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We are Better Together
We Are Better Together is designed on two sides. On one, you have a series of hands that are ethically based and they're reaching out. And then on the flip side, you have a particular grasp that they're doing. I feel like we're in the era of isolation. We either have COVID or we have the George Floyd crisis or the Rittenhouse crisis. There's just a whole bunch of things that are separating us. I just don't think we're connecting. So, I thought it would be a great idea if we reach out and we do grasp. I think the grasp has different meanings behind them. You have one that is reaching in a professional handshake, so that economically we're together. Another one is like a grasp of help that we can help each other. Another one is a high five or congratulatory high five if we do something really cool. And the last one is that hand hug. And I think this is a place where we need to go. I think we need to get there and it's going to take a while.
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Artist Spotlight

Dennis Stanton
My name is Dennis Stanton. This is my 18th year as the art teacher for Delaware Ridge Elementary in Bonner Springs Kansas. I have a BFA from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. I enjoy creating art in clay, printing, and painting. I especially enjoy cartooning. I am also an author and illustrator of the children's book, Good Greif Lucy. The book is about grief and how positively remember the one you have lost.