Whose banners will grace Mass. Ave.? 2020 winners announced
For 2020, 95 students submitted artwork to the Arlington Public Art's Youth Banner Initiative, and 20 designs were selected to be printed as banners and hung on light poles this spring along Mass. Ave. in Arlington Center.
To see all of the images, click artsarlington.org/youth-banner-initiative and scroll down.
Three Arlington-based panelists juried the artwork, including artists Pinal Maniar and Karen McCarthy and Tom Formicola, the new executive director of Arlington Center for the Arts. They reviewed the artwork based on two criteria: creative interpretation of the theme “cycles” and clarity of the image, because banners are viewed from a distance.
A reception to celebrate all participants is scheduled for Thursday, April 2, during Arlington High School’s annual art show. At that time, three scholarship winners and a People’s Choice winner will be announced.
The printed banners typically are hung in early April. The previous years’ banners are being repurposed into beautiful, useful totes and will be available for purchase.
Every year, beginning in 2016, teens living or attending school in Arlington have been invited to submit designs for banners. The Youth Banner Initiative encourages development in the visual arts and an opportunity for students in grades six to 12 to be part of Arlington’s public-art programming.
Funding is provided by the Gracie James Foundation in memory of Gracie James, a talented Arlington High School student who found solace and joy in the arts and died in 2010.
The effort has cointinued since 2016.
The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture administers the initiative, and Kaitlin Longmire is the program’s coordinator. We are grateful to Visual Arts Department head David Ardito, and all of the wonderful art teachers at the high school and middle school, for making this program so successful by encouraging their students to create and submit artwork.
Students selected
The committee chose images by these students:
Annika Benn
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch (teacher)
Jane Commons
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Ilana Cooke
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Austin Cronin
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Sonia Erbe
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Lillian Forney
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Claire Grant
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Ella Henson
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Anna Hornak
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Eliot Hughes
Ottoson Middle School
Ms. McKenna
Caroline Kenneally
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Zoe Miller
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Sean Molloy
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Toni Mueller
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Cailyn Murphy
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Eben Negro
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Sarah Peterson
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Martha Smilovitz
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
Grace Weinstein
Arlington High School
Ms. McCulloch
Stella Wong
Arlington High School
Ms. Rebola
To view past winners of the Teen Banner Initiative, check out the gallery >>
Jan. 8, 2019: '19 youth project names 3 winners; banners are up
This news announcement was published Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, and updated Jan. 23, to change logo.
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