Where can you find the youngest neo-Impressionists in the county?
Try looking at St. Paul’s School in Haymarket.
To the pride of their parents and teachers, preschool and elementary school children held their own art exhibition at the school.
Artwork on display included the children’s renditions of works by Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and George Seurat.
Kindergarten, first and second grade students had been taught how to mimic the Impressionists through use of pointillism.
Jackie Del Vacchio, St. Paul’s School fine arts instructor, showed the children how to create swirling colors in motion like Vincent Van Gogh's paint strokes in Starry Night. She also demonstrated how to make quick brush strokes to capture light and color as Claude Monet did in his garden scenes.
“It was exciting to see how the children were able to grasp the different styles of painting,” said Del Vacchio.
According to Maureen Lenihan, second grade teacher, the school “also had artwork that augmented the elementary school curriculum, including the use of patterns, graphic designs used in mathematics and three-dimensional maps of the United States.”
Sculptures and water colors were displayed in the age-three (PK3) class.
“We had them work on their paintings and sculptures while listening to Bach music,” said Nicole Roberts, PK3 teacher.
The preschool and elementary students dressed to impress in suits, ties and skirts. Attendees strolled down the school corridors, viewing the work as they sipped sparkling apple cider in champagne flutes and nibbled on chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Director of St. Pau’'s, Kathleen Katz, said “Seeing their artwork on the refrigerator at home is very important. However, I think that having the children dress up to view their own artwork will have a lasting impact. It sends a message that the work of their hands is very important.”
“I believe the children did a wonderful job,” Del Vacchio said. “And it makes me so happy to have exposed them to art in such a way that they had fun and learned techniques and facts along the way and to see them so excited about the masterpieces they created.”
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