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Downtown Grocery Exhibitour
Spring 2012
The Painting 2/3 class was
invited to create images of the Downtown Grocery interior space,
produce, and product. Students visited the store and took many
reference photos. They selected the best compositions to create
this collection of original paintings. Artist
statements were displayed beneath. Images: (2,
3, 4)
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Downtown Grocery
607 N. 3rd Street
Wausau, WI 54403
(715) 848-9800 |
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Memory Project:
http://www.thememoryproject.org/
This organization
enlists student artists to paint portraits of orphaned children
from around the world. These portraits are then given to adopting
families as a gift with their child.
Last year
students painted 12 portraits of children from Haiti and Thailand.
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Biggby Coffee's
"Refrigerator Art" Program
Local coffee
house hosts annual student painting exhibit. Students select
top 10 paintings by vote for the exhibit. Paintings are hung
at Biggby Coffee for two weeks. Biggby customers vote on their
favorite painting on display in the shop. The Art teacher serves
coffee behind the counter and a percentage of procedes are donated
to East Art Department. Students win a giftcard.
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Biggby Coffee
320 East
Bridge St.
Wausau,
WI 54403
(715) 848-2442 |
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