T O D A Y - Berwick Academy

Sephie Bennett poses with her dress creations which represent the
causes, effects, and treatments for depression.
Hannah Unger presented her project, which
was crafting metal rings inspired by her poetry.
Hannah spent the first phase of her project learning
about metalsmithing and how to make jewelry. After
mastering the basics, Hannah began writing her poetry.
Her fi rst ring was a flower which was inspired by a poem
she wrote about the springtime. Her second ring was
inspired by her time in Italy playing music and being
with friends. It is a guitar with a small bead embedded
in the center. Hannah also kept a journal during the
project, which contains sketches of her rings, thoughts
and ideas, and her poems. Hannah worked with Lynn
Wildnauer, Upper School Metals teacher, for this
project.
Sephie Bennett presented her
project, which was using fashion to create
awareness of depression. Sephie created a
series of three dresses, each representing
a phase of depression: causes, effects, and
treatments. Each element of Sephie’s dresses
had some sort of meaning in regards to
depression. On the cause dress, she used
newspaper to display words like “weight,”
“loss,” or “self esteem.” The newspaper
represented both the negative impact of
the media on depressed people as well as
the need for more education and awareness
about depression through the media. All
three dresses contained a felted eye, which was slightly
different on each dress. The eye is wide open on the
cause dress, symbolizing the vulnerability and openness
of people with depression. The eye on the effects dress
was crying, an obvious effect of depression. The eye on
the fi nal piece, treatment, is closed, symbolizing closure
and relief from depression. Sephie worked closely with
Upper School Art teacher Raegan Russell.
Diane Hair and Hayley Adams
worked together to produce a documentary comparing
Berwick Academy today to Berwick of the past by
using current video clips, music, and interviews as
well as historic manuscripts,
photos, and movies from the
BA Archives collection.
Diane and Hayley spent a lot
of time working with faculty
co-advisor Jay Labella on the
technical aspects of recording
and editing video and adding
music to their production.
They also researched the
history of the school from
documents in the archives and
by interviewing alumni whose
experience at Berwick was very
different from theirs.
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