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Old Saybrook students display town-wide gallery and a record-player guitar at board meeting
Summary
High-school artists Lyanna Young and Elizabeth Steinel presented a town-wide student-gallery project and a Crossley Custom guitar-case entry that includes a working record player; board members praised the initiative as student-led community engagement and mental-health advocacy.
Two Old Saybrook High School students told the Board of Education about a student-led arts initiative that places student work in public spaces and competed in a nationwide Crossley Custom project.
Eleventh-grader Lyanna Young described organizing exhibitions across town to give student artwork a wider audience and to pair pieces with artist profiles about how art affects mental health. Elizabeth Steinel described the Crossley Custom guitar-case project, explaining that the case opens to reveal a working record player built with recycled materials and student decoration.
Why it matters: The display is both a showcase of student talent and an example of civic engagement; board members said bringing artwork into public spaces makes creative work accessible to the wider community and offers students real-world experience in curation and collaboration.
Details and context: The students used recycled materials and student-made embellishments; they also created social-media accounts to promote the art club’s work. Board members thanked the students and encouraged continued projects that connect schools and the broader Old Saybrook community.
Quotes: “I decided to take it on…we worked on it together,” Lyanna said of the Crossley Custom project. “There is a record player inside that works,” she added, describing the finished piece.
What’s next: The gallery pieces will remain on public display and the board recognized both students for their leadership; no district action was required.
