UNIQUE MASK designed with feathers, yarn - Wahiquist Junior High School art department , Hancock anid mere Elaine Favero and burlap and Larry Adams g MISHMASH by students in the are admired by instructor Jerry (left to right). MASKS ahlquist Students | Top Tyro Artists FARR WEST — Art depart- plies something unattractive, ‘ment students at Wahlquist Jun- even grotesque. Not so in this oo oo ior High School have been mak- case, said Mr. Hancock. % - ing good use of old trinkets and The faces run the gamut from | Ce other disposed items from the comical to serious, some primi- || . : home. tive, none scary like the tradi-|>— - | And the results have won tional Halloween masks, he said. || | = {them and their _ instructors Mfss Afton Forsgren, coordina| praise. = tor of secondary education from} * | About a month ago, eighth the State School Board office in| — - jand ninth grade students be- Salt™ Lake City, ~enjoYed the F -}gan creative art assignment, mask collection on her last vis-;— - -|making masks out of anything it to the school. \they wanted. At her invitation, a number © : of the masks are now being dis | TOUGH TASK played in the school board of| Instructor Jerry Hancock said fices in the capitol building inj he believed this was the first Salt Lake City. | ‘\time such a tough assignment Mr. Hancock said he has been | had been handed out to junior invited to display them at a : : high art students. of places locally, but is Students used their ingenuity number waiting for another class to comos ; -jand came up with attractive assignment before | their -jmasks made of burlap, card- plete placing them. board, pieces of cloth, yarn, BROAD CURRICULUM paint, papier mache, "broken glass, old and broken jewelry A broad art curriculum is of- | a and even a water sprinkler. fered at Wahlquist for all mae | oo recess the ae mask im- levels. Students are also engaged in! | sculpturing, making mobiles,| light-weight, decorative qpene E | | ese type trinkets that hang from© ceilings. They have also completed & _ primitive head scuntures out of© nlastic, wood, wax and soap, | Mr. Hancock ‘said. A commercial line of art was| also introduced at Wahlauist” this year and students with the| use of pen and brush are learn- ing lettering and have completed| some attractive designs for ce ‘ireal boxes and record albums Mr. Hancock said.