By Town Crier Report

Thursday through June 5, the Community School of Music and Arts will put on a display of thousands of pieces of art at its annual children’s art shows.

Fourteen different exhibits will be held in conjunction with open houses at 14 local schools, including every public elementary school in Mountain View.

Each show condenses an entire year’s work and will feature at least one piece by every student at that school. A variety of media will be represented, including tempera and watercolor paintings, wire sculptures, ceramics, prints and even recycled materials art. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

“Both the teachers and students have worked very hard to make these shows possible,” commented Linda Covello, CSMA’s visual arts director. “Our 16 Arts in Action teacher-artists have been teaching more than 6,000 elementary school children about line, shape, color and value, and the results of their efforts are easily seen in the quality of and attention to detail in the children’s artwork. These shows are really for the children,” Covello added. “They are very proud of their art, not to mention very attached to it. Often visitors will be interested in buying one of the children’s pieces and we have a hard time explaining that the kids never give up their artwork.”

Among the CSMA Arts in Action teacher-artists are five California Arts Council artists-in-residence - Sook Choi, Marilyn Duvivier, Lotte Dyhrberg, Yeung Ha and Titus Kaphar.

Below is the schedule of shows at the various schools:

Springer, Mountain View, Thursday, 6-8 p.m.

Bullis, Los Altos Hills, Thursday, 6:30-8 p.m.

Slater, Mountain View, April 25, 6:30-8 p.m.

Baywood, San Mateo, May 6, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

St. Nicholas, Los Altos Hills, May 19, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Southbay Christian, Mountain View, May 19, 4-6 p.m.

Trinity, Menlo Park, May 20, 6:30-8 p.m.

Huff, Mountain View, May 22, 6-8 p.m.

Bubb, Mountain View, May 22, 6:30-8 p.m.

Castro, Mountain View, May 28, 6:30-8 p.m.

Landels, Mountain View, May 29, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Monta Loma, Mountain View, May 30, 6:30-8 p.m.

Theuerkauf, Mountain View, May 30, 6:30-8 p.m.

Turnbull, San Mateo, June 5, 6:30-8 p.m.

CSMA serves more than 10,000 children annually through its arts-in-the-schools programs Arts in Action and Music in Action.

Visual arts and music educators teach weekly hands-on classes, and professional musicians present interactive concerts.

Funding is provided by the City of Mountain View, school districts, individual schools, parent organizations, the California Arts Council and CSMA donors.

For more information about the Arts in Action shows or program, call Linda Covello at 961-0342, ext. 306, or logon to www.arts4all.org.