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Wednesday, December 18, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Merry Foxmas from two young artists
KIDS GET CREATIVE
— By T. Lee Brown —
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Young artists Parker Johnson and
Makayla Kirkpatrick are fourth graders at
Sisters Elementary School. Their teacher
is an artist, too — Clay Warburton —
known to his students as Mr. W.
“We are doing window painting in our
fourth-grade class,” explained Makayla
last week. “We each draw a picture, then
Mr. W pairs us up.” Together, students
made designs to paint on the windows of
real businesses along Cascade Avenue.
They were supposed to draw something
“cute and funny, nothing scary, no
trademarks like Spider-Man or Marvel,”
according to Parker. “Mr. W said do
something like winter, Christmas,
something cute that someone would
spend a long time looking at, that they
would like,” said Makayla. “Something
that makes their heart feel warm,” added
Parker.
Parker and Makayla each came up with
their drawings separately. “Mr. W said,
‘Oh, look out! Someone did a snow
globe, and someone else did a snow
globe!’” said Parker. He paired them up
to collaborate, which means to work
together.
“I drew a snake, but I really liked how
Makayla drew the fox, so I decided to go
with her animal,” explained Parker.
Parker is newer. His family arrived here
last summer. Parker said he thinks it’s
“really good that people are recognizing
our art and seeing how good it is,
because where I used to live, they didn’t
pay attention to the art we made in
school. They didn’t put it out into the
streets; there was just so much graffiti.”
“It feels good to be appreciated,” said
Makayla, “and it also is nice that we’re
representing our school, our classroom,
because we’re doing this art project.”
Both artists believe it is important for
adults to pay attention to what kids are
doing and making. “Sometimes adults
have days down, and sometimes seeing
children’s artwork and stuff makes them
feel good and warm inside,” Parker said.
“If they’re having a hard time, or if they’re
just really tired or stressed out, this art
makes everybody feel really good,” said
Makayla.
LEGENDARY HODAG
Black Butte School in Camp Sherman
will present an original new play for their
annual winter performance on Thursday.
Students will premier “The Legendary
Hodag,” written by theater educator
Jennie Sharp. The play is about “how
Hodags came to live at Hoodoo Ski Area.”
The mysterious Hodag is a symbol used
by Hoodoo, which is just up Highway 20
from the school. Students at Black Butte
School get to ski there on Fridays, as
part of their education. The school uses
outdoor and environmental education to
teach science, physical education, and
other subjects.
All are welcome to see “The Legendary
Hodag” on Thursday, December 19th at
6 p.m. The performance takes place at
Camp Sherman Community Hall.
“It can make them laugh, too,” added
Parker.
To see the artwork in person, visit local
retailers and restaurants on Cascade
Avenue during the holiday season.
Locations include Martolli’s Pizza and
Stitchin’ Post.
“We did some of the candy canes from
Parker’s drawing, and the Christmas hat
that was on his snake. We both came up
with the icicles,” said Makayla.
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They called their window design “Merry
Foxmas, because it stars a drawing of a
fox in a Santa hat,” said Parker.
Both students were excited about
having their artwork in the community,
painted on a window and printed in the
newspaper. Makayla said she has moved
to a lot of places, but never heard of
anything like this before. “This is really
cool!” She has lived in Sisters for about
two or three years.
T. Lee Brown, Kids in Print Page Editor
kidsinprint@nuggetnews.com
Parker and Makayla collaborated (worked
together). First, each made their own
drawing, which you can see here on the left
and the right. Then they combined their two
separate drawings to make one new design,
which they are holding up in the center.
Jess Draper, Kids in Print Designer
jess@nuggetnews.com
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