Student Artist of the Month at Gallery 510

Gallery 510 Art & Framing will be featuring one student from a Central Illinois high school each month along with the professional featured artist at the gallery. Before the gallery artist begins to talk about their work at each First Friday Gallery Walk, we will introduce the “Student of the Month” and show their piece of artwork that will remain on display throughout the month.

“Carley Earle, a senior student at Clinton High School, is our student of the month this month. In addition to being involved in visual arts, she is also heavily involved in our Theater department, serving as their theater designer, where she creates the posters and t-shirt designs for our musicals and plays. Carley has also participated in Golf, Track and Field, and Band, throughout high school, and works at our local grocery store.

Carley has taken nearly all of our available art classes at Clinton, and is currently enrolled in our Studio course, reserved for juniors and seniors who plan on continuing on in art after high school.  Her plan is to go to a university (hopefully Lindenwood University in St Charles, MO) and major in both art and chemistry, eventually pursuing a career with our National Parks service and continuing her love of making art as a hobby or second income opportunity.

Carley has always demonstrated exceptional skill in art in high school.  She won Best in Show as a sophomore for her painting at the annual Arts In Education show in Decatur.  Last year she won several awards at the show, including first place, in Ceramics and Photography.  Carley has a deep understanding of portrait drawing, color theory, and developed a love of clay in her first ceramics class in high school.  She continues to amaze me with her creative talent and ability.

Congratulations to Carley Earle on earning student of the month!”

– Traci Manning, Clinton art teacher