The WHS Community is invited to attend "The Celebration of the Nature and Respect of Life Art and Poetry Exhibit". This exhibit will take place in the WHS Fine Arts Lobby on Monday night, April 25th from 5-7PM. 

Students from Mrs. Kathleen Petka's Studio Art and Drawing and Painting classes have interpreted and illustrated poems written by Mr. Greg Fleenor's AP English Literature classes in the collage technique of the renowned artist Eric Carle. The subject matter of the illustrated poetry is focused on nature, respect, and life. In addition, a book of these illustrated poems will be sold as a fundraiser with proceeds donated to Relay for Life in memory of Cara Seckman.

  

This project began with Mr. Fleenor's Literature students choosing a poetry form and then writing a poem following that form, meter, and rhyme scheme. Seventy-five poems were selected to be illustrated by Ms. Petka's art students in the style of the popular children's book author Eric Carle, whose works are presently on display at the High Museum in Atlanta. The student illustrators used Carle's technique of layered tissue paper to create textured images that represent the poems' main themes. Together, these students have created a finished product to be displayed in the Art and Poetry Exhibit. In addition to the exhibition, a book entitled The Nature and Respect of Life has been produced through the efforts of Mr. Dan Campagna and his Graphic Arts students.