Student Artwork Exhibit Is Now on Display at the Guggenheim Museum

About 1,500 students from 12 public schools around New York City in grades 2-6 had the opportunity to meet with teaching artists from the Guggenheim Museum and now have their artwork displayed at the Upper East Side space.

A Year with Children is an annual exhibition presented by the Guggenheim’s Learning Through Art (LTA) program, which allows students to explore art techniques and express their creativity.

This year’s exhibit was unveiled on April 21, and student representatives from each school were present to speak upon the artwork their class made with an LTA educator.

Danielle, a fourth grader from PS 8 in Brooklyn Heights, explained that she created a three-dimensional tunnel book about the duration of a school day. Each student took three photos to represent something important to them, then traded the photos with other students. The overall piece was inspired by the work of Leslie Hewitt: a contemporary artist featured at the Guggenheim. One of Hewitt’s series involves layering photos, creating textures with a variety of materials that pop out at the viewer.

“We were only allowed to use collages and oil pastels,” Danielle said. “We were not allowed to use paint because we were not allowed to use marker. The only thing we were allowed to use marker for were the frames and special details.”