CAC Offers Student-Designed Cards

The presents more than 60 holiday card designs created by elementary, middle and high school students from more than 10 Douglas County Schools in its annual competition. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, Dec. 8, from 5 until 6:30 p.m. for participating students, teachers and their families.

Former Douglas County Schools music specialist and current music teacher with the Cultural Arts Council, Nancy Whittenburger will play Christmas carols and seasonal music on the piano during the festivities. This event is free and open to the general public. The Annual Holiday Card Competition and the Festival of Trees is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Douglas County.

The designs of students from and were selected to be reproduced as holiday cards this year. The winners of the annual holiday card competition are: Halle Cochran (1st grade, Mason Creek Elementary; Ms. Gunnell, art teacher); Betsy Barron (5th grade, Chapel Hill Elementary; Ms. Allen, art teacher); Shelby Walker (8th grade, Mason Creek Middle School; Mr. Overton, art teacher); and Kimberly Chamorro (11th grade, New Manchester High School; Ms. Houlihan and Ms. Adams, art teacher). Their prize-winning printed cards are available for sale at the Cultural Arts Center.

“We are delighted with the quality of the designs entered this year, and it was very hard to pick only four artworks to be printed as our winners,” commented Allen Culpepper, Chair of the CAC Gallery Committee. “In fact, we want everyone to know that every student in this show is a winner–they were selected to represent their schools, and they should be very proud of themselves. We sure are proud of them!”