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Conley Elementary school will be marking its 10thanniversary next year and a monumental celebrationis planned. All 850 students, kindergarten-fifth grade,have participated in the creation of a special sculpture.The piece depicts a little girl which will be installednext to the existing sculpture of a little boy who willnow have a reading companion.

Both sculpture projects were initiated by Dr. MarciaMeale who has taught art at Conley from day one. Theoriginal sculpture has been in place for eight years andwas created by three generations of the Cooley family,celebrated local artists. Meale wanted to expand ontheir work and emphasize the inclusive and collabora-tive philosophy of the school.

“The idea is to work with a sculptor and have thekids do some of the work,” said Meale who received anArts Education Grant from the Council on Culture &Arts for the project. With the grant funds supplied byKia of Tallahassee, she was able to supplement otherfundraising efforts and buy clay and pay local sculptorMatthew Filiault to get the process started.

Filiault built an armature to provide internal struc-tural support for the sculpture and the students hadthe opportunity to add clay to the basic form. “Then the

Marcia Meale looks on whileConley students add hair tothe little girl sculpture.AMANDA THOMPSON

IT TAKES A CLASSROOM Students team up on sculpture to celebrate school’s 10th anniversary

Amanda Karioth Thompson Council on Culture & Arts

Matthew Filiault was the main sculptor and he also led classroomdemonstrations for the students. MARCIA MEALESee SCULPTURE, Page 2C

Movies

DOCTOR WHO?: A valet (RobertSheehan) develops a clever scam to robrich customers. Things go smoothly un-til he breaks into the house of the wrongcustomer (David Tennant), and discov-

ers a a kidnapping in “Bad Samaritan.”It’s rated R and opens Friday at AMC.

LOVE LUCY: Setsuko, a single, emo-tionally unfulfilled woman living in To-kyo, finds her alter-ego when she takes anEnglish class in “Oh Lucy” at 6 p.m. Fri-day, 7 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday atAll Saints Cinema. Visit www.tallahas-seefilms.com. It’s not rated, and shown inJapanese with English subtitles.

MURDER AND MAYHEM: Celebratethe 50th anniversary of the classic film,“Touch of Evil,” the 1958 noir film fea-turing the writing, directing and actingtalents of Orson Welles. It’s rated PG-13and plays at 2 p.m. Sunday at All SaintsCinema. Visit www.tallahasseefilm-s.com.

FESTIVALS

GRAB A CRAB: Celebrate the re-markable callinectes sapidus — aka theblue crab — at the annual Panacea Blue

Crab Festival Friday and Saturday inWoolley Park in Panacea. There’s a freegospel sing featuring The Davises tokick things off at 6:30 p.m. Friday. TheCoastal Optimist Club Parade struts itsstuff at 10 a.m. Saturday, with openingceremonies at 1 p.m. in Woolley Park.There will be lots of fresh seafood forsale, arts and craft vendors, activitiesfor the kids, live music and the famousMullet Toss competition. Admission tothe festival grounds is $3 on Saturday.

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SU | DO | KU Dave Green

Enter a numeralfrom 1 through 9 ineach cell of thegrid. Each row,column and regionmust contain onlyone instance ofeach numeral.

Yesterday’ssolution

Note: Puzzles in-crease in difficultyfrom Mondaythrough Sunday.

Singer Englebert Humperdinck is82. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 73.Singer Lou Gramm of Foreigner is 68.Actor Brian Tochi (“Revenge of theNerds,” “Police Academy”) is 59. Coun-try singer Ty Herndon is 56. TV com-mentator Mika Brzezinski is 51. Wres-tler-actor Dwayne Johnson (The

Rock) is 46. Singer Jeff Gutt of Stone Temple Pilots is42. Actress Ellie Kemper (“Unbreakable KimmySchmidt,” “The Office”) is 38. Actor Gaius Charles(“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 35. Singer Lily Allen is 33.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

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Aries (March 21-April 19). There are people youkeep returning to over and over in one form or an-other. It’s as though all of the turns eventually leadyou back to each other.

Taurus (April 20-May 20). The reason you’re notsure you want to leap at the chance for more poweris that you realize the implications. To accept au-thority over others is to accept responsibility fortheir well-being.

Gemini (May 21-June 21). Many people have thecourage of their convictions without ever checkingto make sure that they are indeed in the right. Notyou.

