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A nursery-school exhibit celebrates
young artists at Temple Emanu-El.

JULIE WIENER STAFF WRITER

BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER

Top: Wall of fame.

Below left: Jonathan Abramson, 41/2, shows off
his seder plate.

Below right: Jacob Malkin, 41/2, points out his
artwork to his dad, David.

III t was a spring evening in Oak Park and the
artists, drinks in hand, mingled with the crit-
ics.
The drink was nonalcoholic fruit punch,
and festivities ended by 8 p.m. to accommodate
the early bedtimes of these nursery-school
painters and sculptors.
This was Temple Emanu-El's annual nursery-
school art show, which displays the work of 165
young students. Children keep a portfolio of the
year's work and get to pick which pieces they want
displayed.
"The message is that their art is as valuable to
us as any gallery or museum art," said Michae-
ly-n Silverman, director of the nursery school. ❑

Left, clockwise: Lauren Kominars, 5, stands with
her "Billy Goat Gruff" artwork.

Erin Harwood and mom, Debbie, point out Erin's
"Ear Infection" piece.

Guess which one is 4-year-old Dovy Snider.

Three-year-olds Talia Helfrick and Yitzhak
Applebaum show off their seder plates.