Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad

Welcome to Building a Transatlantic Bridge, an innovative project providing opportunities for collaboration and interaction for high school students in the Greensburg Salem School District and for high school students in Oberhausen, Germany.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Transatlantic Journal Project Exhibition Opening











The Westmoreland and Greensburg-Salem High School presented the Transatlantic Journal Project student art exhibition opening reception last Friday night. Over 170 people attended! It was a great success!

This exhibition, includes thirty-eight reproductions of journal entries, and is the conclusion of a year-long collaboration with Greensburg-Salem High School and three schools in Oberhausen, Germany, facilitated the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Greensburg-Salem High School National Art Honor Society student, Megan Wigle acted as chief curator for the project.

There was also a pizza party for all involved in the Transatlantic Journal Project.

The exhibition is on view through December 26th. After its conclusion at The Westmoreland, the student artwork will travel to the LVR-Industriemuseum in Oberhausen to be exhibited from February 5 – March 27, 2011.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks to the students for this wonderful exhibit. We are looking forward to present it at our museum too.

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  2. It was really exciting to see all the people that were interested in the exibit. As a student I know a lot of hard work went into it. It looked great, and I cannot wait to hear the response when it is sent to Germany

    -Emily Alwine

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