Girl, 9 of Guyanese parentage gets chosen for prestigious US county visual art exhibition

May 12, 2024 News

Kaieteur News – A 3-D inspired optical art piece created by nine year-old Elle Ramsay, who was born to Guyanese parents, is part of this year’s prestigious US country visual art exhibition for public schools. The Anne Arundel County Art Exhibition, in Maryland USA features the work of thousands of young and emerging artists from the public school annually.

Elle Ramsay stands next her 3-D inspired artwork which was on display at Westfield Annapolis Mall

Ramsay, a 4th grader from Arnold Elementary School in Maryland was overjoyed to learn that her piece was on display at the Westfield Annapolis Mall from April 24- May 8, 2024, for all to see.

“It definitely felt great to be selected for the exhibition because I put a lot of work into making my piece look realistic,” Ramsay said.

She told the Waterfalls that she has been doing art since the 2nd grade. She chose visual arts over courses in music, craft, and media. “I chose art because there is a lot of different stuff you can do with it like use your imagination and create all these cool stuff,” the nine-year-old explained. She said that she has definitely seen the growth from her first art piece.

“I remember when I did my first drawing it was not that good but I asked my teacher for help and then I started drawing a lot on my own so I got better at it,” Ramsay said.

This year, the Arnold Elementary School 4th grader got the surprise of her life when she was told her art was selected for the county showcase. She explained that she was not expecting that at all.

“I think there are about 22 of us in my class who do art so it felt special to know that I was among the few who got picked to represent my school.”

A close-up of the 3D optical illusion drawing done by Elle Ramsay

Speaking about her piece, the young creative explained that she drew different shapes to create a 3D realistic optical illusion piece. She definitely wants to continue to do art for as long as possible

In an invited comment, Victorana Ramsay- Bailey, the girl’s mother told this publication how absolutely proud she is of her nine year-old.

She said that “Elle is an honor roll student who just loves art.”

“I have definitely seen her growth, she used to get frustrated when she was younger and she would try to draw animals and it didn’t come out that good but I’m happy that she kept at it and now she is seeing the reward of not giving up!” the doting mom noted.

Meanwhile, Art teacher at Arnold Elementary School, Maggie Merow explained that “Elle was chosen due to the quality of her work. She completed the project and was able to achieve all of the requirements of the project with her work looking neat and having the desired optical illusion effect…”

She noted that the art exhibit is one to demonstrate the works that show off the art programs at each school in the county.

Miss Merow said that “Elle was one of the students whose work and dedication to art would best acknowledge what we at Arnold want all students to gain from the art program.”

According to Anne Arundel County Public Schools website, the Visual Arts Program

provides a curriculum to challenge students to think about and respond to themselves and their world of experiences in creative and innovative ways.

In addition to having the work of young artists was placed on exhibit, their drawings are also featured on Artsonia giftshop, a website where visual art images are chosen to create personalized gift items such as t-shirts, coffee mugs, tumblers, ornaments and other keepsakes etc. The items are available for purchase and the proceeds go to the school to help with the development of other young upcoming artists.

Some personalized items created from Elle’s art pieces that be can be purchased at the Artsonia giftshop website under @ Art by Elle2487

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Art teacher at Arnold Elementary School, Elle Ramsay, Guyanese, parents, Victorana Ramsay, Westfield Annapolis

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