Let’s Talk Trash!
These decorated pieces of art are to be completed by April 1st, and will be gathered and delivered to our Litter costs our state over 11 million dollars annually cleaning our roadways from debris and litter. To bring a continuous awareness to our communi y, T.D.O.T. provided a grant to Cheatham County to educate our kids and the community about the negative impact litter has on our community. The Iris Tennessee Cheatham project was created and developed by The Keenan Gr up, I c. to further enhance this mission. Mayor, David McCullough was proud to present the awards just prior to the auction that was conducted by Stephen Carr, a local acuti n er and realtor. Every one of th Ir s structures were purchased and will be on display at various businesses, courthouse as well as some being donated back to the schools. “new”Museum of Litter at the Cheatham County Courthouse lawn for an outdoor art exhibition during Earth Day week April 2014. The Cheatham County Chamber of Commerce will be helping to gather business involvement to participate in a public auction where each sculpture will be auctioned off by Auctioneer, Stephen Carr. Both the class builder of the sculpture and the school who decorated the sculpture will share equally in the proceeds. Not only is it a litter awareness project, it is also a fundraising effort to enhance the art departments at all the schools, or however each school chooses to allocate their funds. ALL MONEY RAISED AT THE AUCTION GOES 100% TO THE SCHOOLS! 2014 winners! What started out with fourteen 5 foot x 3 foot iris shaped wooden structures built by the tech ed class at Sycamore High School, turned into a spectacular Museum of Litter public exhibition and live auction on April 22nd 2014, raising over $2,200! It was a beautiful sunny afternoon at the Cheatham county Courthouse! The front lawn was littered with gorgeou museum quality masterpieces created by every school in the county as well as the CC Library story time kids. With 100% participation, t was a vision to behold.
Iris Tennessee Cheatham August 2013 Kidsville News! began this year-long school project to help bring awareness of the consequences litter has on our community, environment and financial resources. Sycamore high school technical education class, directed by teacher, John Staggs, are creating 13 sculpture bases of the Tennessee Iris. One 3’w x 5’h wood sculpture will be delivered to each participating elementary, middle and high school in January ready to cover, decorate and colorize in order to create a Masterpiece! The mission is for all the students, parents and teachers to get involved in decorating their school’s Iris sculpture only using found litter within the community. The sky is the limit as to what you can create. The mission is to gather“ugly and costly” litter using it to create a beautiful Tennessee Iris sculpture.
Photo courtesy of Tim Adkins Ashland City Times
Best Use of Litter Sycamore Middle
A beautification awareness project created
entirely by Cheatham County Students.
Your Iris will deliver to your school January 2014
most colorful cheatham middle
In support of the Tennessee Department of Transportation (T.D.O.T.) Stop Litter program, Kidsville News! has selected the Tennessee Iris as the art creation to be made entirely of found litter in the county.
BEST OF SHOW & Most Beautiful Pegram Elementary
The basic iris sculpture will be constructed out of wood and will
Ashland City Elem AMONG THE STANDARDS ARE: • Each piece of art must be safe for the public to interact with • Each must be durable for handling by the public • Design standards do not allow any direct product advertising, inappropriate verbage or images • Each must be able to withstand light rain Kidsville News!, The CC Dept of Education and the CC Mayor’s office will have the final approval of all art submitted. measure 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall. On this base sculpture, found litter items are to be attached in any form or fashion to beautify and colorize. They can be painted or whatever else is desired to make this a sculpture masterpiece. These sculptures will be displayed outdoors, so it must be reasonably weather resistant. This can be accomplished by using shellac, or other items that can withstand light rain. Create a mosaic of color! Just because trash is ugly, you can transform its use into a beautiful masterpiece!
Cheatham County schools are blessed with an abundance of talented amateur artists! The art that will be represented at our first Museum of Litter will be the result of hundreds of hours of work by students, teachers and parents. technical excellence Sycamore High tech e John Staggs Senior Tech Ed Class are busy creating Iris sculptures!
Most Creative cc library story time
Iris Tennessee Cheatham It is not just another pretty project!
Westt Cheatham Elem Recognizing the value of educational possibilities with this art project, Kidsville News! through a County grant fromT.D.O.T. to support the state-wide Stop Litter program brings a continuing awareness of the negative impact litter has on our environment: community, agriculture and animals. In addition to litter awareness, Kidsville News! in support of the arts in our schools, has developed this school-wide art project to raise funds for much needed materials within each school with the support ofThe Cheatham County Chamber and local businesses. Each month Kidsville News! has and will continue to discuss Litter and its impact on our community. MANY THANKS TO MIDWAY SUPPLY FOR BEING A PARTNER IN THE SCULPTURE SUPPLIES! Kinston Springs Elem Pegram Elementary
Pleasant View Christian
CC Library Story Time
Sycamore Middle
Sponsored by the TDOT Litter Grant & the office of Cheatham County Mayor, David McCullough
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