Art in the School 2010 Newsletter

The Coolest Thing That Happened Last
Summer!
What happens when
you give eight teams of
stylists and designers just
five minutes for make
up, 10 minutes for hair
and a mere 20 minutes
for fashion design with
unconventional fashion
items? An amazing,
creative explosion of
style! Clash Couture was the
most energetic, loud,
fun styling competition
ever! Over four hundred
people turned out for
the first-ever event held
at the Wool Warehouse
on July 16, which was
a fundraiser for Art
“Thank you so
much for teaching
me how to make
in the School. Many
people collaborated
to make this event a
huge success. Josh
Talamante, who created
the concept as a senior
year service project, is a
recent graduate of East
Mountain High School
and now attends UNM.
Joe LiRosi, Director of
Toni & Guy Hairdressing
Academy, co-chaired
the project and enlisted
the help of many of his
students and colleagues
in the local style and
design industries. Joanne
Pils, Director of Student
Services at the Art Center
Design College, rallied
the College’s students
to design the décor
and all the graphics,
advertising and website.
Hosting the event were
Dan Mayfield, now
Editor of Albuquerque
The Magazine, and Kiki
Garcia, a 93.3 KOB-FM
dj. The local media
graciously supported the
event with ample airtime
and advertising space:
Clear Channel Outdoor,
93.3 KOB-FM, Alibi, Local
IQ and Albuquerque
The Magazine. Many
thanks to everyone
who contributed to the
creative, fun evening for
a great cause!
Using Art to Enrich Math and Geometry:
Our Summer Workshop for Teachers
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Most teachers look forward to the summer months as a well-deserved break from
this project for my
the school year. But some dedicated teachers spend their summer seeking ideas
gifted elementary
and programs to help them enrich their instruction. Twenty-six certified teachers
students. They
attended Art in the School’s June 2010 professional development workshop where
loved doing them
they learned how to use comprehensive art lessons to enhance learning in math
and some did a
and geometry. Beth Larsen and Bethe Sailer presented the workshops which
really outstanding
demonstrated how to use a quilt making lesson and a lesson on the fascinating
job. We even got
artwork of M.C. Escher to engage students’ imaginations and use their math and
into ‘rotational
geometry skills in a fun and creative way. The summer workshop was funded by
symmetry.’”
grants from the Albuquerque Community Foundation and Lockheed Martin/
Summer Workshop
Participant
Sandia National Laboratories.
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A World of Art: Distant Shores s c h o o l
More than one hundred enthusiastic parent and grandparent
volunteers in Art in the School’s Volunteer Program taught more
than 6,000 children at a dozen schools about ancient and modern
art treasures during the 2009-2010 school year.
After School Program Expands to Four
Schools
Smiling faces and
happy, engaged children
will greet you when you
visit any of Art in the
School’s after school
art programs, which
expanded to a third
elementary
school and
introduced
a new
middle
school
program in
early 2010.
During the
2009-2010
school
year, more
than 250
children
attended
classes at
Apache,
Chelwood
and
Manzano
Mesa Elementary
Schools and at McKinley
Middle School, all in
Albuquerque. The
program is designed to
provide supplemental
art education to children
at Title I schools. Several
UNM Art Education
Program graduate
students taught the
classes, as well as several
other well-qualified art
teachers. The after school
art program is funded by
grants and donations and
provided at no cost to
the schools or children.
The middle school
program at McKinley
was introduced in
January. McKinley is one
of five middle schools
in Albuquerque which
do not offer art as an
elective. Bethe Sailer
wrote the curriculum
for the program which
focuses on self-identity
and allows students
to express themselves
through various media
and expressions of selfportraiture, including
drawing, collage, clay,
painting, and wire art.
Board member Woody
Duncan, who taught
middle school art
for several decades,
consulted on the
curriculum.
Guest artists visited the
classes twice during the
semester. Watercolorist
J.K. Drummond and
Augustine Romero, a
sculptor, talked with
students about how they
pursued their passion for
art in college and now as
their career.
A highlight of the
program was a Saturday
trip to the Albuquerque
Museum of Art & History.
Most of the students who
went had never been
to the museum before.
One student wrote in
the museum’s guest
book: “No real words to
describe the beauty of
the art here. Each tells a
story in eyes of others. The
art is all wonderful.”
