Photo by Trish Hand.
Expressions Art 2014
District winners Frederic Smith (CES second-grader, third place in instrumental performance, grades K-2, and honorable mention in photography), Ann Winston Morano (CES fourth-grader, honorable mention in visual arts, grades 3-4), Emma Fooshee (CBS fifth-grader, third place in visual arts, grades 5-6), Brynn Hannon (CBS fourth-grader, first place in photography, grades 3-4), Mary Patton Hand (CES second-grader, honorable mention in creative writing, grades K-2) and Jared Alon Sedlis (BWF second-grader, honorable mention in video production, grades K-2).
All Mountain Brook Elementary students in kindergarten through sixth grade were encouraged show their creativity by submitting original artwork to the PTO Elementary Arts Council Expressions Contest.
Students used various art forms to express their interpretation for this year’s theme, “I Am...” The contest featured five different art categories: creative writing, photography, visual arts, video and a new category, instrumental performance. Categories were then entered by three different grade entries, and winners from each elementary school competed at the district level, where community artists judged the submissions.
Each school promotes the contest in its own way and helps encourage and foster creativity among the students by awarding ice cream treats or doughnut parties to preliminary winners. Kenneth Camp at Cherokee Bend Elementary oversaw technical support for film and music entries this year.
The winners were celebrated at the annual District Exhibition at host Brookwood Forest with congratulations offered by Superintendent Dicky Barlow.
