Mary Lynn Heth

"Sharing the Art" is a book and audio program for visual arts students in School District 102. The program builds off of the existing art gallery at Park Junior High school. Over 325 eighth-grade students will study major artists in the gallery and use images from the collection and their own creations to develop and publish books for primary students in the first and second grades. The books will provide information on the art and the artists. The eighth-grade students will also create podcasts for each book so the younger students will be able to read and also listen to the book. The program will allow the older students to use technology to research, create and disseminate information about the art, and have an opportunity to "teach" the younger students. The primary students will learn about art and reading through technology and will have hands-on experience with art. Heth, who resides in Broadview, hopes that the program can benefit students in other grades and the community at large in the future.