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Artrageous Antics is about making art for art’s sake

Artrageous Antics hosts My Little Darlings Alpaca Farm to show students how to make art from wool. Clockwise from left are North LaFayette Elementary School student Alyssa Hernandez, Gilbert Elementary School student Gabriel Morgan, Valarie Hernandez, North LaFayette Elementary School student Aubri Hernandez, My Little Darlings Alpaca owner Susan Darling, Gilbert Elementary School student Jaylee Samples and My Little Darlings Alpaca's Tami Alsobrook. Artrageous Antics hosts My Little Darlings Alpaca Farm to show students how to make art from wool. Clockwise from left are North LaFayette Elementary School student Alyssa Hernandez, Gilbert Elementary School student Gabriel Morgan, Valarie Hernandez, North LaFayette Elementary School student Aubri Hernandez, My Little Darlings Alpaca owner Susan Darling, Gilbert Elementary School student Jaylee Samples and My Little Darlings Alpaca's Tami Alsobrook.

By Katie Ward May 4, 2016 1 min read

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Making art for art’s sake

Fairyland Elementary School kindergartner Brylee Ledford, with siblings Kaiden Ledford, Erin Ledford and Aaron Ledford, from left, check out Brylee's work of art on the wall at the Artrageous Antics Art Show at Saddle Ridge School.

From left are Brailynn Smith, 5, Kailynn Smith, 6, and Elijah Smith, 4, standing beside Kailynn's work of art giraffe at the Artrageous Antic Art Show at Saddle Ridge School.

LaFayette High School junior Gabe Hill creates an art installation environment where he pours his own organic blend of hot tea out of a teapot that he created in art class. From left are LHS junior Rachel Graham, Saddle Ridge Middle School eighth-grader Hope McClure, LHS senior Joy McClure, LHS art teacher Heather Hawkins, SRMS eighth-grader Katy Atkins, Gabe, Ridgeland High School junior Haven Gray and LHS junior Amanda Grigo.

LaFayette High School junior Abigail Stone, right, draws an artist's rendering of Naomi Elementary School fourth-grader Ansleigh Keown.

Now in its 10th year, Artrageous Antics is all about making art for art’s sake, and making it together, said LaFayette High School art teacher Heather Hawkins.

“We have more participation each year,” she said, referencing this year’s April 16 district-wide art show, held at Saddle Ridge School. “We had dance, music and theater. This show represented visual arts. The amount of art increases even though funding decreases.”