Collages Created by Sacred Heart Students on Display Through September

A walking-stick chewing grass; a flour beetle resplendent in a mosaic robe; a dragonfly with Southwestern flair.

These are among the collages visitors to D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Olivia Rainbow Gallery will see when they visit "Our Insect Friends," paper-collage artwork by Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart first-graders.

It is on display at the gallery through Sept. 8, D&R Greenway Land Trust said on Thursday.

Perhaps the most unexpected is the earwig, sporting a crimson garment and golden leggings. The students have carefully studied their insects, while encouraged to be original in interpretation.

Crafted from vivid papers, these collages were created by first-grade boys at Princeton Academy, under the tutelage of K-3 art teacher Maggie Rose.

“As a Sacred Heart school, we adhere to five specific life goals and criteria,” Rose said. “‘Think, Imagine and Create’ is one of these goals. The insect images were created in connection with classroom study of insects. Princeton Academy has a generous wooded campus conducive to nature study.”

Also on view: "Art as Activism: Climate Change," through Aug. 26.

D&R Greenway Land Trust is located at Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place, in Princeton.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.

The Olivia Rainbow Gallery was founded and is funded in memory of Chris and Leslie Kuenne’s daughter Olivia, who cared deeply about nature.

For more information, call 609-924-4646 or visit www.drgreenway.org.

The attached image was provided by D&R Greenway Land Trust