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Thursday, May 1, 2014
ARTS & LEISURE Student art displayed at The Gallery on Main their artworks, Jackson approached Laverne Jones at The Gallery on Main about displayThis past weekend, while some ing the artworks there. Jackson of Alberta’s greatest artists had said that, in addition to giving their works for sale at the annual the students some exposure and Encore Art Show and Sale some a taste of what it is like to be a much younger, less experienced professional artist, displaying artists had their own pieces on the art was a way for the class to display at The Gallery on Main. partner with a community outAs part of a class art project, side the school itself. Grade 4 students from Father “I strongly believe in the Lacombe Catholic School had school being involved in the paintings illustrating poems community and the community they had written displayed at a knowing what the school and the brief running exhibition at La- students are doing. I think they combe’s premiere source for art. should be connected.” Leah Jackson, the teacher who For the students, the exhibit came up with the was a bit of a idea for the projsurprise. Jones ect and subsethat they “FOR THE MOST PART, said quent exhibition, didn’t know IT’S TURNED OUT said that poetry anything about AS AN ABSOLUTE is about engaging the display until all of your senses they made a field MASTERPIECE. EVERY because it evokes trip to the galSINGLE ONE OF THEM images, sounds lery the morning IS GREAT.” and even smells of April 25. when read. So, “I thought it LAVERNE JONES when planning was great,” said the poetry unit Jones. “To me for her Grade 4 it’s a chance to class, she was get more kids inthinking of how to engage other terested in art and also get them senses along with it. into a gallery.” Jackson thought about using It was also significant that the music or something from nature students got the chance to disto add to the unit. She said she play their art while the Encore settled on painting to help the Art Show and Sale was happenkids use their talents with visual ing at the Lacombe Memorial mediums. Centre. Jones said she was glad “They are very artistic and to be able to offer some space to visual and hands on,” said display the works of some of AlJackson. “I really wanted them berta’s lesser-known artists. to produce a product that they Jones also commented on how could be proud of, that they the pieces are somewhat unique. could share with the whole She said it is not very common world and that they could keep for artists to merge two medifor a long time.” ums together, as these students Students then wrote poems have with poetry and painting. and illustrated them with paint- In any case, the display turned ing. It was an idea that the stu- out quite well, she added. dents warmed up to right away, “For the most part, it’s turned said Jackson. out as an absolute masterpiece. “They really loved it. They Every single one of them is worked really hard.” great.” news@lacombeexpress.com Once the students completed
BY BRIAN VOSSEN Lacombe Express
PAINTING POETRY – From left, Laverne Jones, owner of The Gallery on Main and Leah Jackson, teacher at Father Lacombe Brian Vossen/Lacombe Express Catholic School, pose next to a collection of artworks from the Father Lacombe Grade 4 class.
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