| Inspired by the art installment called We the People at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, students in Cecil Floyd fourth grade classes had the chance to create their own version. The original art, seen below during installation at the museum, was made by putting shoestrings into holes in the wall, creating a drooping or dripping or melting effect to these important words of our United States Constitution. Each of our classes selected a four-letter word to collectively decorate using colored and scissored "shoestrings" of our own. Of these words - LOVE, HOPE, KIND - ours was the word FREE.  | |
Our thanks are extended to Dr. Amber Mintert, our guest art-educator from Missouri Southern State University and Crystal Bridges. We will see Dr. Mintert again, as she will meet us at the museum when we visit for our mid-April field trip. We are also appreciative to a donor who makes our special connection with the museum possible.
