by Colin Amoth
So far in the year, according to Mr. Kociuba, the arts department at Hopkinton Middle
High school has been going very well. With 11 classes, not including all the numerous photolabs, it’s easy to see that many students understand the importance that the arts has for their education.
Among these students is Danielle Gonzales. Danielle is one of the students who is taking a fine arts independent study under Mr. Kociuba. When I first talked to Danielle, she was shading in a quite remarkably good charcoal of R2D2. When asked why she was doing fine arts for an independent study she simply replied that she wanted to create a personal portfolio of her work for later in life, maybe even for college.
Even this early in the year we are seeing that students are producing some amazing pieces in all the arts. One example is this photograph, taken by Ian Hancock. This photo was taken on his own time even before he began his photo 2 class.
