Well, it wasn’t *his* art show, but he did have a drawing selected for display at the Youth Art Exhibit at the Wells Community Cultural Center.
The stripey man at the top is Cole's
Cole was a little confused about why only one of his drawings was on display. (I guess it seems perfectly natural to him that crowds of people should be gathering to look at his work!) But, still, he was proud, and so were we. The exhibit had displays from kids K-8 in the local schools. I don’t know if it was one per class across the board, or what. But Cole’s was the one picked out from his kindergarten class.
As luck would have it, this display comes at a time when Tippecanoe School Corporation is being called upon to make deep, deep spending cuts – a consequence not just of the sour economy, but also knee-jerk opposition to property taxes. (They shifted school funding to sales and income taxes which are more volatile.) So, it’s entirely possible that going forward, Cole and his fellow students won’t even have art teachers, let alone great programs like this to encourage their work. Which is a shame. I think it’s pretty obvious that Cole has more natural artistic talent than, certainly, me and, probably, Amy as well. It would be nice to have a school that could help him develop that as fully as possible.
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