By
Elizabeth Kohler
Gazette
Staff Writer
Art work of county students in grades 1-6 will be on
display at the Bedford County Arts
Center as part of the 20th annual Multimedia Student Show.
On Sunday, students from Bedford, Chestnut Ridge, Everett, Northern Bedford, Tussey Mountain and a few home schoolers took their parents, grandparents and other family members around the artists' reception at the arts center showing off their prized work.
Kerrigan Naugle, a fourth grade from Chestnut Ridge, shyly answered questions as her parents, Kevin and Amy, waited patiently to get a picture of her next to her tempera piece titled "Cartwheel."
As part of an art class project, Naugle said the class drew a person and then cut out the figure to produce an outline. After doing so, the students sponged the image onto a blank sheet of paper in rainbow colors.
"I figured everyone would do it straight so I made mine do cartwheels," explained Naugle of the figurines in her artwork moving across the frame.
Her mother, Amy, added that Naugle also enjoys doing cartwheels.
Naugle said her favorite thing to draw is fairies and her mom said they have more paints, crayons and colored pencils than they know what to do with around the Naugle household.
Naugle's piece took best in grade at the show. Hunter Allison and Nicholas Fleck, both sixth graders at Chestnut Ridge, took best in grade with their red clay sculptures that the two created as part of an art class project.
Allison's piece, titled "The Lion's Roar," is a lion complete with vicious teeth and full mane.
He said his decision to sculpt a lion came from his school's mascot, the Chestnut Ridge Lions.
Fleck chose to create a horse head for his red clay sculpture titled "Straight From the Horse's Mouth."
"I really like horses," he said simply of his decision.
The two agreed that art is something they both really enjoy doing. Jordan Wertz, also a sixth grader from Chestnut Ridge, said he worked with art instructor Bill Miller to create a color pencil piece titled "Wolves."
Wertz said he just really wanted to draw something and now his final product hangs alongside the work of others at the multimedia show.
While hanging out with his classmates, Wertz excitedly shook his head in agreement that art is one of his favorite activities.
The multimedia student show for grades 1-6 will be on display until Friday, March 11.
Hours for the show are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
An artists' reception for the multimedia student show of county students in grades 7-12 will be held Sunday, March 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Their artwork will be on display until Friday, March 25.
Admission to the exhibit is free.
On Sunday, students from Bedford, Chestnut Ridge, Everett, Northern Bedford, Tussey Mountain and a few home schoolers took their parents, grandparents and other family members around the artists' reception at the arts center showing off their prized work.
Kerrigan Naugle, a fourth grade from Chestnut Ridge, shyly answered questions as her parents, Kevin and Amy, waited patiently to get a picture of her next to her tempera piece titled "Cartwheel."
As part of an art class project, Naugle said the class drew a person and then cut out the figure to produce an outline. After doing so, the students sponged the image onto a blank sheet of paper in rainbow colors.
"I figured everyone would do it straight so I made mine do cartwheels," explained Naugle of the figurines in her artwork moving across the frame.
Her mother, Amy, added that Naugle also enjoys doing cartwheels.
Naugle said her favorite thing to draw is fairies and her mom said they have more paints, crayons and colored pencils than they know what to do with around the Naugle household.
Naugle's piece took best in grade at the show. Hunter Allison and Nicholas Fleck, both sixth graders at Chestnut Ridge, took best in grade with their red clay sculptures that the two created as part of an art class project.
Allison's piece, titled "The Lion's Roar," is a lion complete with vicious teeth and full mane.
He said his decision to sculpt a lion came from his school's mascot, the Chestnut Ridge Lions.
Fleck chose to create a horse head for his red clay sculpture titled "Straight From the Horse's Mouth."
"I really like horses," he said simply of his decision.
The two agreed that art is something they both really enjoy doing. Jordan Wertz, also a sixth grader from Chestnut Ridge, said he worked with art instructor Bill Miller to create a color pencil piece titled "Wolves."
Wertz said he just really wanted to draw something and now his final product hangs alongside the work of others at the multimedia show.
While hanging out with his classmates, Wertz excitedly shook his head in agreement that art is one of his favorite activities.
The multimedia student show for grades 1-6 will be on display until Friday, March 11.
Hours for the show are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
An artists' reception for the multimedia student show of county students in grades 7-12 will be held Sunday, March 13 from 1 to 3 p.m. Their artwork will be on display until Friday, March 25.
Admission to the exhibit is free.