Now on display through April 30 at the Montgomery Museum of Art & History, 300 Pepper St SE in Christiansburg, is an exhibit titled (dis)Connected, presenting works by students from Christiansburg High School.
In this display, CHS student artists show the various phases of learning and creating art during the COVID 19 crisis. The show begins with an homage to 2020 seniors who were preparing to exhibit their work at the Montgomery Museum when schools closed.
The show progresses through the museum’s rooms and follows the CHS Art Department students through reopening, attending school remotely, a hybrid of remote and in-person learning, and finally a return to full-day instruction a year later.
The display explores the students’ emotions and reactions to schedule changes, fear of the unknown, and the visual perspective of an art student during an unprecedented pandemic. The exhibit is evidence that in this unprecedented school year, creativity was not cancelled.
