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Student Work Decorates Parker Halls
Student artists have been busy in class dreaming up creative products to decorate Parker’s model home.
A stroll through the halls reveals a treasure trove of student talent, including:
- Personal still life acrylic paintings from Upper School Painting I students, which depict frozen moments and reveal who the artists are through meaningful items
- Wire sculptures by 6th grade students, made by painting stretched nylon shapes in styles inspired by Harsono, Kusama, Stark and Murkami
- Dimensional works made of foam core inspired by the work of Matt W Moore and Frank Lloyd Wright, created by Upper School students in Metals/Glass/Other materials class
- Alphabetography collages by 8th grade photo students showcasing the alphabet in myriad ways around us each day
- Product design work made in ProCreate by 7th grade digital artists
- Self-directed artwork emerging from 4th grade art classes
- Darkroom magic skills and photograms created by students immersed in traditional photography
- Color typologies developed by Upper School photo students
- Wooden rings by Lower School artists employing skills of drilling, sanding, rasping and painting
- Wooden trays constructed by 5th grade students in Shop class as they explored regular and irregular polygons while learning how to use a protractor and make miter cuts
- Wooden golfers made by 7th grade artists in Shop class
Francis W. Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community.