Art From Stockton Students
Featured At Tidewater Gallery In May
Works created by high school students from Stockton area high
schools will be on exhibit during the month of May at downtown
Stockton's Tidewater Art Center and Gallery.
Now in its third year, this annual student exhibit will open
Tuesday, May 6, and continue through Friday, May 30. A reception for
students, friends and family will be hosted Friday, May 9, from 5-8
p.m., in conjunction with the monthly second-Friday Downtown Art
Walk. Mayor Ed Chavez will present awards to the winning students
during the reception. Tim Ulmer of Ulmer Photography will take
photos that evening for the students and their families.
With the aid of a grant from the Stockton Arts Commission, the
gallery is able this year to expand the juried show to all Stockton
area high schools, both private and public. Today's art teachers
provide an exciting variety of challenging art projects to students.
The exhibit will reflect this with categories including, but not
limited to, printmaking, photography, oils, acrylics, and
sculpture.
The art show is the culmination of a multi-faceted program
designed to mentor young artists. Other elements included visitation
by Tidewater artists to art classrooms to discuss the business of
art and to answer questions specific to the student art show, and
workshops held at the gallery to help student artists learn to mat
and frame their work. The program offers the opportunity for one
student to become a member artist at the Tidewater and receive
mentoring and support from fellow artists while learning the
complexities of the business of art.
The Tidewater Art Center & Gallery is an artists' collaborative
located directly across the street from the county Courthouse at 223
E. Weber Avenue, is open Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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