From left, Haleyville High School Art Teacher Claire Frazier, artist and student Ping Church and Candy Garner, STEAM coordinator for Haleyville City Schools, show some of the art drawn by Church, who has submitted multiple works for the art expo.
HALEYVILLE - The third art expo, raising funds for the STEAM initiative at Haleyville City Schools, is back after a year’s hiatus due to Covid, rebounding in a big way.
The public can choose a virtual/online format to view the 1,600 works of art from each student in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th, or come in-person to the event planned for Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
During the event, works of art will be displayed in both gyms of the elementary school, as well as gyms at the middle and high schools. The public will have the option of purchasing the 9x12 works for $25 each. However, no reproductions can be ordered or purchased in person. Those must be done online, stressed Candy Garner, who is HCS coordinator for STEAM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
All of the funds raised from the art expo will go toward STEAM programs at each school in the system to be applied toward the cost of supplies or future projects that generate hands-on learning.
The virtual art show will be online Oct. 26-Nov. 5.
All of the works of art collected from students systemwide were inventoried by Garner then sent with a QR code to Artome in Atlanta, a company that handles art displays both online and gallery -style in the school gyms.
The company not only scans every work of art, but mats and frames them, as well as provides a link, so the works can be viewed online at the HCS website, www.haley-k12.us, Garner explained.
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