Be sure to check out Coal Creek’s new art gallery, “Whirligig” located on Empathy Road (the main hallway between the Finer Diner and the workroom.) The gallery is off to a roaring start with new submissions coming in every day.

WHY WHIRLIGIG?

The definition of whirligig is “something that continually whirls.”  We like to think of it as creativity in motion, an ongoing process of exercising the imagination.

Whirligig was born as a replacement to an end-of-the-year art show where the children have to wait months to see their work displayed. A rotating gallery allows children of every ability level to have a chance to be a displaying artist as many times as s/he would like. It follows the habits of mind trait, “create, imagine, innovate!”  

Artwork is mounted and displayed for one to two weeks on the gallery wall. After the display time, artwork is scanned for future use and returned to the student. Plans are in the works to have an on-line anthology of artwork that has been submitted throughout the year.

All Coal Creek students and faculty are welcome to submit original artwork created outside of school. Create your masterpiece from home then bring it to the bin marked Whirligig in the art room. There are monthly themes posted for ideas and inspiration, but it is not necessary to submit work based on the theme. Check the gallery and the Coal Creek newsletter for upcoming themes. We prefer original renderings to commercial characters. Pieces with questionable or violent content will not be displayed in the gallery.