MANCHESTER Elementary pupils taught by Marsha Theisson exhibited artwork at Carrolltown Center in Eldersburg this month to celebrate Youth Art Month.
Fourth-graders, who recently studied Colonial life of children in Maryland, learned to stitch a type of sampler with yarn upon burlap. Each chose to illustrate a different state symbol in stitchery.
Michael Palmer stitched a Chesapeake Bay retriever, the state dog; Brittany Golden, a blue crab; Brandon Epps, a great blue heron; and Michael Reed, the state fish, a striped bass, including French knots for spots.
Laura Getty skillfully outlined the State House and all its windows; Bailey Alexander sewed a Baltimore oriole, and Stacie Shea stitched a skipjack under sail.
Fifth-graders created kachina-style figures of papier-mache with added materials such as feathers and felt. They were made to look similar to the kachina figures used in Hopi and Zuni cultures to teach children about their complex spiritual world.
Brigitta Long's yellow feathery bird Kachina held a basket of corn and wore a bird mask. Kim Rawlings made a white figure with rabbit fur anklets and cuffs. Rachel Bates' alligator figure in a blue jacket reflected how the Hopi spiritual world includes humorous spirits.
Pupils exhibited a variety of media. Second-grader Dustin Bauerlien and first-grader Kurt Miller used weaving. Fourth-grader Jacob Gabriszeski drew pumpkins using pastel; fifth-grader Ryan Thurston inked weeds in silhouette; third-grader Brent Wheeler drew a symmetrical pattern with colored marker; and third-grader Emily Shreeve made a crayon etching.
First-grader Raven Fisher painted flowers in tempera, and fourth-grader Drew Wagner made an attractive tempera leaf print. Mixed-media pictures were exhibited by third-graders Shannon Schaeffer and Caila Finnen, fourth-grader Brittany Golden and first-grader Suzannah Macleod. First-grader Emma Getty showed a collage.
Amusing papier-mache insects by second-grade pupils were shown by Corey Ayres, whose ladybug-style insect flew on red tissue wings, and by Alyssa Edgett, who chose bright stripes of felt to enhance her insect.
Literacy council presentation
Lou Scharon, past president of the Literacy Council of Carroll County, will discuss the history, organization, goals and success stories of the council at the next meeting of the Women's Club of Hampstead.
They will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the social hall at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on Main Street, Hampstead. The hall is accessible to the handicapped.
Club member Marilyn Gill will introduce Scharon. He is a former member of the Carroll County school board and a former county commissioner.
Nonmembers are welcome to attend the meeting. The Women's Club is open to women in the area who enjoy performing civic services. It is part of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, an international organization.
Bicycling in horse country
The annual horse farm bicycle tour organized by Hanover Cyclers offers the perks of a self-guided walking tour through the luxurious stables, commemorative cycling club T-shirts and patches, and lots of great finger food at the end of the ride.
This year, the cycle club celebrates its 25th anniversary and is adding door prizes to the event. The ride will be held from 7 a.m. to noon May 16, with the last rider off the course by 3 p.m.
The horse farm tour is a family-oriented ride on side streets near McSherrystown, Pa., over rolling terrain with sparse vehicle traffic. Hanover Farms is one of the world's most famous standard-bred horse farms, and cyclists can see newborn foals in the stalls or mares and yearlings in the lush meadows.
Rides are well-marked and mapped for 10, 25, 35 and 50 miles. A 35-mile group ride will depart at 10 a.m.
All riders are required to wear helmets. Children under 16 ride free. Registration is $10 before April 30. T-shirts ordered in advance cost $11.
Information and registration: Keith Krout, 717-225-4194.
Pat Brodowski's North neighborhood column appears each Wednesday in the Carroll County edition of The Sun.
Pub Date: 3/31/99