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Student Artwork on Display

Students in Najoua Benothmane’s French classes at York High School (YHS) have a special reason to look forward to the Hermione's arrival in Yorktown in June. The Hermione, an exact replica of General Lafayette’s 18th-century ship, set sail from France to the United States in April. The tall ship’s first destination will be Yorktown, and special events have been planned leading up to the festivities the first weekend in June.

YHS students have donated their artistic talents in the form of two pieces of art. Students studies images of the ship to develop sketches, using grids to maintain scale and perspectives. Finally, the students began the detailed painting, though most had never painted before.

These collaborative paintings are now on display at the Yorktown Library and the Mariner's Museum and will be part of the welcoming ceremony when the Hermione arrives in June. The artwork has already been noticed by the U.S. Embassy in France on Twitter, with a special shout-out to the students, “beau travail Falcons.”