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Students Showcase Work at Fine Art Center

This year's showcase marks the first time Dunedin students' art hangs on display in the newly-constructed Children's Art Museum in what began as a collaborative effort between the principals, the Fine Art Center and the city.

 
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Curtis Fundamental Elementary School students Ali Penn, Katie Haber, Alexa Kane and Teresa Kerbage pose for group photos in front of their work with their art teacher X. Prankard at the opening ceremony for the student visual art showcase at Dunedin Fine Art Center on April 22, 2012.
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Dunedin Elementary School teacher Kathy Brickley, left, peruses the Dunedin schools visual arts showcase on April 22, 2012. Credit Katie Dolac
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Curtis Fundamental Elementary School students Ali Penn, Katie Haber, Alexa Kane and Teresa Kerbage pose for group photos in front of their work with their art teacher X. Prankard at the opening ceremony for the student visual art showcase at Dunedin Fine Art Center on April 22, 2012. Credit Katie Dolac
A student at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School poses for a photo being taken by a proud relative at the opening ceremony for the Dunedin schools visual arts showcase at Dunedin Fine Art Center on April 22, 2012. Credit Katie Dolac
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Proud parents have a little more reason to photograph their children in front of their artwork at this year's student showcase. 

For the past two years, students' artwork was pinned up on wall partitions at the Dunedin Community Center. 

This year, for the first time, their art is showcased in a more professional way. It's framed and hanging on the wall of an actual gallery, in the same building where juried art is displayed from adult artists all over the world. 

"It's a chance to showcase kids' work and give 'em a little [feeling of], 'Hey I can do this'," said Ken Hannon, assistant executive director at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, during an opening reception in the new children's wing on April 22.

The annual Dunedin Schools Visual Arts Showcase is a collaboration between Dunedin school principals, the art center and the city of Dunedin that began three years ago, before the construction of the new David L. Mason Children's Art Museum. 

The opening reception celebrated the students, but also the fulfillment of the original vision for showcasing their work. 

The student showcase runs through May 13. All of the work hanging in the gallery was selected by the students' art teachers, said Todd Still, the art center's director of youth education.

It features the work of students from:

Dunedin Fine Art Center hosts a Children's Summer Camp Open House on Friday, April 27, 6 to 8 p.m. 

Related Topics: Children's Art Museum and Dunedin Schools Visual Art Showcase

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