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Arts Week students create world-inspired
artworks
Over the week of July 22-26, 68 Darke County students grades 3-12
gathered for the fifth annual Arts Week hosted this year at Memorial
Hall through the Darke County Center for the Arts' Anna Bier Art
Gallery.
This year's theme was "Passports" so students created artworks inspired
by various countries around the world. Elementary students took
exploratory journeys through Mexico, Japan, China, and Egypt while
Junior High and High School students took notes from Peru, Mexico,
India, and Thailand.
Students in grades 3-6 were divided into two groups for the morning
camp with art teachers Mrs. Sarah Sutter (Elementary Art Teacher at
Versailles Elementary School) and Ms. Julie Brewer (Arts Week
Coordinator and Middle School Art Teacher at Greenville Middle School),
and grades 7-12 split into two groups for the afternoon camp with Ms.
Brewer and her creative mother, Mrs. Christine Brewer.
Teachers were very impressed with how well the students took the ideas
presented to them and made them their own. "We threw a lot of options
out there for students to try out this week, things you might not
always get to try in a regular art class setting, and the kids did an
amazing job picking up on the new materials, techniques, and influences
and transforming these into their own creative works," Brewer
commented.
Teachers were also impressed by how respectful students were about
working in a space with carpet and nicer surroundings than the camp has
previously been held. Brewer shared, "At past camps, we've had tile
floor, old tables and chairs, and we haven't needed to be too careful
about spills and messes. At the beginning of the week, we [teachers]
were very concerned about how students would do being on carpet with
nicer furniture, but they really made us proud of how respectful and
thoughtful they were about the shared space. We even had kids going
back into the bathrooms to wipe out sinks! We are very grateful to the
Greenville School District for allowing us to use the space."
The week culminated in an art opening on Friday evening with family and
friends coming to celebrate the arts. The Anna Bier Gallery was
wall-to-wall with student projects - an explosion of creativity!
This year's camp was sponsored by grants and donations from The Darke
County Endowment for the Arts, Rotary Club of Greenville, Greenville
National Bank, The Brown Family Foundation, Tom & Barbara Menke,
Johnston Chiropractic Clinic, Francis Furniture, Keller Grain &
Feed, Larry & Doris Aultman, & Cavalier Clothing.
This year’s students were from Ansonia, Arcanum, Bradford, Franklin
Monroe, Greenville, Montessori, Versailles, Home School and Ohio
Virtual Academy.
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