Gordon Parks Arts Hall

It is a very exciting time to be a Lab student (and arts teacher!). We just dedicated the new middle and high school arts wing named after the writer, film maker, photographer, and musician Gordon Parks.
Thirteen of his photographs are on display through the winter holiday on the first floor of the new hall, and I took my fourth grade classes to examine and discuss feelings, emotions, and aspects of the photographs. We talked about stereotypes, strong artistic elements, and grazed the surface of social justice issues brought forth from the images.