Clinton County through the Eyes of its Children |
“Clinton County History through the Eyes of its Children” is a mosaic project involving seventh grade students throughout Clinton County. Conceived and designed by Sandra Morse, Bucky Seiden, and Sue Young, the project will use art as a vehicle to discover and preserve our local history. As proposed, the project asks seventh grade students throughout Clinton County to research a specific time period, create a poster using that research, and then create handmade tiles for the larger mosaic to be installed on the Clinton County Government Center (see artist's rendering below).
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As the project progresses, we will have student-created posters, tiles, and essays, all dealing with local history. The timeline to be represented on the mosaic will move from the period before Samuel de Champlain’s arrival until 1878, when the Village of Keeseville was chartered. Those efforts will be displayed in a variety of ways, from local exhibits, to a county-wide unveiling ceremony, to a published text to accompany the mosaic.
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Our not-for-profit sponsor is the Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society. |
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This project is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, Decentralization Program, administered locally by the North Country Cultural Center for the Arts. |
Contributors to the project include:
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Donors: |
Arnie’s Restaurant |
John and Mary Zurlo |
Gerre Ryan |
Morris and Brenda Towne |
June King |
New York State Retired Teachers |
Diane Sabourin |
Marie and Demosthenes Lyriotakis |
Dr. Kate Mahoney, 10 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh |
Anne-Marie B. Spear, D.D.S., 134 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh |
Twin State/Voice.Data.Video Inc., 291 Rand Hill Rd, Morrisonville |
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Benefactors (More than $100): |
J. Hogan Refrigeration & Mechanical, Inc. |
Kiwanis Club of Plattsburgh (Noon Club) |
Hamilton Funeral Home |
Peru Pharmacy |
Yarborough Square |
Plattsburgh Sunrise Rotary |
Plattsburgh Pediatrics, 151 Bridge St, Plattsburgh |
A. Schonbek & Co, 61 Industrial Blvd, Plattsburgh |
Curtis Lumber |
Monaghan Medical Corporation |
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Partners (More than $500): |
Stephens and Leigh Mundy |
Dandrow's Painting, Inc, 136 Cornelia St, Plattsburgh |
Schluter Systems, L.P., 194 Pleasant Ridge Rd, Plattsburgh |
Forrence Orchards |
Stewarts Shops, Inc. |
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Major Partners (More than $1000):
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Young’s Studio & Gallery |
News Releases |
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WCAX Video of interview with Justin Frechette & students re: CC History Day at Chazy (11/10/2008) |
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