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OJAC art program to
Tuesday, March 18 will be
the first day of the 1996 Art
Education Program at Nancy
Smith Elementary School,
Old " "
sponsored by the Old Jail Art
Center.
The three-week program will
be instructed again by Mike
Magoto, known by the students
as "Mr. Mike," with assistance
from the Old Jail docents. A
special docent orientation will
be held March 18 for those who
would like to help with the
projert.
Magoto has been a big hit
with NSES students for the past
two years, and ie teaching the
program again this year by
popular demand.
Last spring, the participants
studied famous paintings in the
OJAC collection, reproducing
them in large mosaic pieces,
which are displayed in the school
cafeteria.
In 1994, the students studied
ceramics and then created small
animals of every description, in
the style of the Old Jail's ex-
tensive pre-Columbian art col-
lection.
This year, the local museum's
collection of fine art prints will
be used as a basis for art ap-
preciation studies and a hands-
on project.
The class will begin with an
intensive study of six to eight
prints from the collection by
artists such as Picasso, George
Braque, Joan Miro, Henry
Moore, Giacommetti and Joseph
Albers. Students will learn about
various printmaking techniques
and how the artist used the
medium to expand on their cre-
ative ideas.
After studying the artists and
prints,from the collection, par-
ticipants will have an opportu-
nity to explore a variety of
printmaking techniques.
Printmaking. according to
Magoto, is a "fun way to create
muMpie images." It is described
as a kind of stamping process in
which a design is carved out on
a printing block made of wood,
linoleum, or even the side of a
potato, leaving some areas raised
as in a rubber stamp.
Then the printing block is
coated with ink and pressed
carefully onto paper, transfer-
ring the image.
Printmaking is an indirect
process in which the artist cre-
ates the surface that makes the
work of art rather than working
directly.
The advantage is that you
can make many pieces of art
with nearly identical images,"
explained Magoto.
Younger students at Nancy
Smith will work with potatoes,
sponges and Styrofoam plates
to create print blocks. Older
students will work with linoleum
and screen printing to create
designs that will then be trans-
ferred onto paper.
Some of the final prints will
be ptit into a book format and
others will be the students to
trade, keep or give as gifts,
The main focus, according to
the instructor, will be to learn
about another form of art and
another areas in the Old Jail's
permanent collection . Attention
will be given to art elements
such as line, shape, color, pattern
and texture.
Due to construction at the Old
Jail, all classes will be held at
the school, with works of art
from the collection taken to the
NSES campus for study at the
beginning of the course.
"We feel it is very important
that this program be an exten-
sion of the museum into the
classroom and it is equally im-
portant that students have the
opportunity to study original
works of art," remarked J oeliene
Magoto, OJAC director.
^ymakingtheirown original
prints, students will have a
greater understanding of the
process and a greater apprecia-
tion for the works in the collec-
tion."
Docent Orientation
Old Jail docent volunteers will
once again help throughout the
three-week course
A special docent orientation
class is planned next Monday,
March 18 for all those who would
like to participate in assisting
"Mr. Mike" with the classes.
The orientation will begin at
10:00 a.m. Monday in Room 8 at
the elementary school and will
last approximately two hours
Those who are unable to at-
tend the session are still welcome
to sign up as a volunteer for the
program A schedule will be
available at the Old Jail.
Docents and others interested
are encouraged to get involved
with the art project. "Working
with the children and learning
with them is great fun and as
educational for adults as it is for
students," commented Joeliene
Magoto
Docents will have an oppor-
tunity to sign up to assist with
the class and learn more about
the program at their regularly
bchtduled meeting on Tuesday,
March 19 at 7:00 p.m.
The meeting will be held at
the First Christian Church fel-
lowship hall because of con-
struction at the Old Jail
For more information re-
garding the class or the orien-
tation program, call the local
museum at 762-2269.
Students get ready for UIL
A number of Nancy Smith
Elementary School students are
preparing for UIL academic
competition set to take place next
Tuesday and Thursday, March
19 and 21, in Ranger.
The participants in . creative
writing and ready writing com-
pleted their portion of the annual
contests March 7.
Othersin second through fifth
grades will be involved in spell-
ing, number sense, art contest,,
listening and music memory on
Tuesday, followed by
storytelling, oral reading, dic-
tionary skills and maps, graphs
and charts on Thursday.
The competition is not
planned during the school day,
but will begin on both days at
3:45 p.m., ending at approxi-
mately 6:30 p.m.
Albany sixth graders will
compete at the middle school
level in April, which will also
include seventh and eighth
grade students.
High school level UIL com-
petition is planned for the last
week of this month.
Among those who will be
competing in Ranger next week
are the following:
Spelling — Leia Lorica,
Lauren Rodgers, Alex Rodriguez
and Tyler George in third grade;
MicheUe Lorica, Brian Chap-
man, Brittany Clark and Ted
Tidwell in fourth grade; Tim
Loeschen, Natalie Johnson,
Pritesh Bhakta and Rodolfo
Sanchez in fifth grade.
Number sense — Michelle
Lorica, Brian Chapman, Blake
Bernstein and Kent Palmore in
fourth grade; Will Waller, Cade
Prince, McKade Marshall and
Drew Hudson in fifth grade.
Art contest —<■ Cali Ayers,
Heidi Hebel, Casey Winters and
Lance Jordan in fourth grade;
Will Waller, McKade Marshall,
Danielle Riley and Crystal
Martinez in fifth grade.
Music memory — Frank
Skiles, Cody McDaniel and
Kevin Hendley in fifth grade.
Listening — Drew Hudson,
Zach Rodgers, Jeremy Maurer
and Andy Waller in fifth grade.
Storytelling — Kia Boone,
Trey Davis, Derrid Green and
A group of local teens have
been reported going door-to-
door, collecting supposed dona-
tions for Vittles by Vehicles.
Such activity is not sanctioned
by the Vittles program and local
residents are urged not to sup-
port these young scammers in
their quest for easy money.
Vittles by Vehicles committee
chairperson Darlene Davis had
this to say about the Vittles by
Vehicles fiindraising methods:
"Our local meal service pro-
gram would never resort to a
door-to-door fundraising cam-
paign. Local residents pay for
their meals upon arrival. Our
Emily Palmore in second grade;
Stormi Hare, Shelby Jones,
Lauren Rodgers and Cody
Walker in third grade.
Oral reading — Peyton Par-
sons, Britteny Clark, Breanne
Jones and Laura Moreno in
fourth grade; Zach Rodgers,
McKade Marshall, Jeremy
Maurer and Josie Collier in fifth
grade.
Maps, graphs and charts —
Will Waller, Cade Prince, Drew
Hudson and Pritesh Bhakta in
fifth grade.
Dictionary skills — Marc
Sanders, Andy Waller, Lacey
Cleveland and Bonnie Glover in
fifth grade.
as scam
only other means of support come
through channels other than
random collections by commu-
nity youngsters.
"The local pastors in the
community have informed resi-
dents in the past that donations
to the Vittles by Vehicles pro-
gram may be made in person at
First National bank by writing a
check to the program's account.
"We want to make the public
aware of this fraud taking place
in our local community and ex-
pose the despicable behavior of
these unruly youngsters before
they take advantage of anyone
who benefits from the program ."
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Lucas, Donnie A. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1996, newspaper, March 14, 1996; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth414895/m1/2/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.