- Story Ideas - Send Corrections UPPER DUBLIN — Students at
Jarrettown Elementary School got to see art come to life as they
journeyed back in time to the late 19th century during their art
classes earlier this month. The weeklong traveling art exhibit
focused on the works of Mary Stevenson Cassatt and the
impressionist period of art in France. The art room at
Jarrettown was transformed to fit the time period as large
banners of Cassatt’s works along with those of other well-known
impressionist painters were displayed. Flowers, fine china and
even period costumes on loan from the Michener Museum in
Doylestown were also on display to help re-create the time
period. Jarrettown art teacher Sara Farrell herself got in on
the act, as she dressed from head to toe in period costume and
welcomed students, in French, into her classroom. Farrell
explained the time period, Cassatt and the impressionist style
of art to students; had them try on some costumes to make them
feel like real painters of the time; and showed th