Fayette County Student Art Selected for Exhibition in Kennesaw

Casey Mill (left) and Caleb Brown show off their artwork that was accepted into the All State Art Symposium while visual art teacher Pamela Woodworth-Watkins looks on.

Two Fayette County High art students will have their work featured in the All State Art Symposium at Kennesaw State University February 7-27.

Casey Mill and Caleb Brown are among a select group of artists chosen from schools throughout Georgia to exhibit their work and compete for awards. Mill’s work, titled “Look Back,” is a 18 X 24 pen and ink drawing created in response to an investigation into the work of M.C. Escher. “Self Portrait” by Brown is also in ink, but features a technique called stippling (thousands of tiny dots) to create a range of values.

The purpose of the All State Art Symposium, which is open to all high school students, is to provide cultural opportunities, develop advanced studio skills and cultivate aesthetic appreciation in art and design. Awards for the show will be announced February 27.
Both students are under the instruction of Fayette County High visual art teacher Pamela Woodworth-Watkins.

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Coweta's Top Teacher Speaks to Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club

Pictured (l-r) Rotary President, Cynthia Monsour and Angela Brown

Angela Brown, Teacher of the Year Coweta County 2009, was the guest speaker for the Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club. Angela was selected as “Top Teacher” from among the Teachers of the Year from each of Coweta County’s 30 public schools. Brown is a 5th grade teacher at Ruth Hill Elementary School in Coweta County.

Rotary is a volunteer service organization of over 1.2 million members in over 33,000 clubs worldwide. Coweta-Fayette is the newest chartered Club in District 6900 of Rotary International, which includes 72 clubs with approximately 5,000 members in Georgia.

For more information on Coweta-Fayette Rotary, go to www.cowetafayetterotary.org. President Cynthia Mounsour issues an invitation to meetings held every Monday night at 6:30 pm in Peachtree City.

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Fayette County High Art Students Earn Top Honors

Fayetteville student Helen Patti with her vase

Fayette County High School’s visual arts program has been busy racking up awards and honors this spring.

Senior Aja Adams and junior Helen Patti were juried into the Atlanta High School Art Exhibition that was featured at the Atlanta Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park this past weekend. Adams painted an acrylic piece titled “Dead Gone” and Patti created a tall, smoke fired vase. The students were juried into the exhibition from well over 400 entries. Additionally, Adams was featured on the Good Day Atlanta show that airs mornings on FOX 5.

Also this past weekend, Helen Patti, along with fellow junior Rachel Jones and senior Samantha Hyde, had their artwork juried into the 2009 Georgia High School Ceramic Arts Awards and Symposium held at the Centre for the Performing and Visual Arts of Coweta County. Ted Saupe, professor of art/ceramics at the University of Georgia, selected the artwork for the symposium.

Additionally, art teacher Pamela Watkins and her Advanced Placement students were one of three operators of a Raku kiln during a hands-on workshop featuring the fast fire method.

In other awards, David Gridley was selected as Fayette County High School's winner in the Great Frame Up Peachtree City County Level High School Art Competition. His work has been sent to judges in California for an opportunity to compete at the national level. National winners receive an all expenses paid trip to Los Angeles to meet David Gridley
actress/artist Jane Seymore and compete for a $2,000 scholarship.

Freshman Caleb Brown took third place overall in the 2009 Congressional Art Competition. Members of the United States House of Representatives sponsor the nationwide high school competition each year. Brown received a ribbon and a $2,000 scholarship to the Art Institute of Atlanta for his winning drawing. He will also be in Watkins’ Advanced Placement Drawing Portfolio class next year.

Caleb Brown displays his winning artwork that took third place in the 2009 Congressional Art Competition.

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