By Kim McDarison
Some 800 pieces of art made by children, grades K-8, living within the School District of Fort Atkinson are on display at the Hoard Historical Museum in Fort Atkinson.
The pieces, which span the museum throughout two floors, comprise Part 1 of the Mary Hoard Art Show, now in its 60th year, Dana Bertelsen, assistant director of the Hoard Museum, said.
The pieces will remain available for viewing through April 9, after which, Part 2, featuring art made by high school students and adults, will be placed on exhibit.
Greeting visitors Saturday afternoon, a volunteer estimated some 50 people had braved the early spring snow shower, arriving at the museum to view the exhibition.
Among visitors on Saturday was Reese Pettit, a kindergarten student at Rockwell Elementary School, and her family. After discovering and viewing Reese’s work, the group, including parents, Abby and Zak, Reese’s cousin, Amara Scuglik, 4, and sister, Everly also 4, explored the colorful array of artistic offerings presented on the museum’s first floor.
Saturday was also the last day visitors could vote for a “Popular Choice” award. Voting began Wednesday, and is one of several awards show participants will win, Bertelsen said. Awards, which will be finalized sometime next week, include first-, second- and third-place and honorable mention ribbons presented within each participating grade level.
Bertelson said works on display within Part 1 were received from students within the school district’s four elementary schools and its middle school, as well as area parochial schools and children within the district who are homeschooled.
The Hoard Historical Museum is located in Fort Atkinson, 401, Whitewater Ave.
While some ribbons had been placed on art Saturday, the process of awarding ribbons within each grade level was still underway. A full list of Part 1 winners will be made available sometime next week, Bertelsen said.
Part 2 of the Mary Hoard Art Show is scheduled to begin April 24, and will run through May 14.
An earlier story about the show and its history is here: https://fortatkinsononline.com/mary-hoard-art-show-returning-to-hoard-museum/.
Following are photos taken Saturday during the event.
Rachel Broadhead, at left, and her children, Monica, a seventh-grader a the Fort Atkinson Middle School and Brock, who is in fourth-grade student at Purdy Elementary School, view student art Saturday at the Hoard Historical Museum.
Brock Broadhead, a fourth-grade student at Purdy Elementary School, stands underneath his piece, top, center, called “Sun Rock.”
A panel teeming with art made by third-graders offers a colorful sampling of pieces found within the Mary Hoard Art Show on display at the Hoard Historical Museum through April 9.
Members of the Petitt family, parents Abby and Zak, and children, Reese, from right, a kindergarten student at Rockwell Elementary School who has work on display; her sister, Everly, 4, and her cousin, Amara Schuglik, also 4, view student art Saturday on the first floor of the Hoard Historical Museum.
Reese Petitt, a kindergarten student at Rockwell Elementary School, stands beneath her bold abstract, top, center, featuring the color pink.
Waves of art-covered display panels fill the museum’s first floor.
A fiber art piece called “Colorful Weaving,” by second-grade artist Payton Ruhnke, a student at Rockwell Elementary School, is among 2D offerings found within the Mary Hoard Art Show, Part 1.
Selected as a second-place winner, “Lizard,” by Crown of Life Christian Academy fifth-grade student Lacee Kutz, is among some 800 pieces available for viewing through April 9.
Found on the museum’s second floor is a display panel featuring 2D art created by eighth-grade students. Two of several 3D pieces available for viewing on the second floor are positioned to the left of the panel.
A synthetic foam sculpture made by eighth-grader Kya Kelleher, titled: “Marching,” in red, is positioned on a pedestal beside a blue and green synthetic foam sculpture made by eighth-grader Aleah Ahmad, titled: “Identify.”
Eighth-grade artwork, both 2D and 3D and made of various materials, is viewed within and above a display case on the museum’s second floor.
Surrounded by seventh- and eight-grade art, Hoard Historical Museum Assistant Director Dana Bertelsen said the Mary Hoard Art Show, which is in its 60th year, received over 800 entries. The show on display until April 9, called Part 1, features the work of students in grades k-8. A second exhibition, called Part 2, will feature high school student and adult art. The second part will be on display beginning April 24.
Kim McDarison photos.
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