Elementary combines art show with reading

Christy Webber, left, helps her son Isaac, 6, make a collage during the Bryan Art Show Monday evening.

Nevada Daily Mail

Hundreds of parents and their children made art projects and picked out a book Monday night at the annual Bryan Elementary School Art Fair.

This year Bryan principal Debbie Spaur said the school combined its art fair with a reading program, so in addition to art projects, teachers were giving out free books and cookies to the children.

Shelby Williams, 8, picks out a book on dinosaurs Monday at the Bryan Art Show. This year, Bryan principal Debbie Spaur said the school combined its art show with its reading improvement program and gave a book to each child who wanted one.

Alice Weber, Nevada R-5 elementary art teacher, said that this year she added a reading component to the art show by having the reading of a poem tied to each project the kids and their parents made.

She said that all of the art projects displayed by the children were judged, with each receiving a first, second or third place. No best of show award was presented.

Several Cottey College students helped with the art fair with a project for children to make a crown from a newspaper.

Emily Lawrence, 6, decorates a newspaper crown during the art show at Bryan Elementary School Monday afternoon.

The school also held its annual scavenger hunt with parents and children looking for famous paintings scattered around the school.