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er’s art classes at the county high school. “They need much more guidance than college students,” she noted, shaking her head and grinning. “And it’s been a little frustrating, but only because the period is so short. I’m used to working with students for three to six hours at a time and we really only have 30 minutes.”
“I initiated the class the same way I did with the senior citizens. I asked them: ‘What are you thinking? What’s on your mind? What is it about the world that you love? What do you hate?’ ”
The kids worked in groups, each taking a part to mold in clay with the pieces to be assembled next week. “With clay, you have to be patient. Things have to dry. You have to learn to wait,” Ms. Howland noted.
The works by the high school students will be exhibited later. “They had the basic skills,” Ms. Howland noted, complimenting the RCHS art program. “Don has given them solid technical training. But with me, they’re building bigger pieces than they’ve ever done before. Plus they’re thinking about things, which makes me very happy.”
The month-long residency program that brought Ms. Howland from New York City to rural Virginia has three parts. In addition to teaching and working on her own art, she’s been meeting local artists. She’s spent hours at the forge of Nol Putnam and Claudia McCue in The Plains. “I’ve been learning new ways of working in metal, It’s really interesting— fascinating!” Ms. Howland said. She’s also traded skills with multi-faceted Jeanne Drevas, Rappahannock potter, basket weaver,
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