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HALLOWELL — The Harlow Gallery is hosting Young at Art, the 16th annual exhibition of children’s artwork, which will be on view from Feb. 23 to March 23, and features the art of students from schools throughout the region.
During this exhibition, work of students from kindergarten through eight grade is on display in a professional setting of The Harlow.
A public reception will be from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23.
Young at Art will coincide with 50 Years of Art: a solo retrospective exhibition highlighting the work of local artist and art educator Barbara Loken. 50 Years of Art is on view through March 23 in the upstairs gallery at The Harlow.
Each year The Harlow invites art teachers from elementary and middle schools from throughout the greater Augusta area to select their best student art to showcase in this community celebration of talented art students and of the importance of arts in education. 2019 marks the third year that the gallery is integrating homeschool student artwork in the Young at Art exhibit.
Visiting the reception
Because of the high volume of visitors for the opening reception for Young at Art, the Gallery asks that participating artists and their families attend according to the following schedule. Families with more than one artist participating can choose to attend whichever time works best for them. Visitors not affiliated with a participating artist are welcome any time between 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.:
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — kindergarten through second grade; 12:30 to 2 p.m. — third through fifth grade;
2 to 3:30 p.m. — seventh and eighth grades.
Participating schools
Participating schools, by town and listing art teachers, are:
Augusta: Cony Middle School, Kelly Stotler;
Chelsea: Chelsea Elementary, Sandra Dunn;
Dresden: Dresden Elementary, Jae-Eun Pilsbury;
Farmingdale: Hall-Dale Elementary, Rosemary Ellis; Hall-Dale Middle, Tess Hitchcock;
Gardiner: Gardiner Regional Middle School, Stacey Anderson; Laura E. Richards Elementary, Maxine Marquis; Riverview Community School, Maxine Marquis; TC Hamlin School, Maxine Marquis;
Homeschool students from the greater Augusta area;
Manchester: Manchester Elementary, Rachael Wilson;
Mount Vernon: Mount Vernon Elementary, Nicole Blake;
Palermo: Palermo Consolidated, Amanda Martin;
Pittston: West Gardiner, Diedre Cochran;
Readfield: Readfield Elementary School, Nicole Blake;
Richmond: Richmond Middle School, Jeffery Orth; Marcia Buker Elementary, Kayleigh Caldero;
Wayne: Wayne Elementary, Nicole Blake;
Whitefield: Whitefield Elementary, Amanda Martin;
Windsor: Windsor Elementary, Genevieve Keller;
West Gardiner: Pittston Consolidated School (MSAD 11), Diedre Cochran;
Windsor: RSU 12-Middle School GT, Hollie Hilton.
The Harlow, at 100 Water St., is a membership-based nonprofit dedicated to connecting and celebrating art, artists and community in downtown historic Hallowell since 1963.
Exhibitions are always free and open to the public. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, visit harlowgallery.org or call 207-622-3813.
PHOTO: “Radical Design,” by Bryce, a Chelsea fifth-grader, is one of many works of art by area students that will be on display at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell through March 23. (Submitted photo)
