Raritan NJ
8-15-2023 8:53pm

A SOCIETY OF MAESTRO ART STUDENTS CREATE ATTRACTIVE PAINTINGS ON THE WALLS AT BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN HIGH SCHOOL

Their mission was to create impressions “that will last forever.”Their mission also required some homework that had to be completed outside the classroom–and outside the state line.They are the passionate and gifted students who comprise the National Art Honor Society at Bridgewater-Raritan High School.

And their mission, under the guidance of their dedicated advisor, Sarah Nasson, was to create lively painted murals on the walls and hallways of their beloved Bridgewater-Raritan High School.Since 2006, the art students have decorated the high school–and this year’s exhibit was sparkling and attractive.The murals featured a large Panther that is roaring with its mouth wide open, a symbol to honor the mascot of Bridgewater-Raritan. That exquisite painting adorns the wall outside Room 1003 at the 1000 Building.A splendid graphic of lily pads is splashed outside the classroom of Jennifer Haff, who is a French Teacher.Another wall outside a classroom of English Teacher Kat Doherty is decorated with books that are falling off a shelf and towards a student reading a novel. Both Ms. Haff, who is also the French Club Advisor at the high school, and Ms. Doherty, who wears many hats at the high school, including the Poetry Out Loud District Coordinator and the Active Minds Club Advisor, were the lucky winners of an annual raffle that the National Art Honor Society holds at the start of each school year.Due to the various activities that both teachers are involved in, there is plenty of traffic outside their classrooms for the paintings to be viewed—and admired.The two winning teachers each year request what topic that they would cherish to be displayed outside their classroom—and the skilled art students then take to their brushes.

These maestro artists took out their brushes every Friday after school to work on their subjects.The large mural of the Panther required a full team of artists.“We all worked at it and all had a say on how we wanted it to look,’ said Harsha Balamurugan, who will be a junior come September.”We had to make changes along the way but it turned out really good.”Ana Syed, another sophomore last school year, agreed.“Trial and error, “ she said. “A lot of changes.”Sophie Avila, also a junior come fall, said that the Panther “will last forever.”Forever means that Abigail Alonso’s younger brother Ethan, who is a student at the Eisenhower Intermediate School, will “will get to see it in five years.”“It looks so cool and it will be here for a long time,” declared Abigail, who is another rising junior.Kylie Rosander, who is also entering her junior year, said how “the Panther turned out to be fun and it is really nice looking.”The task of painting the books on the wall outside of Ms. Doherty’s classroom was not as wide open as the wall where the Panther presently roams. “It was hard because there was little space to work,” revealed Asha Dala, who will be a senior this fall. ”So the painting went slow.”Despite the cramped working conditions, Asha and her fellow artists were pleased with the finished product.“It came out great,” she claimed. While the paintings of the books provided some minor obstacles, the preparation to create the lily pads required a trip across the Hudson River.“We all visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City,” Ms. Nasson reported. That tour of the famous museum enabled the Bridgewater-Raritan artists to view an exhibit of lily pads.“They saw paintings of lily pads and they worked off of that,” Ms. Nasson said.These gifted artists will spring back into action when the 2023-2024 school year’s bell is rung in September.Two lucky teachers who win the raffle will result in more lively and attractive walls throughout Bridgewater-Raritan High School.

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