{"id":807481,"date":"2020-05-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383299"},"modified":"2020-05-15T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T17:00:00","slug":"summit-high-schools-between-two-extremes-exhibit-opens-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-high-schools-between-two-extremes-exhibit-opens-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit High School\u2019s \u2018Between Two Extremes\u2019 exhibit opens virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ella Eland\u2019s \u201cPandemic\u201d is featured in both Summit High School\u2019s \u201cBetween Two Extremes\u201d exhibit and \u201cImagine III\u201d publication. The work was created this semester about the novel coronavirus.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Summit High School\u2019s biannual art exhibit put on in tandem with Breckenridge Creative Arts has gone through some changes. The school\u2019s National Art Honor Society council abandoned the exhibition\u2019s theme of Pi Day \u2014 a celebration of math held March 14 \u2014 and chose to focus on mental health, calling the exhibit \u201cBetween Two Extremes.\u201d<\/a> And when the world ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, the exhibition went digital instead of being on display at the South Branch Library in Breckenridge.<\/p>\n

After the students pivoted from math to mental health, the project then became tied to Hiromi Tango and Craig Walsh\u2019s \u201cWoven Spaces,\u201d<\/a> which worked with local mental health organizations like Building Hope Summit County for community workshops. Building Hope Executive Director Jennifer McAtamney, BreckCreate Education Manager Greg Bushey and the staff and students at the high school joined forces in various ways.<\/p>\n

McAtamney trained visual arts teacher Karen Fischer to be a docent for \u201cWoven Spaces\u201d while her students lent a hand in the crowdsourced textile art. Bushey and McAtamney visited the art society chapter multiple times for presentations as the students honed the mental health messaging of the exhibit. \u201cBetween Two Extremes\u201d is the first collaboration of its kind with Building Hope outside of the organization\u2019s own art-related events.<\/a><\/p>\n

The change in theme proved to be unfortunately relevant this year. Two Summit High School students died by suicide in April. The April 25 opening of the exhibit was pushed back a week to May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month. <\/p>\n

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