Through a partnership with the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center, John Fox, a student at Bossier Parish School for Technology & Innovative Learning, is reimagining images from historic Bossier City.

Fox began interning at the History Center in September of 2019 when he was a student at Airline High School. At the History Center, he would organize and verify information regarding archived images of historic Bossier City. Through a conversation about these archived images with his Talented Arts Program (TAP) teacher, Mark Burt, he was tasked with hand-drawing his own version of historic Bossier City. He has created at least twenty hand-drawn images.

In the Fall of 2022, the History Center presented John with the idea of turning his images into a coloring book. This project was overseen by John’s Graphic Arts teacher, Kyle Hadley, at Bossier School for Technology and Innovative Learning (BPSTIL). Through the course of the year, John was able to digitize thirteen images using the graphic arts program Procreate.

The History Center was presented with Fox’s digitized images at BPSTIL in early September. These images will be used to produce coloring books for distribution to all ages that visit Bossier Parish Libraries. Through John’s vision and talent, historic Bossier City can once again be relived.

A 2022 graduate of Airline High School, Fox is participating in the PIVOT program at BPSTIL where he is earning Industry Based Credentials (IBCs) to prepare him for a future career in Graphic Arts. John has earned credentials in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere Pro.