The 34th annual Student Art Exhibition opens Saturday, March 5 at the Woodson Art Museum and features the artwork of nearly 200 north central Wisconsin 5-8th grade students. Two receptions - March 3 and March 5 - are open to the public and celebrate the students' creative efforts.
See press release, attached and below, that includes URL links to images of examples of the student artwork.
Let me know if I can provide anything further.
Thanks!
Amy

Amy Beck
Marketing & Communications Manager
Woodson Art Museum
700 N. 12th St.
Wausau, WI 54403-5007
715.845.7010 - office
715.845.7103 - fax
abeck@lywam.org

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For Immediate Release                          Contact:    Amy Beck
                                                                                                     715-845-7010
                                                                                                    abeck@lywam.org

URLs for six images are listed on page 3.

34nd Annual Student Art Exhibition
Opens Saturday, March 5 at the Woodson Art Museum

WAUSAU, WISCONSIN: Colorful and imaginative artwork of 196 north central Wisconsin students in grades 5-8 will be on view in the 34nd annual Student Art Exhibition opening March 5 at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau. The geographical region covered reaches from Manitowish Waters to Wisconsin Rapids. Art teachers are encouraged to submit up to four student works for the exhibition. Students express fresh inventiveness in their use of line, color, shape, pattern, texture, and design.

Two receptions to celebrate student accomplishments will be held on Thursday, March 3, from 4-6 pm and Saturday, March 5, 1-3 pm. The public is invited to stop in, congratulate participants, and support their creativity. The Student Art Exhibition remains on view through March 27.

Students in north central Wisconsin benefit from access to strong art programs at every grade level taught by art educators who respect the basics, yet keep lessons fresh and current.

This year's artworks are colorful, amusing, and imaginative. Students express their ideas in vivid masks, whimsical pottery, and brightly-hued weavings, and in creative depictions of portraits in two dimensions.

A blog posted by curator of collections Jane Weinke on February 16, 2011,offers more information and can be found at http://woodsonartmuseum.blogspot.com/

Below is a list of participating districts, schools, and art specialists.

                  District                                    School                                 Art Specialist

Arbor Vitae-Woodruff

Arbor Vitae-Woodruff School

Toni Polfus

Birnamwood

Birnamwood School

Carol Strand

Bowler

Bowler School

Kristina Thiex

DC Everest

Riverside Elementary

Kathlyne Moore

DC Everest

Middle School

Jeanne Archiquette

DC Everest

DC Everest Junior High

Melissa Clay

DC Everest

DC Everest Junior High

Kelly Schiefelbein

DC Everest

Weston Elementary

Susan Aleckson

DC Everest

Evergreen Elementary

Diana Osypowski

DC Everest

Rothschild Elementary

Katie Stretz

DC Everest

DC Everest Middle Schl

Tim Feathers

Iola-Scandinavia

Iola-Scandinavia Elem.

Jill Willems

Lac du Flambeau

Lac du Flambeau Public School

Katie Black

Loyal

Loyal Public School

Patti Suda

Manitowish Waters

North Lakeland School

Annmarie Jensen

Marathon

Marathon Middle School

Kendra VanSlyke

Medford

Medford Area Middle Schl

Megan Cowell

Medford

Medford Area Middle Schl

Jill Fortin

Mosinee

Middle School

Jacqueline Faust

Mosinee

Middle School

Christy Mathis

Nekoosa

Alexander Middle School

Daria Skibba

Newman Catholic

St.Mark Elementary

Kari VanNatta

Newman Catholic

St. Anne School

Kathryn DeLonay

Newman Catholic

Middle School

Robert Tourdot

Owen-Withee

Owen-Withee Elementary

W. Michael Ojanpera

Plover-Whiting

Plover-Whiting Elementary

Mary Dewane Rosek

Spencer

Spencer Public School

Ruby Thomas

Stevens Point

Bannach Elementary

Nancy Cory

Stevens Point

Ben Franklin Junior High

Vicki Shirek

Stevens Point

Ben Franklin Junior High

NoahCalhoun

Stevens Point

PJ Jacobs Junior High

Shari Pfeffer

Stevens Point

PJ Jacobs Junior High

Shari Boehnlein

Stevens Point

Madison Elementary

Lauren Isberner

Stevens Point

McKinley Center

Pam Somers

Stevens Point

Kennedy Elementary

Holly Rasmussen

Stratford

Stratford Public Schools

Cynthia Maly-Beranek

Stratford

Stratford Elementary

Marilyn Meyers

Wausau

Franklin Elementary

Mary Lucareli

Wausau

John Muir Middle School

Kathy Bloomer

Wausau

John Muir Middle School

Ryan Priebe

Wausau

Riverview Elementary

Mary Robinson

Wausau

Lincoln Elementary

Jeana McGivern

Wausau

Faith Christian Academy

Alice Delzer

Wausau

John Marshall Elementary

Steve Loftus

Wausau

Maine Elementary

Cheryl Skwierczynski

Wausau

Grant Elementary

Karla Mirick

Wisconsin Rapids

Assumption Middle School

Fran LaChapelle

Wisconsin Rapids

WR Area Middle School

Sharon Aiken Bruha

Wisconsin Rapids

WR Junior High

Mrs. Hansen

Wisconsin Rapids

Woodside Elementary

Connie Henke

Wisconsin Rapids

WR Area Middle School

Betsy Miller

Wittenberg

Elementary

Sandra Lawson



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URL links to images of examples from the 2011 Student Art Exhibition:
www.lywam.org/media/stuartseymour.jpg
Derick Seymour, Hidden Australia, tempera and watercolor marker
Hawthorn Hills Elementary School, Wausau, Grade 5
Art Specialist: Stephen Loftus

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Kylie Thompson, Southwestern Pottery, tempera and marker
Riverside Elementary, DC Everest, Grade 5
Art Specialist: Kathlyne Moore

www.lywam.org/media/stuartehlenfeld.jpg
James Ehlenfeld, Me, wire contour
PJ Jacobs Junior High, Stevens Point, Grade 7
Art Specialist: Shari Boehnlein

www.lywam.org/media/stuartmai.jpg
Sierra Mai, Sunny Day, batik
Evergreen Elementary, DC Everest, Grade 5
Art Specialist: Diana Osypowski

www.lywam.org/media/stuartlor.jpg
Thao Mee Lor, Still Life, torn paper and marker
Madison Elementary, Stevens Point, Grade 6
Art Specialist: Lauren Isberner

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Ling Tina Zhang, Untitled, textiles and mixed media
Bannach Elementary, Stevens Point, Grade 6
Art Specialist: Nancy Cory