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events they previously experience. 15
Student examples, like trying out for a role
in play or a position on team, receiving a gold
medal in gymnastics at the Olympics, or get-
ting a solo in choir, helped them gain a better Jul–Sep 2020 | https://icaf.org/
understanding of the juror selection process.

Students gave a five-minute presentation to
the jurors about creating their artwork. All
student artwork was exhibited, and students
carefully examined the work. Afterwards,
anonymous ballots were handed out to write
the name of a fellow student. It wasn’t easy to
choose only one artwork from this vibrant and

dynamic group of artists.
However, once the ballots were counted
with much enthusiasm, one student received
the most votes from our student jurors for his
bold black-and-white composition of two ten-
nis players on the court. It was sixth-grader,
Henry Langmack
Henry Langmack! Well done!

Participating in the Arts Olympiad was the their artistic voice was connected to a com-
catalyst for my students to understand art as a munity beyond their own. Our “Designer”
holistic learning process where they were Sports Figures opened a pathway towards
able to engagement in social practice with the stu-
experiment, dents realizing that their art and creativity

create, and can address issues and encourage change
refine their through collaborating with a bigger arena,
ideas. the world.
Sharing
and listening
Che Sabalja, MA, MS
to each oth-
Art Educator
er’s perspec-
tives allowed
them to grow
and appre-
ciate that
Langmack at work developing his black-and-white design. His
sports figures artwork was ultimately chosen by the class to par-
ticipate in the 6th Worlds Children’s Festival, hosted by ICAF.