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Art of Legacy

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This project brings together teaching artists from North Bank Artists, the resources of the Clark County Historical Museum, and  art classes from Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Hudson’s Bay High School. Students are instructed by teaching artists in the classroom on how to create art inspired by the museum's collection and write an artist's statement that connects the disciplines for each artwork.

Each school has two teaching artists visit the classroom in February and March. Each artist runs a project that introduces students to a new medium or skill set, such as printmaking and concept art.  At the end of the project, students display work and artist’s statements at their school and North Bank Artists Gallery.

There is a visit to the Clark County Historical Museum during the project for each student. At the museum, students view the exhibits and select and sketch artifacts for their projects. Some research is done at the school’s media center and with online academic resources and the museum website. The goal of the project is to help students to better understand the historical and artistic resources available in their community and to inspire them to research and create their own work.

No Art of Legacy project is planned in 2017.


Art of Legacy 2016 press

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Art teacher Fae Moeller, from left, checks a print with Sharri LaPierre of North Bank Artists, eighth-grader Arianna Bollens, 13, and seventh-grader Darrian Gunderson, 12, on Thursday at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Artifacts inspire artwork by students

By Susan Parrish, Columbian Education Reporter
Published: February 21, 2016

Art of Legacy project teaches history, more through fort museum field trips.. Perched on a stool in Fae Moeller’s advanced art class at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Darrian Gunderson, 12, used a large nail to etch an arrowhead design into a 4-by-4-inch acrylic glass plate.

“You have to press really hard. I never realized how hard,” said the seventh-grader, concentrating. Nearby, Athena Rossi, 12, worked on her etching of a bone spoon. “I really like the cracks,” she said. “I thought I could pull that off really well with the scratching tool.”
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In a project called the Art of Legacy, art students from Jefferson and Vancouver School of Arts and Academics learned about history at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

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2014 Art of Legacy advertisement
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