Articles Categorized: Arts

Check out the photo gallery from Waynflete’s All School Art Show

The All School Art Show in the Waynflete Art Gallery was an amazing, colorful way for students to brighten our campus this spring. The show had everything from airborne wonders and handmade ceramics to vibrant drawings, painting, and stunning photography—there were even larger-than-life papier-mâché representations of endangered Maine...

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Lower School students celebrate Día de los Muertos in multidisciplinary study

The Lower School Spanish and visual art programs recently came together to explore the beautiful Mexican tradition of Día de los Muertos, a time to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed on. During this study, Lower School students...

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Lower School art students visit the Portland Museum of Art

Art students in grades 4–5 recently went on a field trip to the Portland Museum of Art. Docents expertly guided our students in the "Seeing Through Sketching" tour. Our students received several compliments from museum staff on how well-mannered and...

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Portland Stage Company performs Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar for Middle School students

Portland Stage Company gave an abridged performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for the entire Middle School last week! Michael Dix Thomas '02 directed the play, and Elliot Nye '15 played Brutus. Theater 8 students participated in a director's lab workshop...

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Stellar performances from Waynflete musicians

Last week at Waynflete was a musical one! We had two lovely recitals on Wednesday that featured students in grades 2–11 who take private lessons with our outstanding Enrichment Music teachers. On Thursday, 70 musicians from five different ensembles (Acoustic...

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The SpongeBob Musical had a spectacular opening night!

The SpongeBob Musical takes us on a journey to the colorful world of "Bikini Bottom" where we find SpongeBob Squarepants, Patrick Star, and Sandy Cheeks bravely trying to save their beloved underwater realm from certain destruction! Our Upper School students...

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Max Polsky ’23 gave an impressive performance in the Jazz All-State ensemble

Congratulations to Max Polsky '23 who recently performed as a part of the Jazz All-State ensemble at Bangor High School. This nine-person ensemble spent three days rehearsing and learning about improvisation and jazz history.

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Students in grades 2–3 create signal flags as part of their martitime study

Our 2–3 art students recently created signal flags using color theory! Each classroom made a full alphabet without use of rulers or measuring devices. Every color includes all primary hues. Once the alphabets were completed, students brainstormed ideas to describe...

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Ben Pochurek ’24 continues to impress with his artwork

Congratulations to Ben Pochurek '24! Ben was honored by the Portland Museum of Art back in April and was recently featured in the Portland Press Herald for his unique artwork. Ben uses his welding talent and materials he finds around his...

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Students in Theater 8 perform Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb”

Students in Theater 8 performed Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" at last week's Middle School Assembly. This poem was performed for the first time at President Biden's Inauguration in January 2021. The eighth grade has been studying persuasive speaking, and this choral reading was...

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Upper Schoolers participate in Maine All State Jazz Band

Congratulations to Max Polsky '23 and Oscar Twining '23, who last weekend participated in the Maine All State Jazz Band! Max and Oscar traveled to Bangor High School for three days of rehearsal and performance. While rehearsing the band on...

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Middle School musicians and singers perform for live indoor audience for the first time in two years

Middle School musicians and singers recently performed for a full-house audience in Franklin Theater for the first time since December 2019. This was the first experience with ensemble music making for sixth graders since the Grades 4 and 5 Chorus...

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Waynflete hosts 24-hour theater fest

Congratulations to the 45 brave, talented, and gracious students from five local high schools (Waynflete, Bonny Eagle, Scarborough, Greely, and Morse) who participated in Saturday's 24-Hour Theater Fest! This is the seventh year that Waynflete has hosted the event, which...

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Upper School art students collaborate with alum Nate Dubuque ’07 on pattern design and printing

Longtime visual arts teacher Judy Novey discusses a project that started with "super humble little stamps" and kept multiplying, both literally and educationally... The hybrid learning environment presented a challenge: how could I teach a printmaking class when kids weren't...

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4-5 Neighborhood Collage Triptychs

As part of our Harlem Renaissance unit, 4-5 Art students studied the work of Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden. Using recycled materials, students created a collage triptych in the style of Bearden’s “The Block,” a six-panel collage of his Harlem...

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Third Annual Waynflete Chamber Music Festival

Waynflete hosted its third annual Chamber Music Festival on Sunday, March 7. This event was a big milestone for the school—the performance by the Upper School Chamber Ensemble was the the first live musical performance in Franklin Theater since January...

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Intern Mohamed Kilani creates inspirational artwork at Waynflete’s remote hub

With support from the Winter Break Community Engagement Fund (established by the McKeen Center for the Common Good), Bowdoin senior Mohamed Kilani has been interning at Waynflete over the past few weeks. Mo is pursuing a double major in Hispanic...

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Antonio Rocha brings storytelling talents to Waynflete to help celebrate Black History Month

In celebration of the art of storytelling and Black History Month, we were happy to have Antonio Rocha join us for a Lower School Assembly. This event was made possible by the Class of 1970 Guest Speaker and Visiting Artist...

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2020 Festival of Student-Written Plays

Student in Waynflete's Performing Arts program recently performed three student-written plays to a small live audience and via live stream. Read descriptions of the plays below, then click the links to watch! (more…)

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Starry Night in EC

When the EC Loons returned from winter break, they dove into a study of Vincent van Gogh's artwork. After looking closely at a number of his paintings, the children showed heavy interest in "Starry Night." They looked at other artists...

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