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To the Editor,
Brooke, Madonna, Oak Glen, Weir High Schools, and John D. Rockefeller Career Center participated in the third-annual High School Students Art Exhibition sponsored by the Top of West Virginia Arts Council, a sub-committee of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau. The opening reception was held Thursday, November 10 at the Summit Art Gallery with approximately 150 attending.
The event featured over sixty art students participating with over ninety pieces of art displayed. Six art teachers also provided an artwork.
This exhibition provides a venue to allow the young student artists to participate in a function outside of the classroom. It also means the art teachers expend extra work on their part in preparation for the exhibit. This includes providing required paperwork and framing the students' works. Delivery, hanging the show, and take down of the show adds to their workload. The teachers also make up the jury to select the works that receive award ribbons. I cannot thank them sufficiently.
Also, my thanks to the school administrations, the TWVCVB Board and Executive Staff, and TWVAC members that helped make this exhibition a great success.
The exhibition will be available for viewing through Friday, December 16 at the Summit Art Gallery, located at 3539 Main Street, Weirton, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. I encourage all to stop by and marvel at the art these students created. The artwork is amazing.
Bob Watson
TWVAC Event Chair