Art Trip to the Hall Art Foundation

On Wednesday, October 23, three Art classes visited the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont to see exhibits by Sherry Levine, Barbara Kruger, Zorawar Sidhu, and Rob Swainston. Students in Dr. Gravel’s AP Art History, Ms. Jimerson’s AP Studio Art, and Ms. Piana’s Studio Art toured the exhibits, participated in a "token" exercise choosing works they loved and had questions about in the Barbara Kruger exhibit with Mrs. Kaija, discussed an outdoor sculpture installation titled Waterfall by Olafur Eliasson using Visual Thinking Strategies noting observations, thoughts and feelings with Ms. Piccoli and students went on a sculpture walk through the apple orchard and enjoyed taking breaks on the interactive benches by Jeppe Hein.

One of the sculptures titled Children of the Corn (after the Stephen King novella) by Terence Koh inspired Tegan Miller, a student in AP Art History, to write her own horror novel! She stated, “The Children of the Corn sculpture inspired me to write a horror novel about a field of megaliths that come alive at night, filled with the souls of runaway children.”

When asked about the exhibit that interested him the most, Aksel Oates, a student in AP Art History, said, “I really enjoyed the Doomscrolling exhibit. It was so interesting to see art based on events that we all lived through interpreted in such unique and interesting ways.”  Doomscrolling by Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston is a series of 18 woodblock prints that cover events including the Covid pandemic, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the 2020 election, and the insurrection on the Capitol Building that span from May 24, 2020 to January 6, 2021.

The current exhibitions are on view until December 1, 2024. Thanks so much to the Hall Art Foundation for welcoming students from WUHS to learn about contemporary art.