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The year’s training workshops began with a look at ancient
Assyrian clay reliefs at the palace of Assurbanipal. Volunteers
showed images of these reliefs to children, then taught them
how to create a clay relief of their own heroes. Next it was off to
sub-Saharan Africa for a look at tribal masks. Dr. Nancy Pauly,
Associate Professor of Art Education at UNM, gave a fascinating
background lecture and shared her experiences traveling
to African nations and learning about their art and cultures.
Volunteers learned how to teach children to make their own masks
from paper, seeds, beans, feathers and more to express their own
creativity. Dr. Pauly returned to provide the background lecture on
molas – the colorful, reverse appliqué fabric art of the Kuna women
of the San Blas islands near Panama. Volunteers learned how
to teach children to make both paper and fabric mola-inspired
art.
The mola lesson took on even greater meaning
for a Bandelier Elementary School third grade
class taught by volunteer Lezlie Schreiber. Lezlie
taught the lesson to her son’s class soon after the devastating
Haiti earthquake, and the children expressed their desire to do
something to help the victims. With the help of APS Graphics
Department, the children turned their paper mola creations into
colorful note cards which they sold to raise money for a Haiti relief
organization. The class’ teacher, Christine Fietek, used the opportunity
to reinforce math, research and literacy skills as they researched
charitable organizations. The experience demonstrated how an Art in
the School lesson can best be used to reinforce learning in all the core
subjects.
The year ended with a look at four distinct modern painters – Mondrian,
Frankenthaler, Kandinsky and Stella. Dr. Wesley Pulkka, artist, art historian
and critic, provided the insightful background lecture.
E a c h w o r k s h o p f e a t u r e d a r t i s t / a r t e d u c a t o r B e t h e S a i l e r ’ s expert
instructions, teaching volunteers and teachers how to make these
lessons come alive in the classroom, creating a rich learning
experience. Bethe’s detailed instruction included art-making
instruction with several age-appropriate projects.
During the 2010-2011 school year, volunteers are discovering A World
of Art: New Mexico’s Treasures celebrating our state’s rich cultural
heritage, with lessons on Pueblo pottery, Navajo weaving, Hispanic tin
smith craft and the landscapes of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Fall 2010
Message
from the
President
As the AIS Board
enthusiastically ventures
in to yet another
year of bringing art
enrichment to children,
we are reminded that
our history now reflects
25 years of excellence
in our volunteer
program! Twenty five
years of nonstop quality
instruction and hands-on
exploration of visual arts
for elementary school
age students and for our
adult volunteers! It
reflects hundreds
of adults working
with generations of
students to secure
an ever-important
place for the arts in
our future.
In addition to our
Volunteer Program,
Art in the School is
building an After
School Art Program
which incorporates
another
component of
our community, UNM
graduate students in
supervised
teaching
opportunities
with elementary
and middle
school students.
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Great Deals!
Summer Art
Sale
Our Fantastic Quilt
Raffles
We held two popular quilt raffles this year to
Thanks to the generosity
of fifty local artists, the
Art in the School Board
held an exclusive, onenight-only art sale in June.
Artwork was priced at
greatly reduced prices for
a quick sale for a great
cause – supporting Art in
the School’s programs.
benefit our programs. Art in the School volunteer
and New Mexico Quilters’ Association member
Vicki Cederberg helped us get a gorgeous, donated quilt from the Association
that was created by quilt artist Maris Mason. And then Frani Duncan, wife of Board
member Woody Duncan, donated two beautiful quilts she made - a charming
baby quilt and a colorful, plush queen size one. Thanks to the efficiency of the
internet, raffle tickets were purchased by folks all over the country. But in the
end, volunteer Corinne Sisneros was the lucky
Thank you to all who
stopped by and
shopped! The sale was so
much fun and had such
great art values, plans
are in the works to hold
the sale annually.
