Elementary students express themselves in art

District winners of the Mountain Brook Expressions Art Contest were honored with their artwork showcased at a reception recently at host school Mountain Brook Elementary. The district winners and their families were invited to see all the winning art and also find out where each student’s artwork placed in district judging. Jane Menendez, chairman of the Mountain Brook Schools Board of Education, was in attendance to make the awards announcement.

Students used various art forms to express their creativity and interpretation of this year’s Expressions Art Contest theme, “What If…”. More than 700 entries were submitted from the four Mountain Brook elementary schools, grades kindergarten through sixth-grade. Each elementary school’s PTO conducted their school’s Expressions campaign, and entries were judged at the local school level. All school winners were then forwarded to an independent district judging panel, resulting in the 81 district winners across five art categories of visual arts, photography, video, instrumental performance and creative writing. The district winning pieces for visual arts and photography were on display at the Emmet O’Neal Library through the end of March.