The traveling exhibition Cultivating Creativity 2007-2008: Consolidated Communications Children’s Art Exhibit continues its year-long tour at Paris at Paris Carnegie Public Library, May 10 – 29. The exhibit showcases some of the outstanding art produced through east-central Illinois school art programs.  Presented is art by 42 students, each representing a different school, created during the 2006-2007 school year.

The art representing Paris area schools was created by Danielle Newcomer from Crestwood Elementary and Junior High School.  Newcomer completed the three-dimensional mixed media piece, Huichol Bowl, as an 8th grader at Crestwood Elementary and Junior High School. It was created under the direction of art instructor Mary H. St. Clair. 

Cultivating Creativity 2007-2008 is sponsored by Consolidated Communications and Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University. This annual program presents some of the outstanding art by area students and emphasizes the importance of including the arts as part of the regular school curriculum.  The exhibit travels to a total of 12 area communities.