Camas Public Library
for their tremendous support of our program’s students,”
commented Gina Mariotti
Shapard, Art Teacher and Program Leader.
The artists will be on hand at Second Story Gallery’s opening night reception Friday, November 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. upstairs in the Camas Public Library.
The exhibit will continue through Saturday, November 28 during the library's regular hours of 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. However, the library is closed on November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving.
