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| Connor Consolidated School fifth-grader Kylee Zetterman |
pARTnership sponsors youth exhibit at the Mall
In celebration of National Youth Art Month, the fourth annual Essence of the North student art exhibit is now on display at the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle. Sponsored by the Northern pARTners Aroostook County regional art educators, this year’s exhibit features selected art pieces from students in grades pre-K-12.
Nearly 350 art pieces from students in Caribou/Limestone, Connor and other county schools are on display through April 1.
Argy Nestor, visual and performing arts specialist at the Maine Department of Education, was on hand for the March 12 opening reception. “I’m here because I travel as much as I can to support arts teachers — music, dance, theater and visual arts — throughout the state,” she said. “The arts teachers in Aroostook County do a fabulous job, so I like to come up here to let them know how much I appreciate the work that they do every day with kids.”
Nestor encouraged parents to be more vocal regarding visual arts in school.
“I believe that often parents don’t realize the importance of using their voices to express how they value art education to school districts, administrators and school board members,” said Nestor. “I would encourage them to step back and think about how important their voice is when it comes to determining school budgets.”
