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The student work, which you can see by clicking the Next buttons below, was part of a much larger presentation made to the public at the Newcomb Gallery of Art at Tulane University. The paired drawings of historical figures and written biographical sketches were produced by Lloyd Sensat's Hahnville High School art students in collaboration with the students of Rita Carlson at Lakewood Elementary School and of Ann Buisson at R.J. Vial Elementary School. The elementary students visited the high school art class in full costume and were sketched by the older students. Then the elementary students wrote about their characters and, during the opening of the major public exhibition of the high school and college artists' pieces, served as guides while remaining "in character" as their chosen historical figures. The architectural drawings on display here are part of the high school students' ongoing exploration of New Orleans - students took field trips to the French Quarter to do on-site sketches, then worked from photographs and their sketches to create finished, large-scale drawings. The various elements of our year-long effort, too numerous to display here, included students at every age and ability level from elementary through college and tapped into the vitality and diversity of our entire community. Eugene D. Cizek, Ph.D., F.A.I.A Lloyd Sensat For more information contact Eugene D. Cizek, Ph.D., F.A.I.A. or Lloyd Sensat at: Sun Oak The Foundation for Education Through Historic Preservation 2020 Rue Burgundy New Orleans, Louisiana 70116-1606 ph/fx (504) 945-0322 Click the Next button to view the first in a series of four drawings and written biographical sketches produced by Lloyd Sensat's Hahnville High School art students in collaboration with the students of Rita Carlson at Lakewood Elementary School and of Ann Buisson at R.J. Vial Elementary School.