Whisperings of the Nevada Desert

What do you get when the Churchill County High School Advanced Art Teacher, Mrs. Amanda Hammond, asks her advanced art students what they see or feel when they think of "Whisperings of the Nevada Desert"? After their Christmas break, the students challenged by this question answered it by producing forty pieces of work in a little over two months. These pieces are on display in the Fallon Community College Art Gallery, and the show will continue until April 25.

Mrs. Hammond welcomed students, parents, grandparents, school bus drivers, and many more individuals to enjoy these students' accomplishments. Joy Swett, Churchill County School Bus Driver, was there to support the art students on her bus. The kids kept her informed of the progress of their projects since starting them in January.

These forty pieces of art were on display: ceramics, paintings on canvas, felt, and mixed media. Trinity Tohannie wrote on her theme, "I had drawn inspiration from Nevada for both of my artworks somehow it was hard to do, but I still got it. My motivation for the "Kettle Corn Skies" was simple Bob Ross, but I did my own thing for the sides of the canvas. I love complementary colors. I felt "Town Clown Motel" hasn't been my greatest work, but it was still fun. Working with felt is NOT for the weak."

Multiple works from the advanced art students were displayed in the gallery. Myles Coatney was one of those. He had six pieces using mixed media, gouache on canvas, mixed media on paper, and acrylic on canvas. He said art was one of his favorite classes, and it shows.