Young artists have a chance to display their work at the Glenview Mansion in Rockville during an exhibition that one teacher says promotes self-confidence.
Kelly Ervin, 15, submitted a collage to the show last year that featured a woman blowing a gust of wind at the Earth. It was the first time her artwork appeared in a show.
“It was awesome seeing all the art,” said Kelly, a ninth-grader at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac. “I was getting all excited. When I saw mine, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh! It’s right there!’ ”
The Glenview Mansion is a 19th-century pillared home in a 153-acre park.
Kelly, who is taking a portfolio class at Stone Branch School of Art in Rockville, plans to pursue art in college.
She now is studying the technical aspects of art, such as figuring out concepts and honing skills. She has not yet decided which piece to submit to this year’s show.
“You kind of try to think of what the competition is looking for and then you think of your strongest pieces, and you find a compromise between the two,” Kelly said.
The art show receives a range of submissions each year, from fourth-grade class projects to portfolios from high school seniors, said Susan Klise, Glenview Mansion administrator. And the portfolios are always “jaw-droppingly gorgeous,” she said.
All submissions end up in the exhibition, which is fun for the young people, Klise said.
Terre Jenkins, director of the Stone Branch School of Art, said about 100 students will participate in this year’s student art show from her school. Stone Branch focuses on teaching students age 3 to adult about multimedia fine arts, from drawing to print-making.
“I think [the show] really gives a sense of confidence and legitimacy to the work that they do,” Jenkins said. “It’s one thing to hear your family compliment you or your teacher compliment you, but when you see your work in a gallery, it helps substantiate a feeling of self-confidence.”
The student art show helps people appreciate the range of talent, too, Jenkins said, because work from second-graders sits beside that of 10th- and 11th-graders. Families also can see the progress students make over the years.
And for Klise, the month of March at Glenview is highly anticipated.
“It always makes you smile when it’s student art month,” Klise said. “It’s fun work.”
Students in elementary, middle and high schools who live or attend school in Rockville may submit one two- or three-dimensional piece of artwork in any media. Judges will give ribbon awards to the best artwork submitted by children in grades three through 12. The exhibition runs from March 4 through March 23. Submissions are due from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville.
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