First Place in Fourth Grade and Best of Show Sabin Sanders - Northfield Elementary
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Through Nov. 2, Murfreesboro City Schools (MCS) is showing off the artistic talents of its Kindergarten through Sixth grade students on the walls of Murfreesboro City Hall’s rotunda and first through third awards were announced recently.
As it has since the Civic Plaza was built in the early 90’s, Murfreesboro City Hall has offered opportunity for young artists to display their work, committee members say, and each year winners receive $20, $15 and $10 for first, second and third place respectively.
The school with the most and highest wins gets a $300 stipend for its art program, according to a flyer announcing the competition. This year, a check with the official results indicated that stipend would go to Northfield Elementary School.
A complete list of contest winners and their art is available here.
Judging the show were three professionals from the art world. This year’s list included Marie Evans Miller, retired art teacher and former member of the Murfreesboro City Hall Art Committee; Debrah Sickler-Voigt, author and professor of Art Education at MTSU and Kathee Claiborne, owner of The Attic School of Art.
“I’ve been on the city hall art committee for a couple of years,” Miller said, “I love art and want to encourage our young people. I think this (show) is an excellent idea for the city schools to encourage children with art and self-expression.”
Sickler-Voigt, who is currently writing a college textbook, also thinks the show is a good idea.
“I’m writing a college textbook on how to teach K through 8 art,” Sickler-Voigt said. “I think it’s wonderful that city hall is offering a place for the children and parents to come see their art on display.”
Eric Snyder, a long-time member of the city’s art committee, pointed out that the lessons students learn from these displays continue to help them throughout life.
“It gives them that extra professional touch that they are going to experience in life,” Snyder said. “All of them obviously will not become artists but they will always face deadlines and challenges where they will have to perform.
“From the community’s standpoint,” he continued, the community gets to see the schools have a strong, successful art program that every child gets to participate in ….”
“Grades K through 6 are represented,” said organizer and School/Community Relations & Grant Writing Coordinator Cheryl Harris said. “Each school could submit two from each grade.
“We have professionally-trained art teachers in every one of our schools,” Harris continued. “Every child receives art instruction weekly. That is very unusual.
“The kids are so excited about this,” she said. “The teachers are calling up right now asking if (winners have been named).”
The show continues through Nov. 2 on the first floor of the Murfreesboro City Hall rotunda, 111 W. Vine St. during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
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