Students from 21 schools in Somerset County have work showcased at environmental center.
For more than 20 years, the Somerset County Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge have invited children from throughout the county to display their vision of nature at the annual "Nature Through a Child's Eye" exhibit. This year's show, with more then 500 works of art from 21 elementary and middle schools throughout Somerset County, opened on Jan. 2 and will continue through Jan. 27 at the EEC at 190 Lord Stirling Road. This past weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday, the EEC held another event that Environmental Sciences Catherine Schrein called "one of the highlights of our year." Annual reception welcomes hundreds of student artists and their families Those children whose work is on display this month were invited to a …
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Children from 21 schools in Somerset County portray their feelings about nature at exhibit at the EEC in Basking Ridge.
On the day following New Year's, the Somerset County Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge will open its annual "Nature Through a Child's Eye" art show, with pieces produced by students from all Bernards Township elementary schools, the Bedwell Elementary School in Bernardville and other schools. All in all, more than 500 children from 21 schools throughout Somerset County have contributed pieces that portray how they feel about nature — sometimes using materials from nature in their art, said EEC naturalist Vanessa Darras. The exhibit at the center at 190 Lord Stirling Road, part of the county park commission, runs every day from Wednesday, Jan. 2 through Sunday, Jan. 27, except major holidays. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and …
