9 years later, Lynchburg-Clay art project comes full circle
Members of Mrs. Pfister’s 2015 first grade class at Lynchburg-Clay Elementary are pictured with the original art project. (Submitted photos)
Nine years apart, one high school art project has come full circle.
It all started in the fall of 2015 when Lynchburg-Clay High School art teacher Missy O’Connor took her high school art class to visit Mrs. Carrie Pfister’s first grade classroom. The art students helped the first graders draw a monster in class.
Then, the high schoolers were tasked with the challenge of turning their scribbles into 3D stuffed monsters to love.
“I didn't realize that these would become prized possessions for some of the students (and their parents),” Mrs. O’Connor said. “When I had a few tell me they still had their monsters from that experience, I thought it would be fun to bring this project full circle.”
Fast forward to today, seven of those original first graders, along with other high school art students, got to return to Mrs. Pfister’s class and be on the other end of the same project. LCHS students Lily Doughman, Cairen Goings, Austin Manning, Ava McLaughlin, Harley Pack, Bridgett Purdy-Wylie, John Shrimper, Willow Smith and Cassie Watkins are among the high school students who worked with Lynchburg-Clay Elementary students, as depicted below.
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