2011 Gadsby Awards
for Brookline Public School Students
June 2 - June 8, 2011
Award ceremony:
Wednesday, June 8,2011, 6 to 8 p.m.
Award ceremony:
Wednesday, June 8,2011, 6 to 8 p.m.
Twelve Brookline Public School students will receive Patricia Gadsby Awards for artistic achievement from the Brookline Arts Center on Wednesday, June 8, from 6 to 8 p.m.
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This awards ceremony will take place at the Arts Center, and is free and open to the public. Speakers at the awards ceremony will include Cathleen Cavell,former Town Counsel for the Town of Brookline, Alicia Mitchell, the Art Curriculum Coordinator for the Brookline Public Schools; and Rosamond Vaule, a past president of the Brookline Arts Center board and Massachusetts Cultural Council board member. (Above photo: Gadsby recipient from a previous year.)
Refreshments for the Gadsby Awards reception were donated by Party Favors of Brookline. Special gifts of art supplies for each award recipient were donated by Dick Blick Art Supplies and Cathleen Cavell .
The artwork of the award winners and the honorable mention winners will be on display in the Brookline Arts Center 1st floor classroom from June 2 to 8, 2011. Regular opening hours are Mondays through Fridays, 9 am to 4:30 pm. For more information, call 617-566-5715.
Artwork by Brookline Public School students in grades four through eight is submitted for the competition. A jury of artists and art educators has selected award winners and Honorable Mentions from each of the grades.
The Award winners are Henry Hardebeck, Emily Piken, Ever McMillan, Ronan Schwartz, Elena Cisneros and Anna Koch. The Gadsby Award winners will receive a scholarship for a free art class at the Brookline Arts Center. The honorable mention honorees are Grace Neary, Frank Xu, Kevin Desire, Doh Hyun Kim, Michelle Rios, and Claudia Hermano.
The Gadsby Awards are named after Patricia Rasmussen Gadsby, who served as Brookline Arts Center Community Advisor from 1980 to 1990. She was an enthusiastic, loyal and creative friend to the Center throughout her life. The Gadsby Awards were established to honor Tricia's spirit, her love of the arts and her ability to inspire those around her. With the Gadsby Awards, the Brookline Arts Center hopes to encourage Brookline students to study and create art, and to think creatively.
Founded in 1964, the Brookline Arts Center offers art exhibitions and classes in painting, drawing, sculpture, pottery and jewelry for adults and children. Through its gallery exhibition opportunities, its teaching positions, and its annual Crafts Showcase, the Brookline Arts Center is committed to supporting working professional artists, and to inspiring students to love and create art.