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Student artists bring their work to the spotlight
From classroom studios to a countywide gallery, students share their creative voice
words & photography by Anais Clarke
Nearly empty oil paint containers roll wildly across the countertops, just stopping short of plunging to the floor. Paper shavings are strewn about, and wax crayon streaks cover the counter as a student places her final piece of work on the table. The hum‐tick of the pottery wheel in the corner provides the soundtrack to the most visually radiant room at Colquitt County High School— the art room. Here is a place where most only see black‐top tables with metal stools, a color wheel, crayons, and a few paintbrushes scattered across the floor. But through an artist’ s eyes, this room is filled with the flames of passion and creativity rising from every carefully constructed piece. This is a place where students come to pour their deepest emotions onto a canvas, hoping to be understood— and to be recognized for their hard work and the talents that may take them farther than ever before.
As students shape their ideas inside the CCHS art room, their work doesn’ t stay there. Each March, those same pieces join artwork from across the county for Youth Art Month, a national celebration of K – 12 creativity supported by the Council for Art Education and the National Art Education Association.
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CCHS art teacher and Art Club advisor Whitney Pitts encourages students to express themselves through their own creative voice.