patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

North Sarasota Library

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Alta Vista Elementary Students Create Mural For Chalk Festival

The mural, created using acrylic paint, will be displayed for the remainder of the festival, which runs through Tuesday. After the event the mural will travel to the North Sarasota Library as part of a student art exhibition.

Alta Vista Elementary School fourth-grade students teamed up with the Multicultural Health Institute, to create a Healthy Harvests Around the World mural for display at the Sarasota Chalk Festival. Multicultural Health Institute is a Sarasota-based non-profit organization. The mural, created using acrylic paint, will be displayed for the remainder of the festival, which runs through Tuesday. After the event the mural will travel to the North Sarasota Library as part of a student art exhibition. Dr. Lisa Merritt instructed the students in good health and nutrition. Alta Vista art teacher Cassandra Whitehead and local artists Todd Berrien and Eleanor Merritt worked with the students to develop a large mural integrating cultural diversity …

Got a Hot Tip?