Reflections 2009 : Winning Paintings and Film

Coco and Felix definitely have their father's artistic genes. We all know Dana is a genius at art and Chelsea is really creative (she got a little of that from her dad, Greg). Chloe and Felix both won their school Reflections contest in two categories. Chloe won first place for Visual Arts and also Video Production (grades 3-5). Felix won first place for his Lighthouse Painting and Dance Choreography (grades K-2). The theme: Beauty Is. Felix won first place for grades K-2. We just found out that Coco's video, "Beauty is My Brother" won 1st place at the Wake County level also. We feel like that is a real win for both kids since Felix starred in her production, climbing trees, running around, flinging object with his toes, and being a good sport about whatever Chloe 'directed' him to do. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAhVXM-9HpY

Below are photos of their paintings. .

This year Chelsea served as the Reflections Chair at the kids' school. She organized the first ever 'art show' at Halle Arts Center to recognize all the winners. The judging is 'blind' (no names on any projects) and conducted by members of their town arts council. This year Chelsea was proud to have worked to make the Literature portion of the contest run by by teachers in the classrooms, so their school could get 100% participation and recognize more students than ever. The school entries went from 4 (three years ago) to 1,300 (ish).

I think it is just great for all kids to try and use their creativity.

Our Congratulations to all of them.