Outdoor Art Class

Name/Title

Outdoor Art Class

Entry/Object ID

1992.79.30

Description

A black and white photograph of Mary Ganske's art class at Brunswick Junior High School. The photo shows students John Adams, Bruce Smalling, and Barry Michaud sitting outside observing a nature scene behind the Junior High School. They are each holding sketch pads focusing on the scenery. Dated 1962.

Lexicon

Search Terms

Art Class

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Labor of Love: Creating Art and Community

Notes

Brunswick Junior High School, Brunswick, ME has a large natural area behind the school, with trees and streams providing a barrier between the school and the adjacent neighborhood on Peary Drive. This area is used for education purposes as well as recreation, whether looking at water striders in the streams for science class or sketching landscapes for art class like this photograph. Mary Ganske’s art students John Adams, Bruce Smalling, and Barry Michaud, are seen with pens and pads on their laps, focusing on capturing the scenery before them.