They’re poppin’ their tops at
Chadds Ford Elementary School, bottle tops, that is. Students are creating a
bottle cap mural as part of this year’s Art in Action project.
Karen Dempsey, co-chair of the
event, said kids saved bottle caps from milk and juice drinks at school and
families also donated caps. They needed 5,000 to 10,000 caps, but wound up with
more than 25,000.
Art in Action is a PTO
sponsored enrichment program with two parts, one being an art history component
and one being a hands-on project. The art history component this year was color
and shape.
Dempsey said the idea for a
bottle cap mural came about when a parent saw such a mural in a magazine
article.
All grade levels are involved,
K-5. Also, more than 50 parents are coming in to help. Faculty and staff will
help as well, she added.
Dempsey hopes to have the
project finished by the end of February or beginning of March.
Varsha Godambe-Jain is the
other co-chair. She painted a model of how the final mural should look.
“Art in action is an
opportunity for the children to put into action what we teach them in art
class. Every year they work on two different concepts that they put into action
in the project,” she said.
Godambe-Jain said they’re
trying to “create a picture window. It’s a Brandywine Valley view. It’s the
trees they see, the rolling hills, the post and rail fences.”
The horse, fence and barn will
be done from cut outs, not bottle caps.
There will also be Smithbridge,
a barn and the Chadds Ford Elementary School Charger mascot in the final mural.
The final mural will be hung in the cafeteria.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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