Simsbury Student Art Selected for Display at LOB

The Connecticut Art Education Association (CAEA) has bestowed a prestigious honor on four Simsbury Public Schools students who were chosen to have their artwork on display at the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Hartford.

Works of art were collected from students in grades K-12 throughout the state of Connecticut. Legislators and their staff from various committees select only a certain number of pieces to be framed and hung. These student works will remain on display in the various committee rooms of the LOB for an entire year before being returned to the student fully framed with a letter of appreciation from a legislator.

Henry James Memorial School eighth grader Aaron Harris contributed a portrait of an owl, and seventh grader Reese Turner was selected for a piece entitled “Animal Tangle” (art teacher Kristie Arbesman). From Simsbury High School, sophomore Georgia Poirot’s black and white “Discarded Idea” was selected (art teacher Megan Antosik). From Tariffville School, kindergartner Brielle D’Amore-Chasse’s vivid painting "Still Life" was selected (art teacher Daniel Rosenthal-Baxter).

In a letter to Supervisor of Art K-12 Shannon Gagne, CAEA Advocacy Chair Paul Kulikowski congratulated the Simsbury art teachers for their students’ achievement, noting that this year the competition was especially fierce. Wrote Kulikowski, “This year the process proved even more competitive than ever with 125 works of art being submitted from all across the state. From that number, 50 pieces of art were ultimately selected for the exhibit.”