Elementary art teachers from across Baltimore County met at the Walters on Wednesday for a professional study day and a tour of the works they will be sharing with their first-graders.

Asia is the focus of this year?s Developing Language and Literacy through the Arts curriculum and teachers got a lesson in the symbolism of Ganesha?s lotus flower (beauty), the Chinese porcelain wine jar?s gold carp (abundance) and the Samurai?s phoenix (immortality).