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A painting by Maggie Dobra, a New Hampshire eighth grader at the Cooperative Middle School, who was a finalist in the middle school category. Courtesy photos from Magnify Voices Expressive Arts Contest
Published: 5/27/2021 7:09:46 PM
Maggie Dobra, a strawberry blonde eighth grader, stood on a stage in Derry last Thursday to accept an award for her art.
“I just kind of painted what I felt,” she said, fidgeting nervously.
Projected behind her was the award-winning painting of a battered and tear-streaked person held up by puppet strings comprised of words like “starve,” “100lbs” and “healthy.”