Springfield high school art students will showcase their work at the Museum of Fine Arts in the special exhibition Creativity Captured: Student Art from the Springfield Public Schools, on view now through July 13, 2008. A free reception with the young artists will be held on Thursday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m. at the museum.

A variety of media and subject matter are on view including pen and ink, pastel, watercolor, mixed media collage, acrylic and oil pastel. The exhibit was coordinated by Julie Jaron, director of visual and performing arts for the Springfield Public Schools, and teachers Holly Tuttle, Tim O'Connell, and Karen Whitney. Students from Central High School and Putnam Vocational Technical High School are participating in the juried exhibition.