winner in the first raffle, while Carl Umbrecht
Many thanks to the
generous artists who
donated work for this
sale: Judy Allen, Carol
Allison, Rex Barron, Karen
Bexfield, Tom Blazier,
Barbara Bracken, Julia
Bright, Diane Buster, Dahl
Delu, Woody Duncan,
Jorge Fernandez, April
Fletcher, Judi Foster,
Ming Franz, Katherine
Gauntt, Shirley Habish,
Cathy Haight, Katherine
Henry, Sharon Jensen,
Mary Julyan, Vasili Katakis,
Elaine Koehler, Tricia Love,
Julie Maas, Frank Marich,
David Mayer, Maryann
McGraw, Fran Odum,
Peggy Orbon, Paula
Papponi, Karen Patterson,
Adair Peterson, Janny
Pezaro, Sally Prince,
Sandra Quinlin, Bethe
Sailer, Jason Sailer, Nan
Simpson, Sid Simpson,
Enid Sorenson, Todd
Tibbals, Sergio Viscoli,
Sharon White, and Fred
Yost.
time, you’ll have the winning ticket!
and Jennifer Coston were the happy winners
in the second raffle. Watch our blog for
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“middle school students.”
This year our Art in the
School Board has been
even more active in our
fundraising efforts, which
included a matching
grant from the Lumpkin
Family Foundation. This
propelled our program
forward to include middle
school age students!
Quilt raffles, an art sale
of work by local and a
few out-of-state artists, an
upbeat fashion show, a
huge garage sale, and
plans for more, comprised
last year’s initiative
towards this goal.
Our Board Members
come from all areas of
expertise: architecture,
program design and
coordination, teaching
wonderful opportunity and challenge. Last year, the Lumpkin Family Foundation’s grant enabled us to expand
our after school programs and enhance our volunteer program. They also presented us with a $10,000
challenge grant for the 2010-2011 school year. They challenged us to raise $10,000, then they committed
to matching it with another $10,000, basically doubling the power of your donation. We’re very pleased to
report that all our efforts paid off – we reached the goal! Thank you to so many people, including many new
supporters, who helped us reach this goal. And thank you most of all to the Lumpkin Family Foundation for this
wonderful incentive to expand our base of support and reach more children than before.
Albuquerque Community
Foundation
The Limited Brands
Foundation
The Lumpkin Family
Foundation
New Mexico Arts
Sheila Fortune Foundation
Lockheed Martin / Sandia
National Laboratories
Xilinx Corporation
UNM College of Education
UNM Art Education Program
Albertsons
The Art Center Design
College
Artists’ Collaborative
Albuquerque The Magazine
Alibi
Clear Channel Outdoor
Del Norte High School
Thespian Troop #2776
details about our next quilt raffle: www.
A World of Art: Distant Shores
Thank You for Your Support
As we kept you up to date on all our fundraising activities this year, we told you that we were given a
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art both in public
schools and private
venues, business, special
education, marketing,
and more. Lannie,
Amy, Darwin, Charlene,
Woody, Karen, Judy
and I welcome anyone
interested in sharing our
vision on the Board.
Of course, our Executive
Director Beth Larsen
deserves so much credit
for building this program
into the sparkling
treasure it is today. She
has skillfully created
new income through
grants, coordinated
both the Volunteer and
After School Programs,
designed training sessions
for teachers, maintains
the website, and
continually finds quality
enrichment opportunities
for children. Bravo, Beth.
One can sense the level
of excitement these days.
Our board and executive
director, volunteers,
student teachers,
students and families all
look forward to another
quarter of a century of
joining our schools and
community in bringing
fine art to our future arts
advocates….our children.
-Barbara Lohbeck,
Board President
93.3 KOB-FM
Local IQ
Morrow Reardon Wilkinson
Miller, Ltd.
