EFA art students involved in entrepreneurial project

Art students in June Gordon’s Photography class designed a set of notecards that are now on sale to the public. The fold-over notecards have 12 unique images, some black and white and some in color, that are printed on high-grade paper. The cards are blank inside and come with matching envelopes. A set of 12 is on sale for $6.

Profits will be used to help fund a student trip to visit art museums in New York City. Notecards may be purchased at the EFA main office, or by emailing jgordon@elmiracityschools.com.

SEE TWO SAMPLE NOTECARD IMAGES BELOW:

Family Feet by Molly Hitchcock, Junior at EFA

Bridge by Deserae Woodruff, Junior at EFA

Watch Rhonda Morton, "Alligator Mouth Five" artist on "Move It!"

Rhonda Morton, founder of "Alligator Mouth Five," and GST BOCES artist, recently appeared on the "premiere episode" of Move It! She worked with the cast on improvization. She demonstrated her flair for improvization by making up a song about food "on the spot!" As Rhonda explains, when she is working with her group, Alligator Mouth Five, "everything is created in the moment."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP5K2cZfelA

Rhonda wants students to know that they "always have more choices than they think they do...they are always the author of their own lives....and get to wite their own story every moment of the day." She worked with Linda Doty and Cohen Elementary students and teachers last year through GST BOCES Arts in Education. Check it out!

Alligator Mouth Improv at Cohen Elementary School

Watkins Glen Arts in Education web-page

Watkins Glen has a very rich Arts in Education program. They have been featured on the GST BOCES Arts in Education web-page a couple times.

http://www.gstboces.org/iss/artsineducation/Watkins%20an_innovative_arts_integration_p1.htm

To see more, Marianne Morin suggests you go to their own web-page where you can see many hundreds of clips including their artists and students' work. The most recent work is at the bottom of the menu.

www.lightlink.com/wges

Campbell Savona Musical receives 6 awards!

Tom Freeland of Campbell Savona School District informs us that the Campbell-Savona School musical from last November - Singin' In The Rain - was honored with six awards last Thursday at the Rochester Broadway Theater League's Stars of Tomorrow yearly ceremony, including:

Outstanding Production Crew
Outstanding Singing Ensemble
Outstanding Acting Ensemble
Outstanding Lead Actress - Olivia Tyler (as Kathy Seldon)
Outstanding Lead Actor - Jared Allen (as Don Lockwood)
Outstanding Musical

Thanks to their respective wins, Olivia and Jared are moving on to phase 2 and will be competing June 7th against the other division winners for a chance to participate in the National High School Musical awards in NYC - June 25-29. Tom wishes to thank everyone that was involved in making the production a huge success!

See the GST BOCES Arts in Education web-page to learn of other events that have taken place at Campbell Savona!

http://www.gstboces.org/iss/artsineducation/Campbell%20Savona%20page.htm

Arkport Superintendent, William Locke, receives ARTS Partnership Award!

William Locke, the Superintendent of the Arkport Central School District and Fine Arts Liaison for the GST BOCES Superintendent's Advisory Council was honored as the recipient of an ARTS Partnership Award through The ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, NY, on May 21st.

As stated in a Press Release from ARTS of the Southern Finger Lakes:

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes is proud to recognize this year's recipients of The ARTS' Annual ARTS Partnership Awards, which recognize individuals, artists, volunteers, schools, organizations and businesses that significantly contribute to the region's arts and cultural life.

"This year's ARTS Partnership Award recipients are forces of nature in the region's arts and culture scene," said Ginnie Lupi, The ARTS' director, "their passion is inspirational and we're indebted to them for all they do." This year's recipients are:

William Locke, Superintendent, Arkport Central School District, for creating stellar arts programming for the schools in his district and for being an invincible advocate for the arts in the Arkport/Hornell region in Steuben County. Locke is an actor and vocalist who has performed in many plays and musical events. He was instrumental in the creation of the Hornell Rotary Club Summer Musical Program and serves as an adjudicator for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League.

"Mr. Locke's passion for the arts and education inspires many students to participate in the arts either as perceivers or makers - performers, musicians and visual artists."

Lynne Rusinko, Arts Advocate, of Elmira, NY, also received an award for her tireless commitment, outstanding contribution and dedication to artists and organizations in her community. Ms. Rusinko's enthusiasm, creativity, passion and skills have helped the arts thrive throughout the region. She has volunteered countless hours to the Elmira Open Studio Tour, Steele Memorial Library's Poetry Festival, Community Arts of Elmira, Festival of Women in the Arts, and the Elmira Street Painting Festival.

"Lynne does all of this volunteer work - graciously and quietly - behind the scenes. Lynne Rusinko is a friend to the arts and works for the greater good of all the groups with which she is involved - ensuring the success of each project." - - Kathleen Huddle, Nominator

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes presented this year's awards at its Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 21, at 5:30 pm at the International Motor Racing Research Center,

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes is the leading arts services and development agency in Chemung, Schuyler and Steuben counties.

To see more pictures from the ceremony and read more about the event, go to the GST BOCES Arts in Education web-page at:

http://www.gstboces.org/iss/artsineducation/willpartnershipaward.htm

The Education staff at the Rockwell Museum talk about Arts in Education

Thanks to the dynamic and dedicated staff at the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, there is always something new and exciting happening at the museum for students in the GST BOCES region to discover! The three women in the photograph above - Education Coordinator, Lori Rajsky; Director of Education, Gigi Alvare; School and Docent Program Manager, Mary Mix - all work in the education department and have a special mission to provide young visitors of the GST BOCES region and beyond with an educational experience they will not be able to forget. They accomplish this through schools tours and special programs which reach out and attract students and their teachers and families from pre-K through high school. Each experience is standards-based arts in education in action through which students develop visual literacy, critical thinking and communication skills during the tours. Curriculum connections are made with writing, listening, speaking, patterns, geometry, math by counting and exploring comparative terms, symbols and mathematical sequencing, light and shadow, animal families, communities, families, career options, history of the Native Americans, U.S. History, Geography.

In the video below, Mary, Gigi and Lori speak about the instrinsic benefits of Arts in Education and how the Rockwell Museum can help students meet NY State mandated standards.

To read more about these tours and the exciting experiences awaiting people of all ages at the museum, check out the GST BOCES web-page http://www.gstboces.org/iss/artsineducation/rockwell2009.htm.

Hua Hua Zhang at Parley Coburn School!

Hua Hua Zhang visited Parley Coburn School for a week-long residency the week of March 16th. During the week, third grade students studied the art of making shadow masks and Chinese dragons. Each day Hua Hua taught them a word of Chinese, including " Hello" "Thank you" "You are welcome" "Good bye" and "Dragon." Students also completed four projects: 1. Draw a Chinese Dragon. 2 chinese Calligraphy. 3 Shadow puppet. 4 chinese dragon dance.

Hua Hua Zhang


Hua Hua and students do the Chinese dragon dance


An example of a student's drawing of a dragon

The word "Love" in Chinese calligraphy

"Dragon"

"Harmony"