Small Town Times
Art Club Takes a Field Trip
May 2018
By: Marrisa Zentz
Mrs. Varah, art teacher at Litchfield high
school, planned a field trip for high school
students along with chaperone Mrs. Saw-
yer. The group traveled to Lincoln on
Wednesday, March 28, to Lincoln. The stu-
dents left from school grounds bright and
early at 6:30 a.m. and had returned from Lin-
coln at 9 p.m. When Mrs. Varah was asked
places that they had visited in Lincoln, she
had said a few which were, Constellation
Studios, Noyes Local Gallery which is run by
Julia Noyes, Sheldon Museum of Art, and
T.M.C.O., which is a metal fabrication factory
that also makes a lot of metal art pieces.
When Braydon Goodner was asked his fa-
vorite part of the trip he said “The metal place
(T.M.C.O.)”. The students even got to meet
the internationally known printmaker Karen
Kunc at Constellation Studios. When Mrs.
Spring Concert and Art
Show
By: Marrisa Zentz
The Litchfield Spring Concert
was on April 12, where pre-k
through 12 th grade performed
wonderful pieces in Band, and
Choir. When asked what type of
songs will be performed at the
concert, Mr. Hiebner had an-
swered “Some folk songs,
Broadway songs, gospel music,
classical rock, movie music and
some other multicultural
songs.” When asked why he
choose these songs, he had
Varah was asked what her favorite part was
she said “Working with the internationally
known printmaker Karen Kunc making mono-
prints, though my favorite, favorite part was
hanging out with the students all day.” In con-
clusion the group of students got to visit many
amazing art places on their trip. ■
said “Mostly because the songs
come from different genres of
music, and that they are some
pretty good selections.” Coordi-
nating with the Spring Concert
was the student Art show with
many pieces made by pre-k
through 12 students, they were
displayed on the walls and on
some tables. Some of the art
pieces were ceramics, paint-
ings, metal art, and mixed me-
dia pieces among others. When
asked what the kids been work-
ing on and how much of it will
be in the Art Show, Mrs. Varah
said “This semester we
have been learning about
texture through clay. Every
single elementary student
completed a ceramic piece
of artwork. These will all be
in the spring show along
with one of their two di-
mensional pieces. The stu-
dents get to choose their
favorite piece from the year
to have on display at the con-
cert. It is always interesting to
see what project they choose.”
When asked what her favorite
part of the Art show was Mrs.
Varah had said “The art show is
a great opportunity for students
to show off their work. They do
great work in class and espe-
cially elementary students. They
usually have a story to accom-
pany their work. They have
wonderful imaginations. I hope
that parents and community
members ask students which
works are theirs and ask them
questions about them.” Aside
from all of the music and art
there was an Usborne book fair
fundraiser. At the concert many
people looked at the books and
even bought some. Half of all
sales went to furnishing new
books for our Litchfield school
libraries. All in all the Spring
Concert was a success. ■
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