March 25, 2015

Inspired by Beethoven

jwms art

John Witherspoon Middle School (JWMS) eighth grader Marcelino Guevara, who moved to Princeton from Puebla, Mexico, last year stands next to his artwork titled “Ave Musical,” which he created after he attended a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, performed by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra last fall as part of the Orchestra’s Bravo! Series. “It was beautiful,” said Marcelino of the concert, the first he has attended. The young artist taught himself how to draw from a book and was encouraged to express his personal artistic response by JWMS art teacher Claudia Luongo. The work is on view in the Arts Council of Princeton exhibition, “Beethoven’s Form and Function,” through April 9.