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JANUARY 22, 2017 [email protected]

19 Area Schools Participate in the Phillips’ Mill

Community Association’s 4th Youth Art Exhibition

The Phillips’ Mill Community Association is pleased to announce that it has hosted its 4th Youth Art Exhibition which began January 21. In its first year 9 schools participated. Last year, the number of participating schools was up to 14 and this year with all 14 schools returning and an additional 5 schools joining the exhibition the number has climbed to 19 schools. These schools are located in Bucks and Montgomery Counties as well as Mercer and Hunterdon Counties and include both public and private schools. “We are excited to see the number of schools electing to participate in the show grow each year. This year’s show exhibits works by approximately 150 student artists. The exhibition is free for the schools and the artists, no commission on sales is charged and there is no admission fee. There is no other show like this in the area. We hope to see even more visitors this year.” Said, Kathy Schroeher, co-chair of the 2017 show.

The Youth Art Exhibition was conceived when Phillips’ Mill decided to build on the success of its well respected adult Art Exhibition now in its 88th year. As the adult show seeks participation from artist living within a 25 mile radius of the Mill, the Youth Art Show solicits participation from the art departments of high schools located within a 25 mile radius of the Mill.

This year the 19 participating schools include Central Bucks East (Buckingham, PA), Central Bucks West (Doylestown, PA), Council Rock High School North (Newtown, PA), Council Rock High School South (Newtown, PA), Ewing High School ( Ewing, NJ), The ( Newtown, PA), Hillsborough High School (Hillsborough, NJ ), Holy Ghost Prep ( Bensalem, PA ), Hopewell Valley High School (Hopewell, NJ ), The Hun School (Princeton, NJ ), Hunterdon Central High School (Flemington, NJ), Neshaminy High School ( Langhorne, PA),New Hope- Solebury High School (New Hope, PA), The Pennington School (Pennington, NJ ), Princeton Day School ( Princeton, NJ ), ( New Hope, PA), Stuart Country Day School (Princeton, NJ ), (Upper Dublin, PA )and West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School (Plainsboro, NJ )

This year, the Art Department at each school was asked to select 6 two-dimensional pieces and 2 three- dimensional pieces of works for the exhibition. The exhibited art includes painting, watercolor, collage, pastel, graphite, digital art, photography, ceramics and sculpture. Cash prizes were determined by this year’s juror artist Pat Martin and over $2,500 was awarded to winning students.

The Youth Art Exhibition is open to the public on the following weekends in January and February 2017. January 22, 28 and 29 and February 4, 5, 11 and 12. The exhibition is open from 1:00PM to 5:00PM and is held at the historic Phillips’ Mill, 2619 River Road, 2 miles north of New Hope, PA. For additional information call 215-862-0582 or visit www.phillipsmill.org.