Westfield Art Teachers Demonstrate the 'Write' Way

WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield's Edison Intermediate School art educators, Alison Hooper and Helen Frees, presented a workshop on Writing and Illustrating Your Own Children's Book at the Annual Conference of the Art Educators of New Jersey in Long Branch on Oct. 11.

The hands-on workshop incorporated the children's book, Wrong Way, which was illustrated by Alison and written by her mother, Shirley Hooper.

The art instructors participating in the workshop were introduced to a variety of activities to inspire elementary students to write, illustrate and incorporate technology to create their own imaginative story.

— By Lorre Korecky

(Image provided: Westfield's Edison Intermediate School art educators, Alison Hooper (left) and Helen Frees)

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