Newark High School Art Department teachers Renée Bailey, Keely McGowan and Amy O’Connor, are continuing to spotlight marginalized communities outside their classrooms this fall and demonstrate how art can give them a voice.
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During the National Hispanic Heritage Month observance that began September 15 and ends October 15, fine arts and media arts students are approaching the Surrealist art movement in a variety of ways.
Noting Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, leaders of the movement, were both from Spain, the NHS students are researching and learning how the Surrealists formed in the 1920's after the Dada art movement as a result of WWI to create artworks.
“As our artists are creating Surrealist pieces two-dimensionally and/or three-dimensionally, we are discussing the contributions that the Hispanic culture has made to our world, from athletes to Supreme Court justices _ and what is our identity or social cause that we want to lift up through our art,” Bailey said.
“As you walk down our school hallway you will see images of musicians, astronauts, scientists, actors and many more that were groundbreaking in their field.
“Feel free to read up on their many contributions and look out for our Surrealist work in our display cases when they are done.“