MONROE - The work of Monroe eighth-grader Carissa Brooks will be making its way to Washington D.C. soon.
Brooks designed an original state flag for Wisconsin for an annual Youth Art Month competition. Her design was named the winner of 169 entries from Wisconsin in the state competition, which is conducted by the Wisconsin Art Education Association.
Other states also hold design competitions.
Her design depicts the state of Wisconsin surrounded by the black spots of a Holstein cow and framed by streams of colored paint. Brooks said she made the design from colored pencil on paper.
She said she found out her design had won from fellow students who had art class before her.
"I heard it on the way to lunch," she said. "It didn't sink in right away."
The design will be made into an actual cloth flag, measuring 5 feet by 3 feet, by a volunteer in Montreal, Wis., said Jaimie Prahl, Brooks' art teacher at MMS.
Brooks, along with students earning honorable mentions in the flag contest, will be honored at a reception at the State Capitol in Madison March 6. MMS students earning honorable mentions are Jaimie Balsinger, Anna Jenson, Alex Krueger, Jenni Stretsbery and Holly Thomas. Balsinger, Krueger and Thomas are students of Kris Preboske, the other art teacher at MMS.
The students and teachers will attend the ceremony on an all-day field trip, Prahl said.
The flag will then head to Washington, where it will fly at the Historic Postal Square Museum the first week of March. From there, it travels to New Orleans to be flown at the Youth Art Month booth for the National Art Education Association convention at the end of March.
When the flag comes back to Monroe it will be displayed at the middle school, along with past winners for the art month contest.
It's the fourth or fifth time a student from Monroe has claimed top honors, Prahl said.
"We really talk up the whole thing," she said. "It's a great accomplishment. We make a big deal out of it."
Students come up with a design for the contest as part of a classroom assignment, Prahl said. She and Preboske decide the best entries to send in to the competition.
As the winner, Brooks will be awarded a digital version and a framed copy of her flag.
Brooks designed an original state flag for Wisconsin for an annual Youth Art Month competition. Her design was named the winner of 169 entries from Wisconsin in the state competition, which is conducted by the Wisconsin Art Education Association.
Other states also hold design competitions.
Her design depicts the state of Wisconsin surrounded by the black spots of a Holstein cow and framed by streams of colored paint. Brooks said she made the design from colored pencil on paper.
She said she found out her design had won from fellow students who had art class before her.
"I heard it on the way to lunch," she said. "It didn't sink in right away."
The design will be made into an actual cloth flag, measuring 5 feet by 3 feet, by a volunteer in Montreal, Wis., said Jaimie Prahl, Brooks' art teacher at MMS.
Brooks, along with students earning honorable mentions in the flag contest, will be honored at a reception at the State Capitol in Madison March 6. MMS students earning honorable mentions are Jaimie Balsinger, Anna Jenson, Alex Krueger, Jenni Stretsbery and Holly Thomas. Balsinger, Krueger and Thomas are students of Kris Preboske, the other art teacher at MMS.
The students and teachers will attend the ceremony on an all-day field trip, Prahl said.
The flag will then head to Washington, where it will fly at the Historic Postal Square Museum the first week of March. From there, it travels to New Orleans to be flown at the Youth Art Month booth for the National Art Education Association convention at the end of March.
When the flag comes back to Monroe it will be displayed at the middle school, along with past winners for the art month contest.
It's the fourth or fifth time a student from Monroe has claimed top honors, Prahl said.
"We really talk up the whole thing," she said. "It's a great accomplishment. We make a big deal out of it."
Students come up with a design for the contest as part of a classroom assignment, Prahl said. She and Preboske decide the best entries to send in to the competition.
As the winner, Brooks will be awarded a digital version and a framed copy of her flag.