BETHEL — The halls of Telstar Middle School were alive with multiple genres of art Wednesday evening as the sixth annual ArtReach program got under way.
Students had created ceramics and paintings using acrylics, watercolors and other media as well as original films. Some sang in the auditorium, others offered their works for sale to benefit the Path of Perseverance service learning project.
The Path of Perseverance aims to connect the trail system at the Telstar complex with the town’s gateway extension trail. The program also focused on cancer awareness and prevention.
Eighth-grader Maureen Glover of Andover had several paintings hanging on a corridor wall.
“I like to draw what I feel,” she said.
Three of her paintings depicted women in tears because Maureen has lost two grandmothers to cancer. She also takes part in the annual Relay for Life cancer fundraising event.
Sixth-grader Emily Brownstein of Albany Township liked creating creatures from ceramics, particularly her evil kitty and Tippy the turtle, while seventh-grader Andrew Siegel of Albany Township created a film on mountain biking.
Mike Rodway, an eighth-grader from Hanover, with the help of several other students, also produced an eight-minute film, this one on the theme of ArtReach, Path of Perseverance.
Crystelle Head, an eight-grader from Albany Township, donated a glazed pottery bowl to the silent auction. She also likes to work in acrylics.
Along with donations of art work by students, a variety of local artists also offered their work for sale to benefit the Path of Perseverance.
The evening’s events were directed and organized by middle school art teacher Melissa Prescott and music teacher Thomas Coolidge.
Those interested in learning more about the Path of Perseverance service learning project may log onto: www.wix.com/tmspop/trails
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