Cancer (June 22-July 22). Perhaps the idea of apeaceful world is too far into fantasyland to be areasonable possibility, but what about peace in yourown heart? Whatever is keeping that from happen-ing, it can be overcome.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). As you go about your day,seek simplicity. Simplicity needs less explanation,not more.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re conscientiousand you want to help, so you think about whatyou’re going to say. The right words follow the rightthoughts.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s a point in whichthe knife cannot get any sharper. Know when yourwork is done, and then don’t work past that point.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are things youwould like to be certain of, but even if you were, itstill wouldn’t bring you the security you seek; itwould give you only the illusion of security.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People sometimesoppose one another without knowing why and thenlook for faults and other reasons that will delegiti-mize the opposition. It’s a game. Don’t play.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ve had advo-cates and champions in your life, so you know whatthe role is and how it’s best played. Take it on foryourself today. Be the support you need and de-serve.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Relationships get in-teresting – and maybe even spectacular. You eitherdidn’t know what to expect or weren’t expectingmuch, and now it’s all a delightful surprise.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s a coin tossfeel to the day. Though you’re interested in the out-come, you don’t have a preference about which wayit lands.

Today’s Birthday (May 2). Your greatness re-quires nothing more than what you already have.Polish that and you’ll wind up shining brighter thanever. A special relationship will improve your do-mestic flow and your health, too. Deals will favoryou in July and November. Because you do well on atest, new opportunity opens in September. Cancerand Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 39,1, 25 and 40.

ASTROLOGY HOLIDAY MATHIS

Today is Wednesday, May 2, the 122nd day of2018. There are 243 days left in the year.

On this date in:1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry

VIII, was arrested and charged with adultery; shewas beheaded 17 days later.

1970: Jockey Diane Crump became the firstwoman to ride in the Kentucky Derby; she finishedin 15th place aboard Fathom. (The winning horsewas Dust Commander.)

1982: The Weather Channel made its debut.1994: Nelson Mandela claimed victory in the

wake of South Africa’s first democratic elections;President F.W. de Klerk acknowledged defeat.

2011: Osama bin Laden was killed by elite Amer-ican forces at his Pakistan compound, then quicklyburied at sea after a decade on the run.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today

The Growers’ Market at Lake Ella: Small farm-ers bring local produce. Noon-6 p.m. The GrowersMarket, 229 Lake Ella Drive.

Rotary Club of Tallahassee: Rotary YouthCamp, serving disabled children ages 5-18, fromthroughout the Panhandle. Speaker: Joyce HelenDove, J.D., Director of Development. Introduction:Sherwood L. Brown, Sr., Director of Lending, FAMUFederal Credit Union. Club President Ste-phen E. Liner, presiding. Persons Con-tact Tiffany Baker (850-717-0284)regarding attending a luncheonmeeting, 12:30-1:30 p.m. FSUAlumni Center Grand Ball-room, 1030 W. Tennessee St.

Thursday

Food Truck Thursday:Enjoy food and music onthe shores of Lake Ella. 5:30p.m. Music is free; food isavailable for purchase. 1641N. Monroe St.

Solar Co-op: Want to go So-lar? Join the Solar United Neigh-bors Leon County Solar Co-op infor-mation session. 6 p.m., at Main (LeroyCollins) Library, 200 W. Park Ave.

Tallahassee Amateur Radio Society: Monthlymeeting, 7-9 p.m. at the American Red Cross Build-ing at 1115 Easterwood Drive. TARS is a general in-terest radio club with membership concentrated inthe greater Tallahassee area. Students at any levelcan join for free, get more information about be-coming a Ham radio operator and free FCC licens-ing.

Friday

Getting to Know: Once Upon A Mattress: If youthought you knew the story of The Princess and ThePea, you may be in for a walloping surprise! 7-8:30p.m. Godby High School, 1717 West Tharpe St. $6-$10.

Saturday

North American Butterfly Association Hair-streak Chapter: Field Trip to Elinor Klapp-PhippsPark, one of the best local spots for seeing a widevariety of butterflies. The park is located in northTallahassee. 9 a.m.-noon. Meet at the first entrance(by the soccer fields) off Miller Landing Road. We’llwalk various trails and open meadows until noon.Please bring water, sun protection, insect protec-tion and close-focusing binoculars if you havethem. This field trip is suitable for families. Pleasecontact Dave Harder at 850-566-8368 if you haveany questions.