Tony&Guy Hairdressing
Academy
Kyle Zimmerman
Photography
Lannie Alexander
Katrina Alexy
Anonymous
Valarie Armendendariz
Daniel Auerbach
Nira Avila
Aimee Barabe
Carol Belancsik
Kim Bell
Thea Berg
Ralph Berkowitz
Jazmine Bizzoco
Dusty & Gay Blech
Ben Bottomley
Mary Boushelle
Charlene Brown
Betty Bowen
Carol Brackeen
Fred Branson
Beth Brown
Carol Bryant
Diane Buster
Jan Campbell
Ann Carden
Loren Cawley
Pavel Chaplya
Lance Chilton
Patricia Cohen
Michelle Costilla
Anne Cox
Diane Cress
Christine & Phil Custer
Judith Decker
Patti Dergranc
Sara Otto Diniz
Andrea Dobbin
Diane Doyle
Frani and Woody Duncan
Harold & Josephine
Drummond
J.K. Drummond
Richard Eads
Amber Earls
Sydney Eitel
Joan Ellis
David & Shirley Emin
Cheryl Everett
Ellen Faris
Mandy Ferguson
Rona Fisher
April Fletcher
Marlyn Foell
Dan Fuller
Robert Franklin
Phyllis Fredericksen
Ann Garcia
Jan Gibson
Linda Grace
Cheryl Griffin
Judy Grochowski
Karen Hanthorn
Amy Harrison
Cheryl Harrison
Ken Hartman
Amy Henkel
Jennifer Hogan
Judy Hudenko
Donna Jawrunner
Frank Kaplan
Bonnie & Hank Kelly
Linda Kieling
Orrin King
Aleita Kiwanuka
Dr. & Mrs. L.H. Lackner
Donna Lanen
Roger & Beth Larsen
Sandy & Larry Lethem
Joe LiRosi
Panola Lisle
Joni Lloyd
Barbara Lohbeck
Marvin Long
Julia Lundin
Lois Maldonado
Holly Martin
Linda McKay
Karen McSorley
Peggy Medina
Elaine Messier
Lois Meyer
Cindy Miller
Greg Miller
Barbara Mills
Teresa Molina
Rosalee Montoya-Read
Ed Murphy
Mary Carroll Nelson in
memory of Kurt Lohbeck
Peggy Orbon
Sara Otto-Diniz
Gary & Carol Overturf
Elizabeth Paak
Tanya Padilla
Kathy Peironnet
Lynn Perlman
Lang Ha Pham
Joann Pils
Andrea Pompeo
Brenda Priddy
April Radbill
Michelle Rael
Edward Ripp
Robin Romero
Bethe Sailer
Doreen Sandry
Inigo San Gil
Patricia Scheibe
Ilona Schwab
Linda Scudder
Toni Seidel
Michael Shiller
Sid Simpson
Corinne Sisneros
Manivanh Sivilaisane
Mary Slota
Michael Smiel
Pashya Spellman
Patricia Spellman
Robert Stamm
Doris Steider
Ann Stevenson
Karen Summers
Mary Sundstrom-Gramer
Jane & Doug Swift
Denise Talamante
Josh Talamante
Annette Turietta
Nikki Turman
Leticia Tutunjian
Jessica Trumble
Mason Tuck
Gail Uchwat
Victoria Vargas
Peggy Cavett-Walden
Francina Walker
Connie Wallace
Dana Weber
Helen Wertheim
Maggie White
Elaine Williams
Lisa Willow
Marion Woolam
Cynthia Wootton
Jackie Worthington
Meghan L. Yates
Frederick Yost
Audrey Young
Making Your Wishes
Be Known
One way to help us continue our work to
bring more art education to children is to
remember Art in the School in your will. Art
in the School will always work to improve the
education of New Mexico’s children and
your gift will help us do so. Another way to
support our work is to let your friends and
family members know that you prefer them to honor your memory by making a
contribution. You can leave a legacy of art education and art making for New
Mexico’s children and we are most appreciative for those who have supported us
this way.
New! Online
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and Easy
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Lannie Alexander
Vice President
Retired art teacher, artist
Darwin Harrison
Treasurer
Chief Administrative Officer,
Albuquerque Health Partners
Members
Judy Allen
Yes! I want to open the doors to learning for children in New Mexico with a gift of:
❑ $100
MasterWorks of NM Founder/
Coordinator, former member
of City of ABQ Public Art
Board, Bardean LLC. owner/
president
UNM art education student
Retired art teacher, artist
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to Art in the School online. Just go to our
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you don’t have to be registered with Paypal
in order to use your credit card. To make an online
donation, visit: www.ArtintheSchool.org
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Barbara Lohbeck
President
Amy Harrison
Secretary
Art in the School Contribution Form
Thank you to the High Desert
Studio Tour artists for their
support of Art in the School!
Michele Benedict
Thea Berg
Yvonne Dobbins
Melodie Eyster
James Gall
Kirsten Gershon
Henry Schuyler
Board of
Directors
Charlene Brown
Architect, Brown-Wootton,
Design & Construction
Woody Duncan
Retired middle school art
teacher artist
Advisory Board for
After School Program
Janet Kahn
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Instructional Manager
Albuquerque Public Schools
Fine Arts Program
Laurel Lampela, Ph.D.
Professor, UNM Art Education
Program
Staff
Beth Larsen
Executive Director