Clough Pike Elementary Students Bring Monet s Garden to Life in the UC Clermont Art Gallery

In a tribute to Claude Monet, Clough Pike Elementary students three-dimensionally recreated Monet’s Garden at Giverny in the UC Clermont College Art Gallery.  Students, first – fifth grades, bring Monet’s Garden to life with murals, trees, butterflies, insects and a walking bridge.
 

Meet the young artists at their reception Tuesday, February 12, from 5-8 p.m. 

"This was a great team-building experience for the kids. They learned about the artist and even picked up a few French greetings as we created the exhibit,” said Clough Pike Art Teacher Debbie Downie.

Downie’s approach to art is that “it is basic and essential to the education of all students, as all human kind has a need to create.  Art reflects mankind and its cultural impact on civilization.  It is a system by which people communicate, acquire and express their understanding.  Through cognitive and sensory experiences, art represents various forms of thinking, ways of knowing, and participation in the world.” 

The exhibit runs from February 9 – March 3, 2008.

The UC Clermont College Art Gallery is sponsored by Park National Bank and located in the Snyder Building on UC Clermont College’s campus in Batavia at 4200 Clermont College Drive. Hours are Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m. 7 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. 5 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. The exhibition is free and open to the public.