Reflecting on Newly Designed Art Curriculum
Mallika Malaviya, Contributing Writer
February 1, 2019
Filed under STUDENT LIFE, TOP STORIES
This school year, the structure of class configurations has taken a huge turn in the arts program. This program now separates beginning level classes for subjects such as drawing and painting and those classes are followed by separated advanced classes that build off of the beginners classes. This all...
Martha Bennett Gallery displays new prints
Josie Lagerstrom, Co-Editor-In-Chief
March 16, 2018
Filed under ARTS & CULTURE, Artwork @ Blake
The current Martha Bennett Gallery exhibit features work personal to art teacher Brian Sago. Karl Bethke, with his exhibit entitled “A Visual History of Rorke’s Drift,” was Sago’s printmaking and color theory teacher in college and now serves as his artistry and printmaking mentor. Sago, ten y...
Gallery: Students, faculty walkout to support 17 lives lost in Florida
Alyssa Story, Social Media Editor
March 14, 2018
Filed under NEWS, TOP STORIES
Lead by Anika Gutzke '19 and Zehra Kahn '18 over 30 students and faculty members participated in a peaceful walkout and 17 minutes of silence. Prior to the moments of silence, students gave both planned and spontaneous speeches. Both Gutzke and Kahn spoke, along with Anna Kruesel '18, Will Lym...
New exhibit in the Bennett Gallery entitled “Water: Blake and Beyond”
November 29, 2017
Filed under ARTS & CULTURE
The new exhibit in the Bennett Gallery entitled "Water: Blake and Beyond" will be on display until December 2nd when the pieces will be sold. All proceeds will go towards building a sustainable water filtration system in Bogotà Colombia. ...
New student-led structure of Martha Bennett Gallery
Annie O'Connell, InDepth Editor
September 29, 2015
Filed under ARTS & CULTURE
The Martha Bennett Gallery of the Upper School, historically headed by the Blake arts faculty, presents new possibilities with a switch in leadership towards sole student control. In September, six selected student art enthusiasts act as the curatorial committee for the gallery, managing all thing...
New pieces from the Bennett Gallery
October 31, 2013
Filed under ARTS & CULTURE, TOP STORIES
Edward the Orca, by Jerry Hot Flowers with Grapes, by Unkown Check out the new art in the Martha Bennett Gallery by artists from PRI (Partnership Resources Inc.), which is a service for adults with developmental disabilities. Blake's community partner Partne...
Pencil Art Gallery
Tony Fautsch, Online Editor
October 28, 2012
Filed under ARTS & CULTURE
Check out the "Pencil Art" gallery in the Art wing at the Upper School