Long-Time New Milford Art Educator Focus of Penn State Exhibit

The Special Collections Library at Penn State University is exhibiting the works of Bea Card Kettlewood now through June 22. Kettlewood was the chair of New Milford High School's art department from 1960 to 1984.

The exhibition, "Seeing to Sketching to Painting: Bea Card Kettlewood Works" documents Kettlewood's experiences as an art educator and mentor. 

According to Kettlewood, top on her list of goals as art chair at was teaching students to see that there is beauty everywhere, whether in a clump of weeds or in a flower garden.

Kettlewood emphasized to her students that no matter how square, rectangular or rigid humans attempt to make things, with time and weather, there are jagged edges, bouncing moving lines, shades and tints of color.

"It is art to see relationships of lines be they curved or straight, leading in different directions, parallel or opposing," she said.

"It is art to see relationships of colors moving from one place to another.” 

In conjunction with the exhibition, Kettlewood will present a Gallery Talk on Friday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m., in the Special Collections Library exhibit area. This talk is being held as part of the Sixth Annual Arts Crawl sponsored by the Students Organizing the Multiple Arts and the Visual Art Student Alliance in the College of Arts and Architecture.