Monday, May 6, 2019

Early College Student Wins Earth Day Art Contest


This comes to us from Leigh Ann Coble McDowell, who teaches science at Early College of Forsyth:

Lyna Giao won an award for her artwork at Earth Day Fair. She won not only for her age bracket but also overall. There were over 160 applicants! She was awarded a certificate, glass-blown art, Sawtooth Center membership and gelato gift certificate.

The Piedmont Environmental Alliance (PEA) reached out to our school (and others) and asked if our students would contribute a piece of art conveying what Earth Day meant to them, to display at the Earth day Fair.

When I gave my Earth and environmental students this assignment I left it very open and only gave the instructions given by PEA. I was so impressed with so many beautiful, creative and powerful pieces.

Lyna's work was done with colored pencils on black construction paper. The detail in her work is awesome! Showing a drop of water coming from a faucet and the drop is shown as the Earth. Every aspect conveys pieces of conservation and human impact as well as the connection in it all.

Giao had this to say: " Art is not something that you have to think too much about, it is about going with the flow."

"Lyna is a wonderful, hard-working, kind, creative and genuine soul!” McDowell said. “It is a delight having her in my Earth and environmental science class as she has a compassion for our planet and the ability to convey her ideas through beautiful, meaningful work."

McDowell posted the winning work on her door.





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