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SOMA Art Teacher Will Retire After 23 Years
A display at the Domerecki Gallery in Columbia High School paid tribute to Ellen Weisbord, who has also worked at Marshall School.
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The public has two more days to see a unique student compilation done in tribute to a longtime, soon-to-retire art teacher in the South Orange-Maplewood School District.
According to a school news release, the display at the Domerecki Gallery in Columbia High School in tribute to Ellen Weisbord, a 23-year veteran teacher who has also worked at Marshall School, will be open to the public until Thursday, June 22.
The display – titled “Portrait of an Art Teacher: 23 years, Marshall School and Columbia High School” – includes photocopies of self-portraits done for the past 10 years by students in Weisbord’s drawing classes. The display also includes self-portrait prints from her design classes and some photos from her fibers classes, including baskets and tapestries.
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Weisbord spent her career at Marshall Elementary School in 1994 and concluded at Columbia High School since 2005, a news release stated.
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