June 2002

3rd EDITION OF STUDENT ART MAGAZINE PUBLISHED

Mamaroneck High School students produced an exciting new edition of 'untitled: a museum without walls' in the Spring of 2002. The publication was founded in the Fall of 1999 with the assistance of a grant from the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation by several art students  who decided that they wanted to see a school publication dedicated to the visual arts. They labored long an hard this year discussing artwork and assembling the magazine, and with generous support from Mamaroneck High School Principal Dr. Mark Orfinger, they produced a beautiful 16 page magazine named 'Untitled: A Museum Without Walls'. including 6 pages of full color. The magazine, published by The Harty Press of New Haven, CT, is available from one of the magazine's advisor, Kevin Klein (Klein@mamkschools.org).  The other faculty advisor is art teacher Carol Russo- Mathewson. If you would like information about advertising in the 2003 edition of the magazine, please contact Kevin Klein at the email address above.

April 2002

STUDENT WINS NATIONAL PRIZE IN THE SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS

Senior Scott Goodman was  awarded a Silver Portfolio Award in the Scholastic Art Awards competition this past spring. He submitted a group of 10 works in January 2002, along with an artist's statement and recommendations from his art teachers. Because of the strength and maturity of his work, the awards committee chose him and 166 other young people from around the United States out of a pool of several thousand applicants. Scott and the other portfolio award winners were honored at a reception at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in early June. As an award winner, Scott was eligible for special scholarships from numerous art schools around the counrty.  In September, he will attend the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City. Please join us in congratulating Scott on his outstanding achievement.

January - June 2002 and beyond

TEACHERS' ARTWORK ON DISPLAY

Teachers in Mamaroneck High School's Art Department have been busy displaying their artwork this past spring, and will continue to do so in the coming months. Don Keene has recently been included in The Human Presence: Points of Departure, a group exhibition at The Arts Exchange Gallery in the Westchester Arts Council Building in White Plains, NY. His work will also be in a two person show at Maxwell Fine Arts this coming November. The gallery, located at 1204 Main Street in Peekskill, 737-8622. Please contact them for additional information about the exhibit.

Kevin Klein also took part in The Human Presence: Points of Departure, and in several other exhibits as well. He was included in the Westchester Biennial 2002 at the College of New Rochelle's Castle Gallery, as well as a group show entitled Hopscotch: Associative Leaps in the COnstruction of Narrative at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, PA. He will be in a three person show This summer at Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 1955 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont. The exhibition opens on July 19. Please contact Kenise Barnes at 833-7379 for more information.

ART DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANT

Mamaroneck High School art teacher Michael Dollar recently learned that his grant application to the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation was successful, and that they would provide him with 15 new wheels for his fluorishing functional ceramics program. Please join us in congratulating Michael on the fine work his students have done, on his efforts in writing the grant and on the 

PALMER ART GALLERY RENOVATED!

Long-awaited renovations of the Palmer Art Gallery at Mamaroneck High School have taken a major step forward with the completion of a new doorway into the Japanese Garden. The Art Department at MHS is looking forward to the possibility of exciting new sculptural installations that students will be able to do in the garden as a part of the twice annual all-student exhibitions in the Palmer Art Gallery.