Showing off

A fourth and fifth grade art class from Woodlawn Elementary School held an art exhibit and reception at the Boyle County Public Library Tuesday afternoon. Fourth-graders in Hillary Zimmerman’s art class created colonial art by drawing colorful barn quilt patterns and incorporating Adinkra symbols in the artwork. Zimmerman explained that the students learned African Adinkra symbols and American quilt designs came into existence at about the same time and were both used to express ideas and feelings in two different cultures on two separate continents.

The fifth-grade class focused on how to use a grid to create original drawings of birds. They also learned about conceptual art by outlining their hand then coloring designs on it with bright colors on half and pencil designs on the other side.