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SMS students to have artwork displayed at library during May |
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Written by Tatiana Rodriguez
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Sweetwater Middle School seventh and eighth grade students of Coby Hamlin will have artwork on display at the County-City Library throughout the month of May.
Hamlin is a first-year teacher at SMS. He originally went to cllege to become a history teacher and coah, but didn’t like teaching history as much as he thought he would.
He then changed his major to business and wansn’t interested in that field either.
It wasn’t until a friend of his encouraged him to take a pottery class.
“I signed up for it and that’s when I fell in love with art,” said Hamlin. His professors talked him into staying and becoming an art major and he did.
Hamlin soon after entered a piece of photography into an art show at The Grace Museum. His professors told the judge, who was a graduate professor at Texas Tech University, that Hamlin was interested in becoming a graduate art student.
Hamlin was chosen as the first and third place winner of the contest and was invited by the judge to attend graduate school for art at Tech.
“As a graduate student, you automatically have to do some teaching. I began teaching art and I loved it,” said Hamlin.
He soon transferred to McMurry University to finish his graduate work and was often the main teacher of the class when the professors were out.
As for being a teacher at SMS, Hamlin said, “I was very excited when I knew I got the job. I have had many new experiences this year.”
Hamlin comes from a line of teachers.
His grandmother, Corine Buckner, taught in Winters, Ballinger and Big Spring. His mother, Kay Hamlin, is a math teacher at Sweewtater High School.
His father, Charles Hamlin, is the owner of Kinsey Printing in Sweetwater.
“Teaching seems to be a semi-family tradition. I love teaching my students and I love being around art. I sometimes find myself doing the projects I assign with my students,” said Coby Hamlin.
At the library exhibit, visitors will find a wide array of mediums including marker, chalk pastels, map colors and cardboard art.
The hours for the library are Monday from 1-6 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Visit the library’s Web site at www.sweetwaterlibrary.org. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 May 2008 )
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