product, but about the kids working with a professional artist and it's about teaching them," Tabbert explained.

"I wanted to keep out my hand. I wanted this to look like kids' art, not my art."

The project started with the schoolchildren making drawings on paper.

Pieces and parts of the drawings were selected, projected on a screen and enlarged for the panels.

Images from all age levels were used, and all students were involved in creating the resulting artwork.

"The kids are so excited about this. It's a legacy for our school," Dolan said.

An afterschool art opening Friday, allowed parents and students to admire their artwork together.

"I like how we used our heart and our brain to create the pictures," said first-grader Larissa Seekins, 6.

Her older brother, Caleb, 8, a third-grader, got intothe mechanics of the glass work.

"I liked how you crunched the glass with safety glasses on and tried to cut it into different shapes," he said.

Said first-grader Natalie Emers, 7, "I liked how our buddies (older students) helped us put on the tiles. It felt so good," she said.

Parent volunteer Tammi Seekins enjoyed watching the excited enthusiasm of students as they selected colors and arranged them in the paper and glass mosaics.

"The mosaics brighten the school, and the ideas were all generated by the kids," she said.

This is the fourth artist-in-the-school project Tabbert has led. One was a drawing project and three have resulted in tile installations at the schools, one inside and two outside.