Josée Vachon has represented the Franco-American community in New England all around the world with her music. She has played her French language music in Quebec, France, Berlin and Martinique for audiences and dignitaries. She hosted a French language local access...
Poetry has been a part of Catherine Martin’s life since she was a teenager. After graduating from Smith College, she earned a master’s in writing, literature and publishing from Emerson College. She completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center, was involved for...
It was the natural environment of Arizona that inspired Jeff Luth to take up photography. “I got taken by all the landscapes out there,” he said. His camera became his creative outlet, and soon he had work on display at galleries and Arizona institutions including the...
Sue Scannell Gilbert says the best part about acting is the “vicarious catharsis” she feels when stepping into a role. “It’s just fun for me to be different people,” she said. She studied theater in college and went on to do modeling before getting jobs in television....
Brad Walker found the theater after a football injury in high school. He went on to major in theater and history and later studied at the Globe Theatre Project in London. He became more involved in acting after moving to Hopkinton 26 years ago. His career highlights...
Marisa Jones wears a lot of hats in the theater world. She is the associate director of education and practical learning at the Huntington Theatre Company, a professor at Emerson College and a performing arts coordinator at Roxbury Community College. Jones is most...
Quilting’s focus on community and expression has kept Jean Bertschmann involved with the art form for 40 years. “[Quilts] are often a community vehicle,” she said. “They’ve been used to raise awareness, to raise money [and] to protest.” A Marathon Quilters Guild...
Hopkinton High School junior Victoria Jackson has award-winning photography skills. She has earned two silver keys and one gold key in the Scholastic Arts Awards since she began learning photography freshman year. The photo for which she won the gold award has been...
Hopkinton High School junior Maya Collins’ art is all about detail. “Her works include painstaking detail, yet maintain a playful tone,” shared HHS visual arts teacher Kris Kellenberger. A National Honor Society student and member of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts...
Beth Gismondi began studying art at an early age, later taking on art history as part of her undergraduate studies and earning a master’s in art education from Harvard. She also holds a certificate in children’s book illustration from the Rhode Island School of...
Nancy Burdick first became fascinated by quilting when working with the Amish at a children’s hospital in Pennsylvania. She dove into the art form after moving to Hopkinton and taking a class with local quilter Jean Bertschmann. Burdick now co-chairs the Marathon...
Charusmitha Ram practices multiple art forms and has a particular love for ceramics. Currently she focuses on printmaking and teaches classes at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. Her love of art grew during her school days in India. “I participated in many...
A tour of Japan with the UC Berkeley jazz ensemble convinced drummer Phil Antoniades to pursue music as a profession. After transferring to and graduating from Berklee College of Music, he worked to build companies supporting independent artists. One business he...
Hopkinton High School senior Alper Rozy has an appetite for growing his musical abilities. “Alper has been one of our most musically curious students,” said HHS band director Craig Hay. “He is constantly studying jazz music and how he can play his saxophone.” Rozy...
Eighth grade student Chloe Demirbilek has a strong sense of herself as an artist. “Chloe is a thoughtful and confident young artist with a clear sense of her own creative voice,” said Hopkinton Middle School visual arts teacher Samantha Condon. Demirbilek likes to...
Jayden Luk is a sixth grader at Hopkinton Middle School whose love of art is evident, according to visual arts teacher Samantha Condon. “Jayden is a skilled and meticulous artist who takes great care to show neatness and detail in his work,” she explained. His...
Hopkinton High School senior Caroline Ozmun focuses her work in the school’s advanced photography course on capturing images of buildings and structures in black and white. “This project highlights how a simple approach can reveal surprising beauty,” said Sterling...
Libby Lit (second from right) is a paraprofessional at Hopkinton High School and creator of the Hopkinton Center for the Arts’ Unified Theater program. She developed the program as a way for special needs students to apply drama and dramatic practice in their daily...
Hopkinton High School senior Emily Evans is a standout in both the art room and the larger HHS community, most notably as the recipient of the 2025 Visual Arts Department Award, president of the National Honor Society and co-president of the Diversity Club. According...
After earning an engineering degree, Hana Reilly went back to school in her native Czech Republic for ceramics. She now works full time as the Hopkinton Center for the Arts’ ceramics director. She previously worked for Steven Branfman, founder of the Potters Shop and...
