Floyd County Schools’ artists get their chance to shine

♦ An art show and theater production are among the student projects.

Sherry Childs says she’s excited about everything going on in fine arts within the Floyd County school system.

As the fine arts coordinator, she’s proud of the annual arts show the school system hosts at the Rome-floyd County Library. It began last week and is running all the way to the end of February.

“Every year, we’re able to use the library to show our student work,” Childs said.

The show has been going on every year for about 40 years, she said, but this is just the third year the school system used the library. Since there are so many schools, the system divides display time among attendance areas.

The Armuchee-area schools’ artwork is on display until Friday, Jan. 17. The Coosa area will start their display the following week and it runs until the end of the month. After that, the Model area will display their work

from Feb. 3 through 14, and Pepperell will have their artwork on display from Feb. 17 through 28.

“We do this to encourage students to work for a goal,” Childs said. “It gives them an insight to how other people view their work.”

The artwork is available for display for the public, and it displays artwork from grades K-12.

Childs has also served as the director of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” since October. The musical will run at Model High School this coming weekend, with the opening show on Friday.

“We have 25 or 26 students who have come together for this production,” Childs said, “and we have amazingly talented and gifted kids.”

Auditions to be part of the Floyd County Schools Ensemble Theatre were held in October. Childs said once auditions were settled, they immediately began to work on the show. She also said “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” is one of her favorite shows because just about anyone can relate to it.

“We all have friends who try and try and try, and no matter how hard they try they can’t get it right. We all have friends who are bossy, musicians, or insecure. We have friends that can do it all,” she said. “Now I’ve just described every character in the show.”

Tickets aren’t available for sale online yet, but they can be bought at the door. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students. On Friday and Saturday, showtime is at 7 p.m. On Sunday, the show starts at 2 p.m. according to Childs.

K.T. Mckee Glenwood Primary first-grader Madison Trowbridge, 7, poses for her mother, Carlye Crace, Wednesday with the fox she created with colored markers at school. Her fox is one of many pieces of art from Floyd County Schools on display at the Rome-floyd County Library. Every week, different schools submit artwork for the displays throughout the library’s first floor. ‘... we have amazingly talented and gifted kids’

K.T. Mckee Aria Lidke, 5, shares her thoughts with her grandmother, Anni Wells, about some of the art on the display from local schools at the Rome-floyd County Library on Wednesday.

K.T. Mckee Armuchee High School 10th-grader Ella Young’s graphite pencil clown is one of many pieces of art from Floyd County Schools on display at the Rome-floyd County Library at 205 Riverside Parkway. The artwork is rotated to give as many pieces of art from as many schools as possible a chance for exposure, according to the library’s Administrative Services Coordinator Amy Summerlin. “We like it because we feel the public library is a community place for everybody and this brings in more people from the community,” Summerlin said.