Port Huron Northern Art Program Sharing Smiles

Feature

By Alex Budd

Husky Herald Reporter   

   

 Many people have no idea that we have an art program at Port Huron Northern. Attempting to resolve this issue, Mrs. Hussy decided to create Smiles. Smiles first started because Mrs. Hussy thought it would be great to make a small piece of art that could be shared with others outside the students’ normal circle of friends and family. The Smiles have traveled all over the state of Michigan, and as far away as Toronto, Canada and Antigua, Guatemala.
   Recently something amazing has happened with Smiles, “somebody from a hotel out of town found a smile and liked the idea of it so they want to buy some from us so that they can send them around their hotel to brighten people’s day” said Elise Gallagher (’16), “this is a great opportunity to not only get our art program noticed but to raise money to create more art.”
   Attached to the smile there is a piece of paper that has the name of the website, on the website it calculates where you’re from to show where they have traveled and tells you about our program. “If you have found the site it’s because you've found a smile and it’s talking about either passing the smile on for more publicity or keeping it,” said Gallagher (’16).
   The smiles are simple to make but have a big impact. “All you have to do is take a tiny piece of clay, make a sphere, customize a unique face, fire it and then glaze it” said Alron Marrogy (’16).
   The exciting part about Smiles is that everyone has different places they passed them out and that will attract a variety of people. “I passed them out at Kroger, the Kraft 8 movie theater, the gym locker room and Wal-Mart,” said Lacey Harris (’15). “I passed them out on the counter at my dad’s store” said Marrogy (’16).
   All in all, the smiles are getting more attention than anticipated. The smiles were originally only supposed to be for one school year but due to the interest, it has become a yearly project. “This program is very important because it draws attention to Port Huron Northern’s art program” said Marrogy (’16).