Art in Action Day 2010

Thank you to Patrice Bazianos and Michelle Rowe for co-chairing the Arts in Action Day Committee,  and to all of our parent volunteers including:  Nicki Scozia, Dena Pavlopoulos, Petroula Bazianos, JoEllen Kerwin, Donna Fulks, Martha Pollack, Denise Kingwill, Jill Hersh, Maria Costas, Judy Scobie, Jennifer Petterson, Jenifer Buck, Traci Lee, Denise Wirth, Faith Zelinsky, and Mary Ann Dunkin.

A special thank you to all of the visiting artists:
MJ Ernst, Mirtes Zwierzynski, Vallie Petterson/Paasche Airbrush Company, Barbara Vogelstein, Holly Hahn, Julie Rice,
Phyllis Ruttenberg, Shae Peppler /Picture Us Different Dance Studio (Park Ridge)

The day consisted of various creative workshops:

Kindergarten- Paper Birds
First Grade- Glazed Ceramic Tiles ( Underwater Theme)

Jewelry Design
Rock Gardens
Print Making
Airbrush
Hat Making
Self Portraits
Mosaic
Painting
Dance

Dear Parents,

I would like to share this important Art Smart announcement with you from our Art Smart volunteer parents. Please consider joining this wonderful organization!

Become an Art Smart volunteer.  It is very rewarding and the children are genuinely excited to see you and look forward to learning about the artist!!

There will be a workshop for Art Smart volunteers on Thursday, September 24th at 7:30 pm in the Avoca West Art Room.

This is an opportunity for you to preview all our artist reference materials and experiment with a variety of simple art techniques.  You will leave with something you can use for fun projects that will allow students to show how they were inspired by what they learned about the artist you presented.

We have doubled our collection of posters and artist bins that hold books and movies and are ready to be used in the classroom. There are also several project idea books that can be checked out.

During the workshop we will chat about the variety of things that you can do to bring the lives and work of important artists to our students.

Treat yourself to a creative and fun evening!

If you have any questions, please call:

Patrice Bazianos 847-657-8733
JoEllen Kerwin 847-251-0407

Students at Avoca West had the opportunity to work with Creative Arts Professionals at our annual “Art in Action” day event. Our dedicated and talented director Patrice Bazianos, coordinated this incredible day. I would like to acknowledge and thank her and the following people (listed below) for giving their time and talents in order to make this interactive learning experience possible for our students.

Nicki Scozia – Avoca West Art Teacher

Creative Arts Volunteers

Choreography – Fisher Dance Studio

Theater – Josh Rubin /New Trier Theater Dept.

Mural Paining – Mirtes Zwierzynski & JoEllen Kerwin

Oil Pastel Resist – Julie Rice & Jill Hersh & Phyllis Ruttenberg

Art Direction and Advertising – Jim Nawrocki

Heart Felt Sewing – MJ Ernst & Denise Kingwill

Birdhouse Design -  Tru Bazianos

Illustration/Monster Truck Design – Neil Vandenberg

Cardboard Sculpture – Shannon Goff & Tom Lauerman

Origami  “Cranes For Peace” – Denise Wirth,  Faith Zelinsky

Watercolor Painting – Marge Graham

Air Brush Design – Vallie Petterson & Jennifer Petterson – Paasche Airbrush Company

Acrylic Painting-  Laurie Walker
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Art in Action Parent Volunteers

Judy Scobie
Dena Pavlopoulos
Traci Lee
Martha Pollack
Wendy Price
Michelle Rowe
Jill Wolfe
Judi Conaghan
Viki Rivkin
Diane Becker
Mary Vasiliadis
Stacey Wipperfurth
Norzaini Zulkefi
Sharon Formicolla
Sheri Cole
Natalie Zawrazky
Anne Nagle

Avoca West art students had the opportunity to work with artist and muralist Mirtes Zwierzynski. The Avoca PTC funded this artist in residence project. Mirtes Zwierzynski’s works of art can be seen in North and South America, and in Europe. She has been actively involved with the Chicago Public Art Group since 1982 and also often collaborates with other arts organizations such as Urban Gateways and Gallery 37 in order to develop mural projects with schools and other community institutions. Avoca West art teacher Nicki Scozia and her first through fifth grade art students collaborated with Mirtes and created a 19 X 8 foot mosaic mural for the front entranceway of Avoca West School. Art in Action parent volunteers Patrice Bazianos, Donna Fulks, JoEllen Kerwin, and Rossella Tinto, also participated in the creation of the mural. Rocky Rowe, one of our Avoca West parents who is affiliated with Greenview Remodeling & Cabinetry, LLC donated the installation of the mural.

JoEllen Kerwin, Mirtes Zwierzynski, and Nicki Scozia in front of the mosaic mural.

Mirtes Zwierzynski and Brian Kerwin prepare for the mosaic mural installation.