Friday, March 05, 1999
Taft displays youth works
Young program reaches out to classrooms
BY JAYLYNN LESLIE GRAY
Enquirer Contributor
Three-year-old Artists Reaching Classrooms (ARC) iscollaborating with the Cincinnati Art Academy. and the results are on display at the Taft Museum, where the program started.
“I would have loved this program when I was in school,” said Carol Grape, of Villa Hills, one of several professional artists who visited Cincinnati-area schools this year. “My message to them was that they create art from themselves and from their life experiences,” she added.
“I thought the program was really great,” said Winton Woods High School senior Juli Johnson, 18. “We were able to find out what the artist's life is really like.”
The ARC program is possible in large part through the docents at the Taft Museum, who are also responsible for the two ARC scholarships given out this year:
The Docent ARC Scholarship of $1,500 went to Joseph Marshall, a senior at Covington Catholic High School, and the Louise Evans Memorial Scholarshipof $1,000 went to QianaHargrove, a senior at Withrow High School.
“The docents are the glue for this program,” said Abby Schwartz, curator of education at the Taft. “They go to the schools to introduce the program, talk about the Taft and introduce the artists themselves. Without them, there would be no ARC program.”
Sarah Colby, who works at the Cincinnati Art Academy, coordinated the ARC program.
Participating schools were Aiken, Amelia, Badin, Colerain, Covington Catholic, Highlands, William Mason, Milford, St. Ursula Academy, Turpin, Winton Woods and Withrow.
Participating professional artists were Farron Allen, Tom Bacher, Aaron Butler, Kendra Brown, Jeff Casto, Sarah Colby, Karen Dunphy, Suzanne Fisher, Carol Grape, Brian Joiner, Kevin Kelly, Matt Kotlarczyk, Kim Krause, Cheryl Pannabecker, Chris Sickels, Lori Siebert and Vance Farrow.
The students' artwork will be on display at the Taft Museum through March 28.
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