Aloha High School AP Studio Art, in partnership with Aloha REAP, would like to take a group of over 40 students to the Portland Art Museum.

This fall the Portland Art Museum is hosting a major retrospective of the contemporary artist Hank Willis Thomas. This exhibit “features more than 90 works including early photographic series, recent sculptures based on archival photographs taken during historic 20th-century events, quilts constructed from commercial sports jerseys and prison uniforms, video installations, interactive two-dimensional and time-based works, and public art projects. In addition, the Museum has supported the creation of a new and monumental flag-based work addressing lives lost to gun violence in the United States in 2018 that will serve as the entry point to the exhibition”. This is the first major retrospective of this artist and an incredible opportunity for our students. Field trips like this one  provide students with experiential learning they cannot get in the classroom. This exhibit directly addresses issues many of our students experience on a daily basis and provides a launching point for connection with all of our students around issues of race and equality. 

Your generous support will help cover the costs to take our students to the Portland Art Museum for the Day.