Student Art on Display

Photograph

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Pejepscot History Center

Name/Title

Student Art on Display

Entry/Object ID

2003.546e.5721

Description

A black and white photograph of Senter's Department Store's display manager, Robin Giles, putting up art work by Hawthorne and Longfellow School students. Several portraits, landscape paintings, and abstract pieces are posted on the store's window in Brunswick, Maine. This photo was published in the Times Record newspaper on 03/20/1992.

Collection

Times Record

Lexicon

Search Terms

Times Record, Senter's, Schools - Hawthorne, Schools - Longfellow

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Labor of Love: Creating Art and Community

Notes

Senter’s Department Store, a Brunswick, ME staple for many years, regularly hosted an art show of local school students' work. In this photo, Robin Giles, the display manager, places Hawthorne and Longfellow School students’ work on display. Several portraits, landscape paintings, and abstract pieces done by gifted fifth-grade students are posted in the store’s window. Local businesses often displayed grade school artwork as a way to show support for the creative development of the town’s students and foster a connection with the community outside of the school walls.