2 Crestline students receive national accolades for artwork

Two Crestline Elementary students, second-grader Emily Krawczyk and first-grader Bebe Kate Allen, recently received special recognition for their artistic accomplishments. Emily’s artwork, titled “My Lollipop World,” was chosen by the VSA and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to represent Alabama in an exhibition at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. 

Bebe Kate’s Eric Carle-inspired seahorse was asked to be donated to the Headquarters of the National Association of Elementary School Principals in Alexandria, Virginia.  

CES art instructor Lauren Fowler was also honored recently. Her proposal to present a hands-on art lesson at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference was among the top 39th percentile of those submitted. The workshop is based on her 2014 Fund for Teachers Fellowship travels to Spain and France and will give her the opportunity to share her knowledge and techniques with fellow art instructors from around the United States.

– Submitted by Trish Hand.