Lincoln 4th Grade Art Students Interview Local Business Owners

Submitted by Lincoln School Principal Brent Conway.

This past week, Lincoln School 4th grade art students took part in an exciting Art project and conducted interviews of Melrose business owners and managers in order to learn more about the communicative power of art and portraiture, as well as to get in touch with their local community.

The students will be creating a mixed media portrait of the individual, which will be on display at the annual City Art Show and then in the local business establishment.

Volunteer members of the Melrose business community visited the 4th grade art classes to share their experiences with the students. 

“It was a really fun experience,” said Joe Turner of . “I was impressed with the participation of the students; their questions were very good.”

As part of a lesson taught by student teacher Abby Morgan, a graduate student of Tufts University with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the students will use the information gained through their interviews to create portraits of the business owners.

Fourth grader Lydia Steger-Wilson said “We learned it’s hard to do an interview, but we had a great time.”

Many of the business volunteers were contacted through the with the help of Executive Director Joan Ford Mongeau, who also volunteered her time.  “It was a blast!” she said.