2021 MAEA Recognitions Exhibit

Organization or School Affiliation: Groton-Dunstable Regional High School

Student Name: Jai Santoro
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: This piece depicts themes of intrusive thoughts and disordered thought patterns. Disordered thought patterns can be super isolating and greatly impact one's relationships and day to day life. To show how draining and exhausting this can feel I created a seated self portrait with cool muted colors and added newsprint elements to represent intrusive thoughts.

Organization or School Affiliation: Groton-Dunstable Regional High School

Student Name: Hiba Khan
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: Inspired by Japanese architecture, I used a black ballpoint pen to implement detailed cross hatching with linear perspective. The perspective in the buildings, along with the experimentation of lights and darks and the proportional lines on each person, makes the piece look more dimensional in terms of depth and space and achieves a detailed and unique final result.

Organization or School Affiliation: Uxbridge High School

Student Name: Taylor Sanford
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: Back in October I was struck with inspiration to create a different kind of photograph than what I am usually drawn to creating. I ventured to a familiar place by Hopedale pond where; across from this pond stands an old mill. I explored photographing landscapes this day, allowing space to experiment with subject matter. I let myself explore the natural landscape and let the environment inspire me.

Organization or School Affiliation: Falmouth High School

Student Name: Jaden Miranda
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: This piece explores the unknown world of what goldfish may be dreaming about each night. Unlike you and me, goldfish dream about swimming above water in the atmosphere making them feel as light as a feather. In this piece, they are depicted whirling around above the stream while leaving all their worries behind in the water.

Organization or School Affiliation: Falmouth High School

Student Name: Lily Hauptmann
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: These owls were in a display at our local natural history museum. They were stuffed and arranged together on this branch, looking a bit uncomfortable but strangely happy with their glass eyes.

Organization or School Affiliation: Andover High School

Student Name: Hannah Goff
Grade: Grade 11
Artist Statement: For this project, I wanted to portray a frightening and mysterious mood. One of my favorite movie genres is horror and I was inspired to create my own eerie story through my photographs. I drew inspiration from the photographer Joshua Hoffine, and the movies "IT", and "Us". I want to challenge myself and take the viewer on a quest to solve a mystery through my photographs.

Organization or School Affiliation: Andover High School

Student Name: Alexander DelFavero
Grade: Grade 11
Artist Statement: These photos communicate to others that my father is a hard worker but at the end of the day he loves being with his wife and spending time doing the things that bring him some solace after a hard day of work. Because of Covid-19 we have spent more time together as a family whereas before we were not spending as much time together prior to this pandemic.

Organization or School Affiliation: Andover High School

Student Name: Julia Landman
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: My images were taken in abandoned bear cages. I chose this space because I had taken photos there over the summer, so I was familiar with the space. I was trying to convey an ominous tone. I wanted to focus on the cages to emphasize the lack of freedom that the bears had.

Organization or School Affiliation: Andover High School

Student Name: Carolyn Parker
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: My favorite type of photography is landscape photography and capturing nature’s beauty. I liked how creative I could get with composition and deep depth of field. I captured the beautiful Maine sea coast which is a special place for me and my family. I was able to take pictures at angles I wouldn’t usually and I got to experiment a lot with how I took the pictures which I enjoyed.

Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School

Student Name: Kashish Singh
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: This raku-fired sculpture built by hand is inspired by the sea. I looked at coral formations, barnacles, and the interior surface of abalone shells to create this piece. I then applied luster glazes that reduced in the firing process that are highly coppered mimicking the highly iridescent inner layer of the abalone shell.

Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School

Student Name: Millie Chalk
Grade: Grade 11
Artist Statement: In this teapot, my goal was to provoke a sense of mystery, enlightenment, and curiosity in the audience. To do this, I deconstructed the original shape and function of a teapot using nature and colors like forest green with hints of burgundy to portray a magical and woodsy feel. Finally, the use of metallics creates an ethereal feeling making the viewer wonder what magic occurred in this forest.

Organization or School Affiliation: Franklin High School

Student Name: Katelyn Sawyer
Grade: Grade 10
Artist Statement: This tea set was made by hand using the slab technique. I wanted to make new shapes in clay exploring a square form, vertical lines, and bright colors. We see these design characteristics in the handles and in my approach to glazing where I layered multiple brown colors together finishing with a green patina and transparent white; creating a multidimensional surface that’s fresh and modern.

Organization or School Affiliation: Wachusett Regional High School

Student Name: Emma Croce
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: The tragic death of George Floyd ignited civil protests across the world. While some countries protested to show their support with the United States, others protested against police brutality in their own nations. When I was given an assignment to focus on texture, I decided to focus on different types of black hair while also showing a peaceful protest of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Organization or School Affiliation: Winthrop High School

Student Name: Ayat Walid
Grade: Grade 12
Artist Statement: The sense of freedom I feel walking through the Belle Isle Marsh grounds me. I have shaped the houses and hills into mountains in my head. This piece captures the beauty and stillness of the marsh through a range of warm and cool colors and lines.