WHS Students Participate in Cleveland Museum of Art Ambassador Program

Eight Westlake High School AP Art History and AP Studio Art students will participate in a Cleveland Museum of Art Museum Ambassadors program that provides a behind-the-scenes experience at the world-class institution.

Master Students are seniors Avery Bogart, Sela Cunningham, Caroline Gray, Maria Kuhn and Rose Song. Apprentice students are juniors Paige Dawson, Lucia del Rincon Martinez and Kylie Hulver. Students were chosen for the program by art teacher Kelly Atkinson and Social Studies teacher Beth Noren.

The first year of the program has students participating in behind-the-scenes experiences in various departments at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In their second year, students participate in similar experiences at other University Circle institutions, including the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Orchestra. 

The program is designed to build a general awareness of museum life and careers, as well as to build career skills, including public speaking and team-based project planning. 

WHS students will visit the museums once a month October through May for the program. They will develop a project for a Family and Community Day next spring at the end of the program year, which will complement the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new Gallery Once space. 

The Family and Community Day involves students sharing what they’ve learned with the public in the form of projects, which have included scavenger hunts, games, coloring books, tours and studio activities.