Clinton County High School was awarded a Showcasing the Arts grant from the Kentucky Arts Council. The Showcasing the Arts grant provides funds to assist Kentucky schools in offering students high quality performing and visual arts experiences in the school setting.

Clinton County High School utilized the funds to host Burkesville visual artist Patricia Ritter in two workshops with Mrs. Presley Sutton’s art students on March 23, 2018. One of those workshop sessions is shown in the photo above.

Students saw samples of Mrs. Ritter’s artwork, learned about the technical aspects of creating the pieces, reflected on the artwork, learned about careers in art, and created their own works of art.

During the post-workshop activity, students used their own creativity and imagination to finish an incomplete landscape using only basic shapes and lines.

Below right, student Andrea Duvall is shown working on one of her art projects during a workshop session. Below left is a closeup view of a student art project.

These workshops address several of the Kentucky Department of Education’s academic standards for arts and humanities, as well as demonstrators for the Visual and Performing Arts program review.