George Wythe High School - Chancellor Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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Sitting at the well-equipped jewelry workbench in the art department, John Tingle hovers over his work, while he skillfully executes a basic process. ctu sny maa AYt Students Add Zest out the reclining figure in concrete. Modernistic mobiles, graceful stabiles, brilliant chalks, warm wood sculpture, vivid temperas, sparkling oils—these are some of the media with which the art students stage the second spring art show. Throngs of parents, friends, neighbors, and students crowd around the exciting displays entered in the annual exhibit. Outstanding members of the advanced art and jewel- Veclia Peres ty classes joined other Richmond students in demon- Student Teacher strating varied skills at the art exhibition sponsored by the Valentine Museum entitled, “Art for Forty Thou- sand.” The erection of beautiful simulated stain glass win- dows, the composition of captivating show cases, and bulletin boards, and the construction of ravishing back- grounds for the stage productions and dances provide zest and color in school life. It is through these and other crafts and techniques that the art department adds luster to George Wythe throughout the year. W. R. Cheatham BaprACViEs= R.P.I., Florida State University Karen Harshbarger, BEbeApaerale 2% Administration and Departments §

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Beautiful chalk representations by John Johnson held both parents and students in a state of fascination at the spring art exhibit. Mr. Cheatham and students arrange a concrete figure on a wood platform for the spacious sculpture court. Mr. Cheatham gives Dora Parsons pointers and hints about her silk screen process, as she endeavors to print some original Christmas cards. Carol Setzer, Sandra Robbins, and Bobby Millet sketch the sunny out-of doors surrounding them. Administration and Departments 27