Large Regional Student Art Show On Display At Avon School

Avon Old Farms School

AVON, CT — Area residents are invited to a community art show at a private school in Avon that is displaying the work of several high school students from Avon and surrounding towns.

The seventh annual Avon Old Farms School Regional Art Exhibition opened on March 27, highlighting art from middle and high school students from around central Connecticut.

It will continue to be open to the public through Sunday, April 6, in the Ordway Art Gallery in Avon Old Farms' Brown Student Center at 744 Old Farms Road in Avon.

The exhibition this year is titled “Strength of Vision” and compiles multiple works from students
at Avon Middle School, Avon High School, Bristow Middle School, Canton High School, Conard
High School, Covenant Preparatory School, Farmington Middle School, Farmington High School,
Hall High School, Kingswood Oxford School, Miss Porter’s School, Renbrook School, Simsbury
High School, and Westminster School, as well as Avon Old Farms School.

Avon Old Farms Art Department Chairperson Cristina Pinton organizes the event each year.

She said she wanted the theme this year to honor the creative, expressive, and universal power young
artists possess.

“Strength of Vision celebrates all of the incredibly talented artists participating
in the show, but also the commitment we as artists, educators, parents, and friends need to
support them wholeheartedly and all arts programs across the country,” Pinton said.

The opening night reception welcomed professors and administrators from the Hartford Art
School and the UConn School of Fine Arts, local artists, and the featured students and their
families. Refreshments and live music were on offer as well.

For the local students featured in the exhibit, it was an opportunity to interact with other like-
minded peers.

John Granger, 18, of Simsbury, is featured in the regional art show for the first time.

“I was confused at first when my teacher said my work would be on display because that had never
happened. But then I saw it on display, and with others looking at it. I felt really proud. I always
thought art was something I had talent in, but not to this extent,” he said.

Granger’s piece is a colored pencil and charcoal self-portrait, surrounded by different illustrated elements that hold significance for him.

For anyone interested in visiting the exhibit, it will be open to the public from 9 a.m.
until 5 p.m. every day until Sunday, when the exhibit will conclude at 4 p.m. The exhibit is free
of charge.