Northampton High School Student Art Project
2026
Jazz Fest 2026 poster features student art
In collaboration with Northampton High School art teacher Louise Martindell, the Northampton Jazz Festival invited printmaking students to attend a live jazz concert at the school.
Sketches created during this concert, depicting students’ interpretations of jazz, were further developed during class time to produce the final pieces seen here.
Funding for this project is provided by Florence Bank.
Alice Jackson. Pen and ink, oil paste, linoleum printing
Anna Mansfield. Color pencil and linoleum prints.
Briana Ramirez. Linoleum print with watercolor, prisma stix and marker.
Grace Caouette .Three color etching with oil pastel.
Jordan World. Linoleum print with marker.
Jyotica Partan. Monoprint on colored paper.
Kayleigh Wu. Linoleum print with acrylic paint and paint marker.
Persephone Thomas. Linoleum print, Caran d’Ache crayon, gel pens, marker, graphite.
Ursa Rossman. Woodcut with oil pastel and embroidery.
Willa Barman. Pen, ink, watercolor and linoleum printing.
Zivia Parikh. Multiple color linoleum print.
Northampton HS students drawing during the live concert
Exhibition Locations
Florence Bank’s downtown Northampton branch during the month of September
In a slide show at the Academy of Music before the headliner concert
Anna Mansfield’s work, which was selected for use on the 2026 poster, tee shirt, and bandana, was also exhibited at:
CLICK Workspace during the Northampton Jazz Fest Donors’ Party
In Pulaski Park during Jazz Fest Day
2024
“Rhythm. Color. Movement.
Seeing sound through art.”
In the spring of 2024, students in Northampton High School art teacher Louise Martindell’s printmaking class learned about jazz in a number of ways.
They attended a music seminar led by high school director of instrumental music Paul Kinsman, and a live performance of the jazz quintet, “Interstellar Medium” led by Jahain Cooper-Monize in an all-school assembly. They also conducted their own research of some selected jazz musicians and visual artists whose work has been influenced by jazz.
The course assignment—to create a mixed media artwork that describes their experience with jazz music—resulted in nine works selected for exhibition, and are shown below.
Exhibition Locations
at CLICK Workspace in Northampton for the July Arts Night Out
in the project sponsor, Florence Bank’s downtown Northampton branch
at the Northampton Jazz Fest Donors’ Jazz Party
in Pulaski Park during Jazz Fest Day
in the sponsors’ slide show at the Academy of Music before the headliner concert
Eliza Brown '26
Benny Dalhaus '27
Soren Dunaway '25
Camilla Hatch '27
Adrean Peloquin '24
Klara Sokop '25
Randy Pizha Loja '26
Rosa Sullivan-Merrick '24
Nightshade Hammer '25
Soren Dunaway '25
2024 Poster Art
The Northampton Jazz Festival tapped this piece of art by Soren Dunaway, Class of 2025 to feature in the 2024 poster, print ad and program cover.
2023
“Jazz, Rhythm & Narrative”
An exhibition of Northampton High School student artwork in partnership with the Northampton Jazz Festival
In the spring of 2023, students in Northampton High School art teacher Zoe Sasson’s class learned about jazz in a number of ways: They attended a music seminar led by high school director of instrumental music Paul Kinsman, and a live performance of a professional jazz quintet in an all-school assembly. They also conducted their own research of some selected jazz musicians and visual artists whose work has been influenced by jazz.
The course assignment—to create a piece of art depicting their own interpretation of jazz—resulted in twelve works selected for exhibition, and are shown below.
Addy Wolf, ’26
Ivy Lovejoy, ’25
Jada Ne, ’26
Jonah Jonahson '25
Jules Rice, ’25
Jyotica Partan, ’26
Lucia Warton, ’25
Mattea Segal, ’26
Milo Young, ’26
Morven Stables, ’25
Sarah Philbrook, ’26
Sydney Sylvester, ’25
Jonah Johnson '25
2023 Poster Art
The Northampton Jazz Festival tapped this piece of art by Jonah Johnson, Class of 2025 to feature in the 2023 poster, print ad and program cover.
