Art show at mall puts students’ talent in perspective

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Art Instructor, Mary Beth Wensel, Supervisor, Michele Krisher, and Art Instructor, Kathy Young, stand along a sculpture made by students from Trumbull Co. Educational Service Center Arts Excel in the Arts Outreach Center at Eastwood on Sunday afternoon.

NILES — Call them emerging talents whose creativity is expressed in paintings, pencil sketches and sculptures. One more thing makes these budding artists unusual: They’re all between the ages of 11 and 14.

Middle-school students from 19 schools in Trumbull County submitted artwork for an exhibit that opened today at the Art Outreach Gallery in Eastwood Mall. The program, sponsored by the Arts/EXCEL program of the Trumbull County Educational Service Center, is designed for students who have talent or interest in pursuing the arts.

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