Art and Education Support Eachother

The Peekskill Clay Studios at the Hat Factory hosted its first bake sale fundraiser for the Peekskill Education Foundation this Saturday, Dec. 10.  From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.  children, parents and artists gathered at the Clay Studios to sell baked goods to the public, run a raffle and sell professional pottery items. 

Hat Factory owner and Clay Studio founder Ben Green and artist Jo-Ann Brody visited a Peekskill Middle School art class and taugh a select group of students about pottery.  They also helped them create their own pieces of artwork, which were on sale at the fundraiser, with all proceeds donated to PEF.  Green and the artists selling their work donated 30 percent of their profits to the PEF. 

"It's great for the kids to see somethign they create go through the process of getting sold," said Green.  "They have an opportunity to express thelmseves where there is no right or wrong."