2010 – Expressions: Celebrating our Traditions and Values
ArtLink 2009-10 Theme: This year we asked our participating young artists to create a piece of art that illustrated, represented, or articulated a treasured tradition that is practiced in their homes, schools, places of worship, or communities.
As the students thought about what tradition they wanted to select for their subject, we asked them to remember that traditions often mirror what a group of people value most. Indeed, that’s one of the main reasons they are carried out by generation after generation.
This exhibition highlights the talents of over 180 young artists from 29 countries. Their work was selected from well over 3,500 pieces that were produced as part of Creative Connections’ ArtLink program for the 2009-10 school year.
Creative Connections’ “Art Partners of the Year” honors were awarded to:
International Partner of the Year: Wekalet El Ghouri Arts Center, Cairo, Egypt
Art Teacher: Mohamed Abdel Dayem
This collection of art is bold, colorful, and conveys a wonderful variety of everyday Egyptian traditions
US Partner of the Year: North Mianus School, Riverside, CT
Art Teacher: Princess Cureton
These talented 4th grade artists presented a lively set of art that captured American culture in a fun, insightful, and skillful way.
Special thanks to
Our ArtLink partner teachers from all over the world who inspired their young student artists to create such wonderful, insightful art.
Peter Corbin
Kathy Draper
Maria del Rosario Fernandez
Barbara Kurtz
Christine Glidden
Leslie van Veide Laughren
Gillian Marshall
Kim Pendergast
Ann Weiner
Developing World Markets for their generous underwriting support for this website exhibit.
