January 30th
Arts Block Evening a Great Success
Parents, friends, siblings, and faculty filled the Nance Assembly Room to view the artwork created by the eighth grade since the beginning of the fall, to listen to live music, enjoy refreshments provided by the hard working committee, and to hear presentations by remarkably articulate and knowledgeable eighth graders. They gave fascinating insights into the lives and creative inspiration of the artists who inspired their unique shirt project creations. The talks covered a wide range of genres and moods, from the transformational architecture of Frank Gehry, through William Wegman’s humorous dog tableaux, to the photography of Dawoud Bey and Jerry Uelsmann. A first this year was the inclusion of a YouTube video of inflatable street sculpture by Joshua Allen Harris.
After the art presentations, the audience moved to Braemar for the dance portion of the evening. All students at GUS have an opportunity to express their creativity through dance, and to try their hand at choreography, and the energy and expressiveness of the dances by this grade were exceptional. This year, Donna Krohn invited a professional choreographer, Ivan Korn, to work with the eighth graders, and two dances choreographed by him were presented; “Survival of the Fittest” with music by the Cirque du Soleil, and “Down the Road”, with music by Autoslave. A highlight of the evening was a tribute to Michael Jackson by the “Mini Michaels”, complete with a moonwalk.
To view the shirt project, go to the Upper School Gallery.
Special thanks for all the creativity and hard work that went into Arts Block 2010 are due to our wonderful teachers Dawn Southworth and Donna Krohn; the Parent Committee: Lise Breen (chair,) Marie Tobin, Katie Duffy, Dana Hooper, Kathy Goeben, and Jill Schlanger; Bill Breen, Haig & Jessica Demarjian, John Duffy, Cathy Fonzo, Brad Chisholm, Susan Emerson, Alison Anholt, Carolyn Fitzpatrick, Elaine Collupy, Walter Riley, Dana Salvo, Kelly Schwenkmeyer; and to others who donated time and energy to ensure the success of this unique event.
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