The Indian Lake Elementary School Artist In Residence Wetland Alphabet Art Installation and Book project is in the final stages.
Over the summer, each letter of the wetland alphabet that the ILES art students helped make was photographed. Indian Lake High School students in Ryan Stanford’s Graphic Design II class are currently working on the layout of the book.
Each letter will have its own page with alliterative text written by ILES gifted language arts students. Also, each page will have a QR code that will take readers to additional information about the flora and fauna featured on each letter.
During the past two school years, Terry Nelson’s art classes at ILES have been studying the wetland on campus. With the assistance of polymer clay artist Melissa Terlizzi, the students created clay creatures and plant life of the organisms that make the ILES wetland their home.
The centerpiece of their study is the Alphabet Wall which will feature each letter of the alphabet displayed with corresponding plants and animals.
Nelson hopes to be able to hold a reveal party open house for the public to debut the art installation, tour the wetland and receive a copy of the book. The target timeline is the fall of 2021. Terlizzi plans to return to Ohio once again for the final event.
Her work was sponsored by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.