The paintings are done, and honors art students from Callaway High School are ready to give their gift to Hogansville.

Students of art teacher Clint Robinson have been working since March – from pictures and other historic information – to paint historic sites around the city of Hogansville. The students will host an exhibition of their works from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Victoria Belle Special Events Center. After the show, the paintings will be given to the community and be on display in local businesses.

Robinson received a $2,000 grant from the Grassroots Arts Program, which paid for paint and supplies, and had his honors art students do research on the historic buildings in Hogansville, where he lives and where many Callaway students call home.

“There aren’t a lot of times we get to see things in their location,” said Matthew Brown, honors art society president and a Callaway senior. “We have a chance to record them for ourselves.”

Nicole Burns walked all around Hogansville, taking pictures, which the other students used to create their paintings.

“I never knew how big Hogansville was until I was walking through it,” the Callaway High senior said.

Jennifer Shrader can be reached at jshrader@lagrangenews.com or (706) 884-7311, Ext. 236.