Photograph by Lydia Spence ’10

Photographs by five George School students have been selected for the Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition and earned three of the show’s awards. Located at the Phillips’ Mill Community Association in New Hope, Pennsylvania, the exhibition is scheduled to be on view from June 5 to 27, 2010.

All five student photographers were enrolled in Danielle Picard-Sheehan’s photography classes at George School during the 2009-10 year. Works by four students, Lydia Spence (a 2010 graduate from Newtown, Pennsylvania), Taylor Denton (a rising junior from Yardley, Pennsylvania), Jessica Petritis (a 2010 graduate from Newtown, Pennsylvania), and Emily Silber (a 2010 graduate from Newtown, Pennsylvania), were among the forty-one photographs that judges chose for the high school section of the exhibition. These selections were made from approximately two hundred submissions entered by students at seventeen schools. Photography by Sam Popkin (a rising senior from Doylestown, Pennsylvania) was among the 154 works by 103 artists chosen from nearly nine hundred entries for the general photography exhibition, which is open to all photographic artists, including professionals.

George School is the only school whose students received more than one of the high school exhibition’s five awards. Lydia is the recipient of the Phillips’ Mill Scholarship, a $1,000 award that will go towards her tuition at California College of the Arts. Taylor received one of the high school exhibition’s four Student Merit Awards. In the general exhibition, Sam received the Elizabeth Shuman Memorial/Humanitarian Award for a photograph depicting a border patrol in Lebanon.

During the past academic year, the five students took a variety of photography classes at George School. Taylor was enrolled in the school’s Photography class, which teaches the concepts, processes, and techniques of photography with a 35 mm camera. Jessica took Digital Imaging, a class that explores the art of digital imaging through Adobe Photoshop. Emily completed Advanced Placement (AP) Studio Art: Digital Imaging, in which students employ cutting-edge digital imaging techniques to produce a cohesive portfolio for the AP exam. Lydia and Sam were enrolled in George School’s Alternative Photographic Processes class, which focuses on a variety of techniques beyond traditional photography and digital imaging.

The George School Arts Department offers twenty-eight arts courses in ten different arts forms—dance studies, vocal and instrumental music, theater arts, stagecraft and design, ceramics, communication design, painting and drawing, photography, woodworking and furniture design, and video production. The arts curriculum includes Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate course options.

You can read more about the Phillips’ Mill Photography Exhibition in the following article:
Bucks Local News
“Phillips' Mill Photographic Exhibition to open in Solebury Township”

About George School
Founded in 1893 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), George School, a rigorous coed boarding and day school for grades nine through twelve, educates students from twenty-one states, thirty-four foreign countries, and a variety of ethnic, racial, religious, and economic backgrounds. Through its commitment to diversity and the Quaker values of equality, integrity, and peacemaking, George School inspires students to be led by their own truths while respecting and appreciating opinions and beliefs different from their own. George School was one of the first schools in the United States to implement an International Baccalaureate diploma program. For information about admission, please call 215.579.6547 or visit http://www.georgeschool.org.