IW Chamber, Arts League host joint reception
Published 3:26 pm Saturday, April 21, 2018
Carrsville Elementary Principal Clint Walters views the art exhibit.
“Big Blue” by WHS student Edythe Carr, made from wire and plaster cloth
IW Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Andrew Cripps, left, samples the “walking taco bar” set up in the Arts Center’s classroom. Serving is Don Williams, an artist from Windsor.
Smithfield High School band director Joel Joyner, left, talks with Georgie D. Tyler Art Teacher John Gibson, center, and Ashleigh Hazel, right, who teaches art at both GTMS and Windsor High School.
“Mirrors” by WHS student Nia Orie, done on linoleum with black paint
This collage by Carrsville Elementary fifth grader Tanya Reid is titled “My Life.”
This mixed media piece by Carrsville Elementary fourth grader Miranda Hardison is titled “I am….”
This painting by Georgie D. Tyler Middle School student Brianna Maye was inspired by a digital image.
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SMITHFIELD
On Tuesday evening, Isle of Wight County’s Chamber of Commerce and Arts League hosted a joint student art show and Business After Hours reception in the Arts Center @ 319 in downtown Smithfield. The event, which was held from 5:30 to 7 p.m., featured pieces by students and art teachers at each of the county’s public schools.
According to Arts Center Director Shiela Gwaltney, the Arts Center holds a show of works by Isle of Wight County Schools students and teachers annually, but this was the first year the reception for that event coincided with the Chamber of Commerce’s Business After Hours reception.
Andrew Cripps, president and CEO of the Chamber, said that the decision to combine the two events this month was made partly from an efficiency standpoint, since the two events fell within the same month, and partly to introduce the local business community to the county’s arts educators so that they could gain a better understanding of the resources available to students. The purpose of the Business After Hours reception is to give current and prospective Chamber members a chance to network
The artwork will be on display through the end of April.
