Blair's ceramics students visited The Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland. It is a private contemporary art museum in Potomac MD, founded in 2006 by American billionaire Mitchell Rales. Students got the opportunity to analyze famous contemporary art pieces (did not have permission to photograph) and explore the magnificent gardens that surround the several indoor galleries.
At the TKPK Presbyterian Church, the Silver Spring/Takoma Park Service unit collaborated with the "Because We Love You" organization to collect food donations and make fresh meals for people in need. The Service Unit is made up of multiple Girl Scout troops eager to help the community. In one day they were able to feed over 100 people and create 300+ kindness cards that were sent with the meals and to group/nursing homes.
On Saturday morning, Feb 3rd, Montgomery Blair High school hosted the 27th annual Pompon championship competition. Blair's team competed against eight division three schools and put on a stunning performance.
Come explore the vibrant city of Montreal! The heart of Quebec, where street art is celebrated and is notoriously famous for having over 3,500 murals. The creativity street art brings to the multicultural streets has been encouraged by the city for the past 60 years. These murals create a sense of community, beautify urban spaces, express cultural identity, and inspire creativity.
Coached by Colin Silvers, Blair Crew has worked its way up in the rowing world and made team history by getting invited to race at the Head of the Charles in Boston, Massachusetts.
The boys soccer team loses to Einstein 1-3 on 9/26/23
The museum works hard to incorporate sustainable practices into everything that makes the museum run smoothly. A map of the property is shown on the right.
A student analyses the many ways to interpret and view this visually fascinating structure.
Students walk towards one of the museum's famous attractions, the "Split Rocker," designed by Jeff Koons. In the springtime flowers bloom out of the holes in the fabric coating the horse.
Flowers bloom by a stream on the walk through the property.
Tony Smith is a visual artist and architectural designer, he created this piece "Smug" in 1973.
The Demonstration garden is where landscapers and gardeners plan out which native plants will be planted together on the 230 acres of land.
The Glenstone museum has an elaborate composting and recycling system that they use to process food leftovers and waste from their restaurant.
New native plants are ready to be introduced to the gardens at Glenstone.
A blue bird sits on a crescent moon, a sculptural piece in the outdoor gardens.
The Glenstone museum is known for its modern architecture and plain colored buildings.
Maz Olson
Two girls decorate kindness cards.
Troop members of all ages write and decorate cards to acompany the food donations.
Adults and kids create an assembly line for cutting vegetables for the soup.
The Takoma Park Presbyterian Church provides the girl scout troop with community kitchens to prep the meals.
Scouts work together to chop onions.
Kindness cards are hand made by the kids.
Loaves of fresh bread are set aside to make sandwiches.
Giant soup pots boil on the kitchen stove.
Food donations are organized on a table.
The cheer team shows lots of support during the event!
Starting formation before the dance begins.
A circle high kick line creates a cool visual in the performance.
The team forms a kick line.
The team and coach hold hands while waiting for the results to be announced.
Dancers skip in formation.
Emotions are conveyed throughout the dance, facial expression is a huge part of the routine.
Poms dance style is characterized by its use of poms, which dancers hold in their hands throughout the routine.
Blair Poms fiercely take on the dance floor.
Jennifer Frank with her Cabinet of Creations
Although there is an abundance of murals, there is also lots of graffiti in the streets.
Kevin Ledo is a Montreal-based artist known for his participation in mural festivals and public art initiatives in Canada and around the world.
Animal street art is a popular style throughout the city.
A simple, yet intricate mural next to a cafe.
A massive mural in the outskirts of downtown Montreal.
Tristan Eaton is an American street artist known for painting gray faces and covering them with colorful designs.
A child holds a blooming heart.
A 3D mural created with recycled wood covers up graffiti on an abandoned building.
Danaé Brissonnet, an international artist from Quebec, uses vibrant colors to create a unique mural on Saint-Laurent Boulevard.
A contrasting 3D Mural/sculpture on the corner of an abandoned building.
Street art along Graffiti Ally, a popular tourist attraction.
M. Falconer, an inspirational black female pop artist, painted this stunning mural on the side of a bakery.
A depiction of a green face painted with blues, greens, and pinks spreads across a brick wall.
Beautiful mural along the wall of an old apartment building.
Mural on a garage door, along Saint Laurent Boulevard.
Space is limited, so boats cover every inch of space along the river.
Team cheer before launching on the river.
With 11,000 athletes rowing in over 1,900 boats in 61 events, the river is extremely crowded.
A Women's four races down the 5300 meter course.
Rowers walk along the Charles river.
The Head of the Charles is one of the largest events in Boston, with over 400,000 spectators that gather to watch the races over the 3 days of events. One of the six bridges overlooking the course, attracts many viewers.
An entire pop-up tent/building is dedicated to the book (and soon to be movie in theaters), The Boys in the Boat. This crew transformed the sport of rowing.
Spectators and rowers explore the tents along the shore of the Charles river.
Crowds of people explore the numerous tents posted along the Charles River.
Trophies awarded from past years - dating back to the first races in 1965.
Where the winners of each event receive two-and-one-half inch bronze medals, engraved 1st PLACE.
The Head of the Charles is the world's largest 3-day rowing competition. This year is Blair Crew's first time competing at the event in Boston.
Team captain, Daphne Payne and varsity rower Joey Panner are excited to race.
The mini golfing scene
2enior ye4r!
Sporting the unity day T-Shirt design
Senior smiles all around
Hoola-Hoop competition!
Enjoying outdoor lunch
Enjoying burgers freshly made on the farm grills.
Intense matches of basketball on the courts.
Blazers take on the zipline without fear.
Hear us roar!
The Einstein Titans line up as Blair takes a penalty kick.
As time ticked down, yellow cards were thrown on all sides.
Junior Defender Quinn Kelly brings the ball up the field.