Art students visit NYC museums
photos and story by Richard Huck

Very early on Friday morning, November 12th, a group of 41 mostly 11th and 12th grade art students assembled outside of the auditorium for the department trip to New York City and two of the world’s finest art museums. Chaperoning the trip were art teachers Trevor Hershey and Richard Huck along with high school principal Joane Eby and her husband, Ron.

The first stop was the Guggenheim Museum.  This was the last building that Frank Lloyd Wright designed and unfortunately, he never got to see it finished before he passed away.  It was very controversial at the time in that it stood out from all of the other buildings in the area.

The exhibition was called Chaos and Classicism which focused on work that was created in Europe between the world wars.  Of course there were quite a few Picassos along with Henri Matisse and de Chirico paintings and sculptures.

The next stop was at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  The works on view were very diverse in that they covered a wide spectrum of art and design.  The students could see works by the cubists to works of the abstract expressionists.  The students were very fortunate to see Claude Monet’s Water Lilies.  In addition they could view chairs, race cars and even helicopters….a little bit of everything in one museum.

It was a glorious day with outstanding weather, although everyone agreed that the time in both museums was too short.