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District 64 Student Artwork Showcased for the Community

Young artists display highly creative and visually entertaining works for community to enjoy

Artwork from Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 students at all grade levels is showcased this spring in two public venues for the enjoyment of community members.

Now in its fifth year of a unique partnership, District 64 students’ works fill 42 frames from May through October and Brickton Art Center exhibits children’s projects from November thru April in a permanent gallery at the Le Peep Restaurant, 100 Euclid Ave., Park Ridge.

Each District 64 school is allotted six frames and selects highly creative and visually entertaining works to feature.  This year, 58 individual student-artists are included in the exhibit.

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District 64’s middle schools provided works by:

  • Emerson – Sarah Anderson, Mickey Mouse (quilling); Melissa Belmont, Pluto (quilling); Sidney Simner, Thumper (quilling); Micayla Paterno, Toad (quilling); Hristina Marcheva, Landscape Painting (tempera); Connor Mullowney, Dirt Biking! (colored pencil); Rida Mughal, Flying High (colored pencil); Elaine Smith, Castle (pen and ink, water soluble Caran d'Arche); Daniel Tinaglia, View of Venice (two-point perspective, colored pencils)
  • Lincoln – Melissa Kann, Bass Lake & Cranberry Lake Rd (black and white photograph); Danny Cerniglia, The Gutter (black and white photograph); Abigail Flood, London (one-point perspective cityscape); Dominique DiValerio, Kissed (35mm film); Iza Rostkowski, Watermelon Wonders (charcoal, pastel); Grace Rumbaut, Eye of the Ocean (charcoal, pastel)

The five elementary schools offered the works of:

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  • Carpenter – Roman Hryb, “Blue” Guitars (collage, crayon); Megan Ward, Matisse and Me (drawing with scissors); Maggie Gaughan, Fantasy Fish (glue, chalk, recycled materials); Kate Klier, Pysanky (oil pastels, scratch tools); Grace Verheyen, Byzantine Domes (paint, crayon); Odin Herrara, Self-Portrait (ink, watercolor); Katie Straka, ZAP! (clay)
  • Field – Susan Enkhjargal, American Gothic (color sticks, permanent marker); Mason Par, Japanese Bridge (tempera paint, oil pastel); Ella Sciortino, Starry Night (plaster, acrylic paint, paint pen); Maura O'Driscoll, My Name in Chinese (homemade paper, acrylic paint); Georgia Fosse, African Batik (cloth, permanent marker, dye, wax); Gianna Capesius, Weaving (string); Michael Milanowski, Rousseau Rain Forest (tempera, oil pastel, colored pencil)
  • Franklin – Weston Bukar, Book (mixed media); Peter Wissman, Book (mixed media); Julianna Moore, Isabela Brown, Caroline Anderson, Lindsey Gulliksen, Eva Frank, Jenny Nikolic, Aliyah Edelstein, Alexa Kwapisz, Kevin Sagat, Andy Warhol Soup Can (watercolor); Sophia Rentas, Sunflowers (tempera paint, pencil, marker); Angela Ginnane, Inspiration (mixed media); Sierra Ehrenberg, Cityscape (mixed media); Sabrina Moore, Wayne Thiebaud Cake (oil pastel, tempera paint); Jacob Grandinetti, Wayne Thiebaud Cake (oil pastel, tempera paint)
  • Roosevelt – Rumeli Espinosa, Still Life Collage (pastel, construction paper); Sam Thompson, Roy G. Biv (collage, painted paper); Gavin Walsh, Self-Portrait (foam print, ink, oil pastel); Brianna Irizarry, Warhol-Inspired Giraffe (chalk pastel, photocopy); Alissa Friel, Chicago Cityscape (marker, liquid watercolor); Reena Wagner, Owl (chalk pastel)
  • Washington – Niki Iatrides, Lichtenstein Self Portrait (marker); Amanda Cascio, Lichtenstein Self Portrait (marker); Lexi Pachonphai, Cardboard weaving (fiber); Katie Gleason, Lichtenstein Landscape (tempera paint); Maddie Baumann, Fauve Landscape (tempera paint); Joana Flores, Linear Weaving (fiber); Madeline Parrino, Monet’s Garden (tempera, watercolor, oil pastel).

Earlier this spring, 27 students from District 64 had their works displayed at the Park Ridge Public Library in celebration of Youth Art Month.  The exhibit showcased how students' creativity and visual communication skills grow through the grades. 

The students and their works for 2013 included: Carpenter – Shane Iralson, grade 1; Mia Lee, grade 3; Ben Romo, grade 4; Milica Barac and Kamila Perkowski, grade 5; Field – Annamarie Milazzo, Kindergarten; Sylvia Pasieka, grade 3; Kasia Lorenc and Logan Murray, grade 4; Franklin – Rachel Martin, grade 3; Sierra Ehrenberg, grade 4; Giana Dounis, grade 5; Roosevelt – Madelyn Rutherford, grade 1; Alex Scuras, grade 2; Sophia Kappel, grade 4; Christopher Bisson, grade 5; Washington – Aidan Lawrence, grade 4; Alex Bigos, Al Gillani and Bella Marzano, grade 5; Emerson Middle – Sabrina Nash, grade 6; Frank DeJulio and Desiree Tobias, grade 7; Rachel Shammo, grade 8; and Lincoln Middle – Sara Ignoffo, Gabi Kobolarz and Elaina Wilkens, grade 8.

Sponsored by the Illinois Art Education Association (IAEA), Youth Art Month showcases the growth of students’ creativity and visual communication skills through their original art. 

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