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Went to the art show today and finally saw what the Girl has been doing over the past few years (I say few years because she had some of last year's art up for display). She had six pieces in the show, all of which she hoped to sell. Went around looking at a lot of the art, some of it most excellent, and found that she'd taken third place in the judging for a piece of art that she doesn't even like! It was done early last year, and what she's done since then shows her advancement as an artist. But the judges liked this one!

I'll excerpt what the judges had to say about it here:

"Third Place goes to the piece with the Telephone pole in front of the brick building... The abstract composition is especially pleasing. Shapes and patterns become more important than realistic subject matter in this piece, and causes us to look at our surroundings in a new way. While working for more contrast and taking a little more time with the drawing of small details would have made the piece stronger, capturing the abstraction seen around you is clearly working outside the box."

"The simple pencil drawing of the telephone pole has an interesting contrast of the monumental and the small, intricate detail."

The Girl was a bit put out by the fact that the item in question was not a telephone pole, but a walkway covering support! She was peeved that they kept calling it a phone pole!

I think that the show was rather poorly attended, partially due to lack of advertising before the event. We definitely made way too many brownies!

And in other news, I made [community profile] metafandom thanks to partly-bouncy!
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Tonight was the awards ceremony for Boy #2. Only the "big" awards were given out; smaller ones, like perfect attendance, will be given out next week (on the last day of school).

Let's see what he came home with:

Trophy and certificate for Principal's Honor Roll (All As, all year)

"Oscar" trophy and framed picture for his role in Annie, Jr. (He played Sandy and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.)

Medallion, framed certificate and $15 gift card to Barnes and Noble for participating in "Battle of the Books" -- the school's first team; they made it to the second round and were eliminated by one point in overtime.

Ribbon and Certificates from Northwest Council PTA - he took second place for Musical Composition in their "Reflections" competition.

Certificate for 3rd place in the fifth grade spelling bee.

Certificate for "Excellence in Visual Arts"

Certificate for "The Superb Scientist Award"

Yeah, he made out like a bandit, and deserves every single one.

Unfortunately, I had to leave before it was over to pick up Boy #1, who was a juror in the only two cases that came before Lakeview's Youth Court this school year. I think, though, that the only thing I missed was the science award.



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