A new mural has gone up at the CHS ballfield and pays tribute to all the area school athletes.
CHS art teacher Elisa Ortiz and her art students keep painting the town through the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation.
“We are still using the grant funds received back in 2021,” Ortiz said. “This is an ongoing project but we hope to paint even more murals around town. We need a few new locations in town. If anyone is interested they can reach out to the school and contact me.”
The students that painted the new mural were: Grace Bartlett Sydney Estes Alivia Phillips Khyli Miller Brianna Gilbert Amelia Johnson Audrey Wornkey Cale Thompson Jason Hamby “Mackenzie Roberts designed the mural. We just wanted to create a modern design of silhouettes that represent students that use those outside facilities in that area of the district.”
CHS art students created their first mural of a soldier standing guard at the gate in Veterans Park. Then in April, 2022, another group of seniors painted a tree design on one of the buildings at the Checotah Sports Complex to spread creativity with the community. They also have done a treehouse at the First Baptist Church Children’s area, two murals, a Wildcat and Southwest scene, on opposite sides of the road at the corner of Lafayette and Broadway. Plus they have painted the C’s and the Wildcat lettering on the football ticket booth at Ogle Field.
“We were so excited to receive this grant three years ago. Because of grants like this our talented art students get to design and keep spreading their creativity throughout the community.”
About the Carolyn Watson
Carolyn Watson was a woman of action from Ada who understood the value of blessing others with the gifts she was given. In 1995, she established the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation and in 2010, the Carolyn Watson Opportunities Scholarship. Through these permanent endowment funds at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation she has provided teaching enhancements for classrooms, community literacy programs at public libraries and scholarships for students in designated rural Oklahoma communities.
