Art Students Travel to Storm King Art Center

In October, art students took an enrichment trip to the Storm King Art Center of Mountainville, New York. Students in AP art history, photography, ceramics, drawing, and other fine arts classes at Blair toured the beautiful 500-acre site by foot and tram. (See photos below taken by art teacher Kate Sykes.)

The Storm King Art Center is an outdoor museum consisting of fields, woodlands and landscaped lawns. The center was founded in 1960 and contains American and European post-war sculptures by internationally known artists. The museum concentrates its art on the relationship between nature and sculpture. The land that occupies Storm King had been farmed for over 200 years until agriculture in the Hudson Valley became difficult to preserve.

“The Storm King Art Center was very interesting; every sculpture was unique,” said Emily Catalano ’07. “We had great weather during our trip. I only wish we had more time to see everything.”

The Storm King Art Center is so extensive that one cannot tour the center in just one day. The sculptures throughout the center are affected by changes in the light and weather; therefore, no two visits are the same. Storm King contains sculptures from modern art masters including Andy Goldsworthy, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, David Smith, Mark di Suvero, Robert Grosvenor, Richard Bellamy, Alexander Liberman and many others.

“I really liked all the art we saw at Storm King,” said Emma Small ’07, “especially Andy Goldsworthy’s Storm King Wall.” David Collens, father of Rachel ’09 and Stephanie ’05, is the museum director at Storm King. Fine Arts Department Chair Rita Baragona noted, “David and his wife Vivien hosted us, providing cake and beverages, as well as a video and several books. Our thanks to both of them for their warn welcome and hospitality.”
– By Elisabeth Mayer ’07

Posted 11/3/06

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