Artist Statement

Looking towards my future, I was left reminiscing about moments in my childhood, and my love and passion for art as a kid. For me art wasn't just about creating, but a way to make my imagination come to life. Over time however, I have found that these imaginative qualities we have as children begin to fade, especially in a society that attempts to fit different shaped minds in a single mold. Because of this, I wanted to create an art installation for my community that not only allows me to re-explore my imagination, but also encourages others to do the same and, and rethink what is possible.

Based on one of my favorite books growing up, Where the Wild Things Are, I wanted my installation to portray the same idea of walking into an imaginative world. As a child, I spent most of my time using my imagination in my backyard amongst a variety of insects and small creatures, so I decided to recreate this experience. To do this, I made large scale insects that had a playful twist, and transformed a space using colored lighting, paints, and other sculptures of nature. Afterwards, I Invited community members to draw on the walls and express their own imagination, to finalize this piece.

"Ducks"   Oil paint, 24" x 48"

"Book Reading in 1662"  Acrylic Paint, 18" x 24"

The Cambridge Street Gallery is thrilled to have the artwork up of senior Anna Perl. Anna is enrolled in AP Studio Art and Architecture. Her show includes many works of art in a wide variety of materials.

"Lost & Found" Mixed Media, 19" x 25"

"Decapitation", Watercolor, 18" x 24"

ARTIST BIO - Milisa Galazzi
Artist, Milisa Galazzi, is best known for her three dimensional hand sewn shadow drawings, her printed and drawn works on paper, and her richly layered abstract paintings all of which explore the very nature of being human. Her work is held in private international collections as well as public collections in the United States such as Women and Infants Hospital and the Women's Medicine Collaborative in Rhode Island. She exhibits nationally in solo and group shows in both galleries and museums. Galazzi presents talks at national and international conferences such as the International Encaustic Conference and the National Art Education Association Conference in New York City and teaches classes at universities such as Clark and Yeshiva. Her artwork has been featured and reviewed in Surface Design, FiberArts and ArtScope magazines as well as in books such as, "Contemporary Cape Cod Artist: On Abstraction," and "Paper + Wax, Techniques in Handmade Paper and Encaustic” as wells as, "Encaustic Art in the Twenty First Century." Galazzi was 'boat schooled' as a child while she and her family traveled and lived aboard their thirty-one foot trimaran sail boat hand built by her father. She received an MA with Honors from the Rhode Island School of Design were she exhaustively researched the educational effectiveness of community-based art education settings and her findings are published by Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Project Zero Press, 1999. In addition, Galazzi holds a BA from Brown University where she studied Studio Art with minors in Women’s Studies and Cultural Anthropology. She attended and graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover. Her broad education directly informs the content of her art making. Galazzi works full time in her studio in Providence, Rhode Island. 

Special thanks to Burlington Education Foundation for funding this project.

Thanks to a generous grant from the Burlington Education Foundation the Cambridge Street Gallery is exhibiting the work of artist Bren Bataclan. Bren is displaying work from the "Kulap" series that is about his immigration to United States from the Philippines and his personal story.

The Digital Publishing Team consists of a group of students in grades 9-12 working together to create and design artwork for the school, the Burlington community, and beyond. Under the instruction of their teacher Mr. Keith Mistler, the class learns design principles, marketing and business techniques and runs much like a professional design agency.

​The Cambridge Street Gallery exhibit showcases this year's winners for a multitude of design projects including the BHS yearbook, the school musical, the BEF road race, and even a logo for a local company. Students listened to clients' artistic needs, and used their design skills to create the works in this show. ​

The Digital Publishing Team is made up of the following students:
Mitchel Adamson, Rayan Azad, Allie Bonanno, Shannon Borbee, David Centoni, Christopher Dalton, Brady Doherty, Luke Lord, Ravi Patel, Julia Putney, Alec Rollins, Kosta Stamides, Nicholas Storlazzi, Ariella Tucci, and Madison Wareham.

Elana Snyder, Oil on Canvas

Catherine McCarthy, Works on Paper

Kate McMahon, Tole Painting

We are fortunate to have Italian teacher Ilaria Hoerle exhibit in our school gallery. Her student senior Nina Nguyen had this to say about her work:

" I knew she was a painter because she has us do art assignments in class, but I didn't know what a talented painter she is. I'm in awe of her work. I really enjoyed the subject of her work, her family, a corner of a room in her house, I now know more about her as a person".
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Thank you Ilaria for sharing your talents with us!