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Students Bring Local Scenes to Life Through Art

A group of talented Bronxville High School students recently brought their community to life through a series of original paintings depicting various buildings and landmarks throughout the village of Bronxville. Inspired by Edward Hopper’s renowned painting “Early Sunday Morning,” the students captured familiar scenes of their own hometown.

The project was created by students in art teacher Courtney Alan’s Art 2 class. As part of the experience, the class visited the Whitney Museum of American Art, where they participated in the museum’s “Artist as Storyteller” educational program that teaches visitors how artists act as visual authors.

“We went into town, sketched scenes in our sketchbook for a few days and the students painted their final idea,” Alan said. “The final works will be displayed in the Art Show on May 19 and should give a look into some of the beautiful locations in Bronxville in spring.”
 

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A young person with curly hair, wearing a plaid shirt, is painting at a table with brushes and paints, while a colorful landscape artwork hangs on the wall in the background.
In the foreground, a young artist with long brown hair paints a building on an easel, while in the background, other students work on their art in a brightly lit studio with anatomical models and various paintings displayed.
A young woman with long blonde hair paints at an easel in the foreground, while other students work on their art in a brightly lit classroom in the background.
In the foreground, a student with glasses and a plaid shirt paints in a sketchbook, while in the background, other students work on canvases in an art classroom.
A young woman in a grey hoodie paints a house on an easel in the foreground, while another student paints in the background of an art classroom.
In the foreground, a young woman in a blue shirt paints on an easel, while in the background, other students work at their desks in an art classroom.
In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair paints a house on a canvas, while in the background, other students work on their art in a classroom.
A young woman in the foreground paints a colorful abstract landscape on an easel, while other students work on their art projects in a brightly lit classroom in the background.