North Dearborn Elementary School is excited to host a new local attraction featuring professional art work from many tri-state artists. 

In our Indiana visual art curriculum we are required to teach about local artists and their art. As the art teacher here at NDES, I am looking for ways to do this more effectively. Budgeting and scheduling doesn’t always allow for us to have speakers come in. My idea was to have a wall designated to community (tri-state) artists in our school building. Each artist that agrees to participate will be given a 12in x 16in canvas to create a piece of art on. This piece must be school appropriate but completely up to them as to what it looks like. Each artist will be asked to write a one-paragraph biography and provide a title for their art that will be on a plaque with their piece. These pieces of artwork hang in our display cases throughout the first floor and will be used as an educational tool for many years to come. 

If you know of any local artists that live in our tri-state area please have them contact me or forward their information to me ASAP.