May 16th, 2014 – Annie Michael “Two Wolves”

This week we had CFAC instructor Janet Britt on the show! Janet graduated from Hanover College and University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Art Therapy; however, art education became her passion. She concluded nineteen years of teaching at St. Francis School in Goshen in 2010. Though St. Francis was “an incredibly rewarding experience”, her time to “color new squares” has led to several artist-in-residence projects with Jefferson County Public Schools, to Fall and Spring classes with the talented CFAC students, to individual and small classes at her private Mellwood Arts Center studio, and has left a little time for her own painting, as well. Janet appreciates the parents of CFAC students “for supporting this program and for encouraging their growing young artists”.

Janet selected one of her middle school student’s pieces for our interpretation today! Annie Michael created this piece for a Douglass Miller emulation assignment. Students were asked to paint on wood panels and leave the piece a bit “unfinished.”

Hear more about what types of projects Janet Britt does in her classroom and lots of songs about wolves in the audio from today and be sure to check out the CFAC exhibits at Bellarmine’s McGrath Gallery. High school work will be on display until the 21st, middle school work will be up from May 25th – June 4th, and elementary work will be up from June 8-19th. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 11AM – 6PM and on Saturdays from Noon-4PM. Janet is also teaching several camps for LVAA this summer— you can read more about them here.