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WMU Art Club share passion at farmers market
Children and adults enjoyed making art and made contributions to the art clubs trip to St. Louis
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WASHINGTON — The Winfield-Mt. Union Art Club visited Washington’s Farmers Market last Thursday to offer a fun painting activity to the community and raise funds for their upcoming trip.
Previously the WMU Art Club used to set up at the craft fairs with items students had created, member Piper Faler shared. Newsom explained that this change in their methodology gave them an opportunity to share their love for art in a way that might inspire others.
Kassydee Newsom explained to participants stopping by the art club table that they simply needed to put drops of thinned paint on the paper then slide the squeegee across the page to create a unique picture.
“What's nice about this, though, it's like you can find all these things at Dollar Tree and have a cheap, fun project to do, like even squeegees at Dollar Tree,” Newsom said.
According to WMU art teacher Elizabeth Schoening, the idea for this project came from TikTok and is actually a lesson she teaches students in painting class.
“It’s one of the favorites for sure,” Schoening said. “Sometimes we have kids try to make things. Like, last year we had a kid make a campfire, which looked really cool.”
Another lesson students enjoy in Schoening’s class includes soap carvings. One student said she saw soap carvings on TikTok before the lesson and was excited to try it herself when Schoening introduced it.
Newsom explained that projects like this are part of why she loves art at WMU.
“Ms. Schoening makes it fun,” she said. “She gives us a style of art we’re supposed to make and then she gives us creative freedom and she trusts us with it.”
“We wanted to do something that people could have fun with,” Newsom said. “We don’t really care if they donate. That’s why it is a freewill donation. We just want everyone to have fun with art.”
The donations they received at the farmers market will go toward the art club’s trip to St. Louis planned in the second half the school year.
“We’re going to go to the art museum down there and maybe the Botanical Gardens,” Schoening explained.
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