Storytime at Barnes & Noble: 11-11:30 a.m.Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Tallahassee Mall, 2415N. Monroe St.

Wacissa River Kayak Tour: 10 a.m. The Wilder-ness Way, 3152 Shadeville, Crawfordville.

Spring fed Wacissa River is like goingback in time to primitive beauty

and clear springs. $57 per personincludes kayak rental, guide

and shuttle. Call 850-877-7200 to make your reserva-tion.

Sunday

Tallahassee Youth Or-chestras present “Arts

Alive in Music and Film”:Spring concert. Film music

will be the focus of the concertand we also have a new piece,

commissioned just for TYO, bythe amazing Brianna Rhodes. 3-4:30

p.m. Ruby Diamond Auditorium, 600Copeland St.

Tally Go Club: Go is an ancient game popular inAsia. 2 p.m. LeRoy Collins Public Library, 200 W.Park Ave. Email TallyGoClub@gmail.com or call305-496-9595 for more information.

Tuesday

Florida Trail Association Chapter Meeting &Program: “Best of the West.” A presentation byHeidi Fox, whose hiking group has been back-packing out west every summer for the last 10years. 6:30-7 p.m. for meet and greet and 7- 8:30p.m. short meeting and program. Unitarian Uni-versalist Church, 2810 N. Meridian Road. Contact:Liz Sparks (850) 570 5950liz.aparks57@gmail.com.

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sculptor worked on it and it came back to me. I checkedit over and did the finishing work with the help of an-other local artist. Then I drove it to the foundry, southof Atlanta,” Meale explained.

The piece was then cast in bronze but first it wentthrough an elaborate mold making process which Con-ley art students also learned about. “It goes from clayto a mold, to wax, to another mold, to metal,” Mealesaid. “I’m trying to get the idea across that we see thepositive, negative, positive, negative, positive,” a com-plex and relatively abstract idea for elementary agedstudents.

“This process has made that concept more concretefor them. I think they get the positive negative thingbecause I hold up a leg and I hold up the mold for theleg. One of the kindergartners said ‘it’s like a stockingbecause it’s empty.’ I’m happy as long as they get theidea that the clay isn’t the final piece. It goes away andit takes very skilled craftsmen to finish the sculpture.Without the foundry, it would not be as beautiful as it’sgoing to be or as long-lasting.”

Meale also wants her students to understand thepossible career opportunities and real-world applica-tions for mold-making and sculpture knowledge. “Welive in Florida and places like Disney, Sea World, andall the different theme parks have a need for sculptors.These skills and this casting method is used a lot here.”

Meale’s fifth-grade students got the message andhave internalized the cooperative aspect of the project.Logan Hosmer said that her art teacher “wants us all tohave a part in making this sculpture to show it doesn’ttake just one person, it takes a bunch to make some-thing like this. You can’t do everything by yourself.”

Logan’s classmate Taylor Jones agreed and added “Iwant the sculpture to be good so we’re working on ittogether and people are adding their own little bit to it.”

“I thought it was really important that the kids havean investment in it,” said Meale. “They can come backto the school as adults and they’ll know they helpedthrough the whole sculpture process. To me that’s thereally the important thing.”

When imagining what it might be like to revisit thesculpture as an adult, fifth-grader Tiffany Zheng said

“it makes me feel like a lot of time has passed in my lifeand sometimes you miss it a little bit. You’ll rememberhow you made the sculpture and how you were. Thoseare happy memories of helping my friends and themhelping me too. It brings you back.”

Though this sculpture will always be special forthese students, it will also be part of Meale’s legacy.This marks her last full year in the classroom and shewill soon retire after more than 30 years of teachingart. In that time, she has shared her love of the creativeprocess with thousands of students and she hopesthey use their lessons in art to connect to others.

“It’s really important to me that they understandsometimes we make pretty pictures just to make prettypictures or to express a feeling but other times it’sabout understanding the sense of working together asa community.”

Amanda Karioth Thompson is the Assistant Direc-tor for the Council on Culture & Arts. COCA is the cap-ital area’s umbrella agency for arts and culture(www.tallahasseearts.org).

Students explored different styles of sculpture as part of the 3D unit. AMANDA THOMPSON

Conley's existing sculpture of a little boy will nowhave a reading companion. AMANDA THOMPSON

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