Artist paints students reading for ‘Paint a Reader’ program
To celebrate National Reading Month this year, Sarah Chisholm, a first grade teacher at Plumbrook Elementary School in Sterling Heights, partnered with a local artist to bring some joy to her students through watercolor portraits of each student reading.
Photo provided by Amber Joseph
Students’ parents took photos of them reading at home and sent them to their teacher, and artist Jeanne McCormick turned the photos into paintings.
Photo provided by Amber Joseph
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP/ UTICA Since lockdown first began, Sarah Chisholm, who is a first grade teacher at Plumbrook Elementary in Sterling Heights, has been trying to find ways to inspire her students and their creativity while at home.