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Art Centerpieces for Relay for Life
SHIZZZAM! BOOM! GLITTER TIME! Kermit and Miss Piggy, Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Winnie the Pooh and Michael Jackson, and more came to Phoenixville High School ……in art form, anyway! Some of our high school students created centerpieces for the Relay for Life weekend on May 2nd 2008 that featured many Hollywood stars.
The students who are majoring in art each designed a special centerpiece for the survivor’s dinner, which started off the Relay for Life on Friday May 2nd. With the Relay theme of “Lights, Camera, Action- HOLLYWOOD,” the students, Ms. Saponaro, and Mr. Turley decided they would have these pieces represent an actor or actress from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the survivors dinner there were around 400 people present, so these students created about 50 to 60 different centerpieces! All of the art teachers in the district pitched in to this event and created something (placemats, wall decorations, etc.).
With a time span of three weeks to complete this project, all of the students worked very hard to make these pieces amazing. Ms. Saponaro explained what materials were needed make the centerpieces. She said, “They used foam core, papier mache, glitter, Adobe Photoshop (on the computer), and vellum to just name a few.” Some of the many students who created pieces were senior Rachel Kinback, senior Lauren Tassoni, junior Erin Hulse, senior Andrea Purcell, junior Jen McAvoy, and junior Ruth Jasienski.
Senior Rachel Kinback was very creative and made a centerpiece of Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy. Kermit is serenading Miss Piggy with a banjo atop of a lily pad. Rachel said, “I always liked Kermit and Miss Piggy, so I decided to make them. I also jazzed it all up and added glitter too!!” It took her about two to three weeks to make this amazing piece. She said, “I really wanted to do this for the Relay because it’s such a good event to contribute to.” Rachel finished her Kermit and Miss Piggy piece so quickly that she had enough time to create two other pieces, Casablanca and Elizabeth Taylor. She said, “I enjoyed this project because I could work with different materials that I can’t work with when we do other projects.”
Another artist, Ruth Jasienski, decided to make the pole from Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly dancing and singing with an umbrella. She explained, “Ms. Sap and I thought it would be a good idea to do Gene Kelly because it is an oldie that people probably know and it’s also a goodie!” Ruth wanted to contribute to this project for two reasons: one, to get a good grade on this project and in the class, and two, because it’s a good, well-known event and she wanted to contribute to it.
I went to the Relay on May 2nd and I checked out all of the pieces; they were amazing! During the night on Friday May 2nd, all of the centerpieces had little lights in them which made them glow beautifully in the night. Tickets were sold at a stand for people to win and take them home. All of the students who contributed to this event did a wonderful job and the artwork looked stupendous, but most of all, it represented our school in such a great way!
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By Becca Furr
The students who are majoring in art each designed a special centerpiece for the survivor’s dinner, which started off the Relay for Life on Friday May 2nd. With the Relay theme of “Lights, Camera, Action- HOLLYWOOD,” the students, Ms. Saponaro, and Mr. Turley decided they would have these pieces represent an actor or actress from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the survivors dinner there were around 400 people present, so these students created about 50 to 60 different centerpieces! All of the art teachers in the district pitched in to this event and created something (placemats, wall decorations, etc.).
With a time span of three weeks to complete this project, all of the students worked very hard to make these pieces amazing. Ms. Saponaro explained what materials were needed make the centerpieces. She said, “They used foam core, papier mache, glitter, Adobe Photoshop (on the computer), and vellum to just name a few.” Some of the many students who created pieces were senior Rachel Kinback, senior Lauren Tassoni, junior Erin Hulse, senior Andrea Purcell, junior Jen McAvoy, and junior Ruth Jasienski.
Senior Rachel Kinback was very creative and made a centerpiece of Kermit the frog and Miss Piggy. Kermit is serenading Miss Piggy with a banjo atop of a lily pad. Rachel said, “I always liked Kermit and Miss Piggy, so I decided to make them. I also jazzed it all up and added glitter too!!” It took her about two to three weeks to make this amazing piece. She said, “I really wanted to do this for the Relay because it’s such a good event to contribute to.” Rachel finished her Kermit and Miss Piggy piece so quickly that she had enough time to create two other pieces, Casablanca and Elizabeth Taylor. She said, “I enjoyed this project because I could work with different materials that I can’t work with when we do other projects.”
Another artist, Ruth Jasienski, decided to make the pole from Singing in the Rain with Gene Kelly dancing and singing with an umbrella. She explained, “Ms. Sap and I thought it would be a good idea to do Gene Kelly because it is an oldie that people probably know and it’s also a goodie!” Ruth wanted to contribute to this project for two reasons: one, to get a good grade on this project and in the class, and two, because it’s a good, well-known event and she wanted to contribute to it.
I went to the Relay on May 2nd and I checked out all of the pieces; they were amazing! During the night on Friday May 2nd, all of the centerpieces had little lights in them which made them glow beautifully in the night. Tickets were sold at a stand for people to win and take them home. All of the students who contributed to this event did a wonderful job and the artwork looked stupendous, but most of all, it represented our school in such a great way!
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