By Andy Haviland, Principal, White Mountain
Julie Mathews, an Anchorage artist, spent a week and a half in White Mountain working with students to create a school entrance sign. The sign depicts the four seasons of the year and shows some of the activities and wildlife the community enjoys.
Julie created all of the individual tiles, glazed and painted the border of the sign before shipping them to White Mountain. The students (k-12) all worked together to design the seasonal pictures in the middle and then paint them before going through the glazing/firing process.
The students also had an opportunity to make their own piece of pottery with Julie’s assistance. Julie trained the White Mountain school staff on the use of our new kiln, so that the school can continue to work with the students in exploring the fine arts.
The small pieces separating the seasons come from the tiles Julie created with us that were destroyed when our school burned in 2006.
Julie Mathews with our finished sign.
