{"id":9688,"date":"2018-06-10T20:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T00:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=9688"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:35:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:35:28","slug":"budding-artists-show-off-their-masterpieces-in-gallery-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=9688","title":{"rendered":"Budding Artists Show Off their Masterpieces in Gallery Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, ACPS held a reception and gallery walk to celebrate 51 student artists whose work was installed in the School Board meeting room for the upcoming school year. Each year a selection of student works is chosen by art instructors to be a part of the exhibit. The works, some of which are compilations, represent the talents of students from each of our schools. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/274114689?title=0&amp;amp;byline=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The School Board meeting room is accessible during\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acps.k12.va.us\/domain\/851\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School Board meetings and events<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9730 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-145x100.jpg\" alt=\"student artwork -cityscape\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-145x100.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-260x179.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-800x551.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9727 size-thumbnail\" style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-4-69x100.jpg\" alt=\"student artwork - portrait representing multiple ethnic groups\" width=\"69\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-4-69x100.jpg 69w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-4-248x360.jpg 248w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-4-414x600.jpg 414w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-4.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 69px) 100vw, 69px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9729 size-thumbnail\" style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6-145x100.jpg\" alt=\"student artwork - Chinese dragon and portrait of a boy\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6-145x100.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6-260x179.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6-800x551.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-6.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9726 size-thumbnail\" style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3-145x100.jpg\" alt=\"student artwork - portrait and abstract\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3-145x100.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3-260x179.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3-768x529.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3-800x551.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-3.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9728 size-thumbnail\" style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-5-69x100.jpg\" alt=\"student artwork - desert sunset\" width=\"69\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-5-69x100.jpg 69w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-5-248x360.jpg 248w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-5-414x600.jpg 414w, http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_express_internal-5.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 69px) 100vw, 69px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, more than 80 works of art from Jefferson-Houston students went on display at the Durant Center at 1065 Cameron St. on June 6. The students were celebrated at an art opening that evening. The works will be on exhibit through August 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 80 works of art were also exhibited at the Ninth Annual Youth Arts Festival on June 2, hosted by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority in coordination with ACPS, Alexandria Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, and community organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students were honored at an art showcase reception on Thursday night to celebrate the installation of their artwork in the School Board meeting room. Watch a video with highlights from the event and learn about the 160 additional student art pieces celebrated in Alexandria this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3,62,16,19,21,35,20,6,5,76,26,17,13,27,24,23,22,28,18,39,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acps","category-achs","category-awards","category-brooks","category-charles-barrett","category-cora-kelly","category-events","category-george-mason","category-george-washington","category-hammond","category-highlights","category-jefferson-houston","category-john-adams","category-lyles-crouch","category-macarthur","category-minnie-howard","category-mount-vernon","category-patrick-henry","category-polk","category-ramsay","category-school-board","category-tucker","category-video"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 15:16:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9688"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9786,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions\/9786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}