Sunday, March 18, 2012




 Congratulations!!!
Youth Art Month Student Artists



Display at Boston City Hall, 6th Floor





Ryan O'Sullivan, 6th Grade
Healthy Activity Drawing
Colored Pencil on Paper
 
Santiago Chaparro, 6th Grade
Healthy Activity Drawing
Colored Pencil on Paper






Yadriel Pereyra, 7th Grade
Self Portrait
Pencil on Paper
  

















Giovanni Whitehead, 7th Grade
Self Portrait
Pencil on Paper

















Omar Perez, 7th Grade
Self Portrait
Pencil on Paper




















Lensa Jean, 8th Grade
Self Portrait
Pencil on Paper

























Toniann Rankin, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Tempera on Paper





















Gaelle Vincent, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Tempera on Paper






















Alexander Abramson, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Tempera on Paper
Wilbert Aguiavivas, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Tempera on Paper



















Jeuri Ortiz, 7th Grade 
Negative Space Painting
Acrylic on Canvas















Jason Gaullpa, 7th Grade 
Negative Space Painting
Acrylic on Canvas


Gionni Williams John, 7th Grade 
Negative Space Painting
Acrylic on Canvas





























Joshua Nixon, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper

Darlene Mettelus, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper
Salante Depin, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper
















Jonathan Reyes, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper



















Justin Wright, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper


















Youseff Azoui, 8th Grade 
Self Portrait 
Acrylic on Paper
























Boston Public Schools
Curriculum and Instructional Practices/Arts
Visual Arts Theatre Dance Music


March 9, 2012


Dear BPS Families,

We invite you to the 2012 BPS District-Wide Youth Arts Month Exhibition!

In accordance with the Boston Public Schools’ Arts Education Policy, Curriculum and Instructional Practices/Arts coordinates an annual Visual Arts Exhibition in conjunction with the national Youth Arts Month (YAM) celebration. This year’s BPS YAM Exhibition will open on Saturday, March 31, 2012 and close on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Boston City Hall.

In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events, this unique public exhibition showcases exemplary artwork created by students from across the district. The thousands of employees and visitors who pass through Boston City Hall everyday always enjoy viewing our talented students’ artwork. 

We cordially invite you, your family members, and friends to join us for the 2012 BPS YAM Exhibition Opening Reception on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Boston City Hall. All guests should enter City Hall on Congress Street, 1st floor. (The Main Entrance, 3rd floor will be closed.) A brief celebratory program, featuring remarks by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Superintendent Dr. Carol R. Johnson and a performance by the Roosevelt K-8 School Chorus, will begin at 9:30 a.m.

This year’s BPS YAM Exhibition will feature over five hundred student artists and forty-four schools:                  
Baldwin Early Learning Center                                                                         Henderson Inclusion Elementary School
Phineas Bates Elementary School                                                                         Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Boston Arts Academy                                                                                          Washington Irving Middle School
BPS/MFA High School Scholarship Program                                     Martin Luther King, Jr. K-8 School
Jeremiah E. Burke High School                                                                        Mary Lyon K-8 School
William E. Channing Elementary School                                                       Madison Park Technical Vocational High School
Charlestown High School                                                                         Samuel W. Mason Elementary School
Roger Clap Elementary School                                                                        Mather Elementary School
James F. Condon Elementary School                                                       Donald McKay K-8 School
George H. Conley Elementary School                                                      Ellis Mendell Elementary School
Curley K-8 School                                                                                          Mission Hill K-8 School
Henry Dearborn Middle School                                                                         Richard J. Murphy K-8 School
Dever/McCormack School                                                                         Orchard Gardens K-8 School
East Boston High School                                                                        James Otis Elementary School
Clarence R. Edwards Middle School                                                       Josiah Quincy Upper School                                                     
John Eliot K-8 School                                                                         Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 School
Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy                                                       TechBoston Academy
Henry Grew Elementary School                                                                         Maurice J. Tobin K-8 School
Harbor Middle School                                                                         William Monroe Trotter Elementary School
Harvard/Kent Elementary School                                                       John Winthrop Elementary School
Haynes Early Education Center                                                                        West Roxbury Academy

Celebrate Youth Arts Month with us!  We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

Myran Parker-Brass                        Allyssa Jones
Executive Director for the Arts                         Acting Senior Program Director for the Arts