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Monthly event brings out the artist in young Lockport residents

Children get creative at The White Oak Library Lockport Branch's monthly Little Artists event Jan. 10. Photos by Benjamin Conboy/22nd Century Media.
Kayley Mclellan creates her monster with fine lines rather than broad smears.
Zachary Cappello, 4, puts a red pipe-cleaner on his monster to give him a friendly smile, as his mother, Margaret, inspects.
David Mrowca smears his colors together to create his perfect monster.
Gemma Palmgren explores the colors in her palette as her mother, Emily Bachelor, provides artistic supervision.
Benjamin Conboy, Assistant Editor
3:59 am CST January 29, 2020

The White Oak Library Lockport Branch hosted its monthly Little Artists event on Jan. 10, where kids got the opportunity to create a monster of their own making.

“You don’t have to be a big kid to be an artist,” said Children’s Services Supervisor Jaci Kohn. “That’s kind of our tagline for it.”

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