Artists Recognized at Induction Ceremony
Monday’s assembly got our week off to a creative start when the entire school was inspired by 34 new pieces of art inducted into Graland’s Permanent Art Collection. Works were created during the 2015-16 school year and were selected based on a high level of skill, a creative composition and a unique approach to ideas presented in class.
Monday’s assembly got our week off to a creative start when the entire school was inspired by 34 new pieces of art inducted into Graland’s Permanent Art Collection. Works were created during the 2015-16 school year and were selected based on a high level of skill, a creative composition and a unique approach to ideas presented in class.
The Permanent Art Collection at Graland began in 1977 with the idea that excellent student art work should be recognized, displayed well and hung throughout the school. Student Heidi Lasher kicked off the collection with her watercolor painting of a daffodil and art teacher Cathy Naughton used a broken window from the original Georgia Nelson building and scrap wood from the old wood shop to have the historic piece framed. Today, there are well over 1,500 pieces of student art displayed throughout Graland.
Congratulations to these student artists! Please note: Grades listed are from the 2015-16 school year.
Grade 8
- Annabel Benes: calligraphy print of a cupcake, a piece that won a Silver Key at the Scholastic Art Show
- Caroline Burke-Dullinger: seascape with pen and ink and painted with a wash technique
- Annie Mandava: print of a parrot using etching technique
- Adam Thiret: otter on scratchboard with watercolor enhancements
- Zoey Dale: wolf collage from gray and white paper
Grade 7
- Cameron Swaney: three prints of a bird, a piece that won Gold Key at the Scholastic Art Show and was exhibited at the Denver Art Museum
- Marin Bomgaars: line and shape design of a wolf
- Natalie Rumsfeld: close up photograph of two skeletons
- Katharine Merrifield: ink design
- Amy Moore-Bonbright: block print of a hand with a sand dollar using layered ink
Grade 6
- Millie Brophy: portrait of a girl inspired by the artist Modigliani
- Kate Henry: layered drawing of a tree on acetate sheets
- Julia Cole: sketch created on the Keystone trip, then painted with watercolor
- Olivia Murane: pottery vase created with coiled clay
Grade 5
- Elliot Rutherford: dot painting with three animals
- Cate Corry: punched yarn picture of a bunny
- Saedra Gurfinkel: sunset over the ocean in colored pencil
Grade 4
- Addie Zucher: clay sculpture of a fox
- Amelia Birner: bird on tie-dye paper
- Maria Storch: colorful yarn design of a bike
- Sam Reisch: black and white design cut out of Contrasto Paper
Grade 3
- Leni Cooper: photograph of flowers with a hidden stone cairn
- Claire Boyle: painting of swirling sky with a dimensional cypress tree inspired by Van Gogh
Grade 2
- Finley Bell: landscape painting inspired by Grandma Moses
- Lyla Eidson: picture of a girl created on shrink art paper
- Alex Chandler: painting of a cheetah with a jungle background
Grade 1
- Everett Gulick: the Statue of Liberty
- Dylan Milo: three dimensional portrait of a girl on fabric
Kindergarten
- Jessie Huberman: clay sculpture of a swan
- Addison Reed: giraffe drawing with leaf print background
- Rory Neren: sparkle scratchboard drawing of a beetle
- Petra Mubarak: jelly fish painting
Pre-Kindergarten
- Naya Sherick: watercolor painting of fish
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Graland Country Day School
Graland Country Day School is a private school in Denver, Colorado, serving students in preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school. Founded in Denver in 1927, Graland incorporates a rich, experiential learning approach in a traditional classroom setting, emphasizing the development of globally and socially conscious leaders who excel academically.
