Mansfield, PA — Commonwealth University-Mansfield is holding its 9th annual Master and Grasshopper Art Exhibit through Friday, April 28, in the Loomis Gallery in Allen Hall on the Mansfield campus. Admission is free.
This annual regional
exhibition is held for high school art students and their teachers.
Teachers select up to two students to bring one piece each of their
artwork as well as one of their own to the event. The teachers provide a
statement as to why they chose each student.
An
awards reception will be held on Friday, April 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. Six
awards will be presented: Best in Show, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place;
Honorable Mention 2D, and Honorable Mention 3D. This year, 18 faculty
and 28 students are exhibiting. Jason Strictland, an art teacher from
Towanda Area Jr./Sr. High School is judging the exhibition.
Students
from districts submitted a total of 46 pieces of artwork for the show.
The 14 school districts represented are Athens Area, Boiling Springs,
Chenango Valley, Cowanesque Valley, GST Boces Welding Program,
Odessa-Montour Central School, Horseheads (NY), Lackawanna Trail, North
Penn, North Schuylkill, Palisades, Tunkhannock Area, Williamson High
School, Williamsport Area, and Williams Valley.
The
first Master and Grasshopper event was held in 2015, by Professor
Emeritus, Dr. Mardi Whitehouse. At the time, Dr. Whitehouse was the head
of the art education program at Mansfield University.
The
name “Master and Grasshopper” was inspired by the martial arts film
genre use of the word grasshopper for someone who is not experienced.
Hence, the title represents a teacher along with a student.