Roller coaster art piece officially unveiled
Jayden Kelley, a 2017 River View High School graduate, had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon to officially unveil the roller coaster art piece at the artPARK on Main Street. Josie Sellers | Beacon
Tony Bible addresses the crowd at the ribbon cutting for the roller coaster Art Connects project completed by students from River View High School. Joining him for the event were Sydney Minton, Jayden Kelley and Cale Bible. Josie Sellers | Beacon
COSHOCTON – A project two years in the making was officially unveiled Friday evening, July 7 at the artPARK on Main Street.
In 2015 River View High School students started working on the project with the Pomerene Center for the Arts and artist Tony Bible. Their vision was to create a roller coaster art piece to be displayed at the artPARK. About 30 students worked on the piece in some way or another, including Jayden Kelley who dedicated his senior project to making sure it was completed.
“A lot of partnerships developed from this and we can’t thank those who helped us enough,” Kelley said.
He explained that the real root of the project was to connect the students with others in the community and help them learn new skills like how to use power tools, how to weld and use different computer programs.
Some of the connections made were with Jones Metal Products, Crozier Welding, Potter Welding & Supply, Muskingum Grinding & Machine, CASCO, Kottler Metal Products, COTC Coshocton Campus, Varnes Sandblasting, Hasseman Marketing and Coshocton Industries.
“Everyone who worked on this learned something and it shows what can be accomplished when a community comes together,” Kelley said.
Tony Bible shared that he was privileged to work with the students from River View.
He also thanked the area businesses who stepped up to help the students complete their projects.
“They opened their hearts, doors and wallets,” Bible said. “These students were able to design, fabricate and install almost everything with some help from our partners. Thank you so much for everything you (our partners) gave them access to.”
One of the community sponsors to speak at the event was Dan Erb from Jones Metal Products.
“We are not in the River View school district, but we wanted to help because we believe in this community and were impressed with these students,” he said.
Category: Arts & Entertainment
