North Bank Artists partnered with Fort Vancouver National Historic Site for this year’s Art of Legacy program, in honor of the National Park Service’s 100th year. Students from the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics and Thomas Jefferson Middle School created art pieces inspired by artifacts in the park’s museum collection.
The program included a field trip to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, where the students learned about Vancouver’s past through the lens of historic documents and archaeology, and studied numerous artifacts from the park’s museum collection. After the field trip, teaching artists, including a master printmaker, visited the classrooms to provide guidance on techniques and writing interpretive panels to accompany the artwork.
“The field trip was exceptional this year, and students came away with a better understanding of the role the parks serve in our community. The classroom projects went very well, and I am excited for folks to see how they turned out,” said Maureen Montague of North Bank Artists.
The Art of Legacy student show will be on display from April 16th to June 4th.
The program included a field trip to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, where the students learned about Vancouver’s past through the lens of historic documents and archaeology, and studied numerous artifacts from the park’s museum collection. After the field trip, teaching artists, including a master printmaker, visited the classrooms to provide guidance on techniques and writing interpretive panels to accompany the artwork.
“The field trip was exceptional this year, and students came away with a better understanding of the role the parks serve in our community. The classroom projects went very well, and I am excited for folks to see how they turned out,” said Maureen Montague of North Bank Artists.
The Art of Legacy student show will be on display from April 16th to June 4th.
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