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The Southwest Times
http://www.southwesttimes.com//news.php?id=1037
Thursday,
November 15, 2007
By Jena Hardy
PULASKI —Colorful carolers, penguins and
even the “Grinch” are some of the holiday characters that now cover many of the
windows of downtown Pulaski businesses after being painted there by members of
the Pulaski County High School Art League.
According to Barbara Tate, community
relations director for the town of Pulaski, this is the second year that PCHS
art students have used their skills to bring some holiday spirit to the
downtown area by painting murals in both the town hall and on business windows
along Main Street. Tate said that town citizens had made so many positive
comments about the artwork last year that there was no question as to whether
or not they should invite the students back again to paint this year. She said
that they are painting just in time to get local residents in a festive mood
for the holiday season and that it would look great for the annual Christmas
parade, which will travel down Main
Street.
Tate also noted that the town of Pulaski supplied all of
the paints and brushes and even provided the students with lunch from Gino’s.
Tammy Parks, PCHS art teacher and art
league sponsor said that the students were happy to be asked back again this
year to do their painting.
She noted that they had gotten rave
reviews on their artwork from many people in the town. “They’re just a great
group of kids— I can take them anywhere,” she said, and noted that they were
one of the largest art league groups that she had had in a long time.
As he worked on painting his own holiday
version of Clifford the Big Red Dog, Steve Hester, also a PCHS art teacher and
art league sponsor, said that the students were very excited and seemed to be
having a great time with this project.
Membership within the PCHS Art League is
by invitation only and is based solely upon artistic merit.
Currently, there are close to 40 students
involved with the program and almost 100 percent of those students participated
in the downtown painting project
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