Wyoming Arts Council

Encana purchases student-made glass art centerpieces featured at Feb. 24 Governor’s Arts awards gala


Riverton High School Principal Joanne Flannigan (left) and arts teacher Marianne Vinich at Governor’s Arts Awards gala Feb. 24 in Cheyenne.

From County 10 in Fremont County:
The art glass centerpieces at the 30th Annual Wyoming Governor’s Arts Awards held Friday night in Cheyenne came from the imagination of Riverton High School Art Students enrolled in the Glass Art Program there.
Eighty-seven centerpieces, including two set aside for Governor Matt Mead, were produced for the event under the guidance of art instructor Marianne Vinich. RHS Principal Joanne Flannigan and Vinich were recognized at the awards dinner for the students’ contributions. Each of the glass art discs were offered for sale at a suggested donation of $40 to help purchase new glass and supplies for the program, which is the state’s longest-running such class. However,  before any of the discs could be purchased, Encana Oil and Gas made an $80 donation per piece and gave each centerpiece away. It was up to each table as to who got claim the centerpieces.
Read the rest at http://county10.com/2012/02/27/rhs-art-glass-program-recognized-at-governors-arts-awards-encana-purchase-to-fund-supplies/ 

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