More than jus[ wide open spaces
Rural Hall hosts International Children's Art exhibit
By YVETTE N FREEMAN
Community News Editor
The town of Rural Hall has made international
c news thanks to the artwork of one 12-year-old girl.
In 1990, Henry Moss, the art teacher at Rural Hall
Elementary School entered the artwork of some of
his students in the International Children's Art Exhi
bition sponsored by Pentel, Ltd. He had no idea that
one of his students would win first place in the con
test, and two years later, Rural Hall Elementary
School would be one of the stops of the exhibition
on its 1991-1992 U.S. tour.
The 21st annual Internaticpnal "Children's Art
Exhibit is on display at the elementary school now
through March 27, with over 250 artworks from chil
dren from around the world. Rural Hall was chosen
as one of the exhibition's nine stops after Lindsay
Horton, a fourth grader in 1990 won first place in the
exhibition, from over 300,000 paintings by children
from 68 foreign countries and territories. As the win
ner, she was able to travel to Japan to accept her
award with her mother and Moss. It was then that
Moss told the Pentel officials that he would like for
his students to see the exhibition.
Obviously, they took him seriously, because
Rural Hall Elementary School is representing the
Southeast part of the United States on the tour, and
now Moss, his students and co-workers are working
hard to make sure everything goes just right while
the exhibition is in Rural Hall.
"The kids are just really excited," said Moss.
"They're just really fascinated that our school was
chosen."
School officials are also proud of the achieve
ment and say that it just goes to show that there's
more to rural areas than just wide open spaces.
"I think it's an honor," said Chlories Shore, assis
tant principal at Rural Hall Elementary. It's an honor
to be one of only nine areas to present the works."
Chloiies Shore, Beverly Leonard, Henry Moss, and Yvonne Montgomery stand next to some of the artwork
In the exhibition.
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Art teacher Henry Moss and Assistant Principal Chlories Shore prepare to display the painting "Stardom,"
by Lindsay Horton, which won first place in the contest.
In addition to Horton's poster, entitled, "Star
dom," which is on loan to the exhibit, other Rural
Hall students with artwork on display in the exhibi
tion are sixth grader, Keia Ramseur, who won the
Supreme Gold award; sixth grader, LaToya Smith,
who won a gold medal; and Gina Cope land, also a
gold medal winner.
As winners, the students and the school received
art supplies from Pentel, medallions, and certificates.
The school has also received support from various
segments of the community, including the local
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Omega Psi Phi
fraternity, in addition to the Japanese school in Kern
ersville.
Shore says with all of the current Japan-bashing
by Americans and the U.S.-bashing by Japanese, it is
good to see that it is the children who are bringing
the two groups together in peace.
"This art show is letting it be known that we can
work together," she said. "It takes children, putting
something on paper, to let us know that we all have
something in common."
The International Children's Art Exhibition
began in Osaka, Japan in 1970, and is directed by the
Biiku Bunka Kyokai (Foundation for Art Education)
and the Nippon Television Network Cultural Society.
The event is a major public service program of the
Pentel Company, Ltd., a manufacturer of high-quali
ty writing instruments and art materials.
The main goal of the event is to help promote
international understanding and goodwill among
young people, overcoming numerous differences in
background and culture. According to Mark Welfley,
ICAE coordinator for Pentel of America," The con
test and exhibition seeks to foster greater understand
ing through the creativity and honesty of children's
art. The message of children's art transcends culture
and color with a language we can all understand."
Other cities on the tour this year have included
Winnemucca, Nevada; Seattle, Washington; Falls
City, Nebraska; Frankfort, Indiana; Brooklyn, New
York, and Pembroke, Massachusetts. Once the tour
ends its run at Rural Hall, it will then go to Dallas,
Texas and Los Angeles. California.
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