Senior Spotlight Exhibition opening postponed til Monday Feb. 7th 12:30-1:30pm

Check out the work of Eunice Her, Jenny Lee, Hadar Naftalovich and Katie Yook....and introducing the curatorial debut of artistic mastermind Shireen Kahn...all members of D-E's Class of 2011!!!!

Come check out the work from Feb. 7th- March 10th,
In the Swartley Gallery on the D-E Campus...
(Hi Hadar!)

The Karma Seed & Chris Lo, 08' stop by D-E for a visit...




 

Chris Lo, 08' presenting recently at an Upper School
Assembly.  He spoke with students about his most recent
project, Karma Seed, and the influence D-E, Ms Diaz,
student government, Innovative Design...have all
had on his life thus far...



If you haven't seen the video, definitely check that out, and stayed
tuned for pics from the upcoming Senior Spotlight Exhibit, opening
this Thursday afternoon in the Swartley Gallery...

Check it all out for yourself....

Karmaseed Website Link



We are all soooo proud of you Chris!!!! Keep up the amazing work, and never forget us back in Swartley!!!!

2010- State of the Arts- A look back at some of the 'highlights' of the past year...

 

Colin Alexander 10', Now studying at the Maryland Institute,
College of Art and loving it!!!  Colin spent 2010 continuing to
develop his unique artistic voice & vision with painting, sculpture
mixed media works and a full length 'graphic novel'/ illustrated book
for his Senior Focus Project.

Christine Kim 10', developed a stunning portfolio including the drawing you see here which was also featured in Calliope, our Nationally honored literary & arts publication.  She continues to develop her work, skill and conceptual verve at RISD, the Rhode Island School of Design.  Great work Christine!!! We are proud of you!!!!



We took several great field trips in 20-10, my favorite
is our annual spring jaunt through the Chelsea galleries.
Here you see Sarah, Ally, Chelsea & Lily posing with...
hey, those guys don't go to D-E!



 

Reina Yasuoka enjoying a moment with an art installation.




 



 

Harrison Co 10', now at Rochester Institute
of Technology still a 'photo poet.'  See for
yourself with the work by Harrison below.



Just a sampling of Harrison's work but I am sure
you agree, he has a flair for capturing the moment.  The
one below was taken during another 20-10 moment as
'Shinobi Ninja' featuring the Machinist twins, both D-E
grads, as they took the stage at a spring assembly.

  

Cooper Wright at trip to the MOMA in 2010,
here is gets a bird's eye view of
Marina Abrovomic and her cutting edge
performance.  Cooper was accepted at Parsons
for Photography but is spending a 'gap' year in
Brazil, learning Portuguese, taking photos and
spreading his wings....



Pedram Razghandi 10', is a true 'Renaissance Man'...I don't use that term lightly...he is a man of science, math, writing & history and as you can see by these 'self portraits' and the striking encounter of 'man & nature' he is a thoughtful, skilled and mature artist.

 



Isabella Giancarlo 10', has a flair for design, color and
really everything that is beautiful & innovative.  I am
proud to note, that her studies at Brown have continued
to be artful, fanciful, poetic and cutting-edge all at once.
at Brown this fall have 

  

Sarah Kang 10', has such a great sense of design & form as she illustrated here in some of her
portfolio work that landed her at the prestigious Parsons this fall.  Way to go Sarah!!!

 

 

 Varah Baronian 10', is enjoying himself at Skidmore where he continues to draw avidly while pursuing his passion for the theater, landing a key role in the fall production as a freshman. These pieces were part of Varak's AP Portfolio which included the self portrait below and a series of paintings like the two above which focused on important aspects of his Armenian heritage.

Ji Min 10', is not only one of our Art stars from 2010 but she was also responsible for
some of the most astounding, incredible, breathtaking theatrical sets ever seen at
Dwight-Englewood!!!  This charcoal erasure drawing was completed in our
Advanced Portfolio class this past year.  The pic of Ji Min to the left features another
of her talents and passions...We love you Ji Min!!!!

 

We, your humble art guides, hope you enjoyed our look at 2010 and a small sampling of the artwork that exploded out of Swartley and beyond (believe it or not there are soooo many works and artists and moments we left out), field trips to the MOMA, MET, Cloisters, Cooper Hewitt, Chelsea Galleries, theatrical set designs, award winning works & fabulous events from PAS, the promotional arts society. 

We are so very proud of all of the magnificient works of our students from all of the grades and are already enjoying the inspiring art of 2011 as the art fires in Swartley continue to burn brightly and warmly...We are blessed with the multitude of beautiful phoenix which rise from the hands and process of our students and continue to help them engage fully and deeply in those acts of creation!!! 



Best Art History Field Trip Ever....

Now, D-E Art & Art History instructors have been known to pack a lot into a single day's trip...however, on Wed, December 15th they tried to outdo even themselves...Have a look at the day below...

Exploring the different stories & symbols
in the famous unicorn tapestries at the first stop,
the Cloisters.

Zach and everyone else was enthralled with the Merode altarpiece at the Cloisters.

Learning about the architecture of a cathedral from
the inside out and from bottom to top with a
vertical tour of St. John the Divine!

halfway up...

The same view the Bishop has...not too shabby!

Almost to the top...

On the roof and ready to get warm on the bus...

...but the trip was not over yet,...WE had one more stop to make at the Armory, where the Last Supper video installation by Peter Greenaway was on view...we were all tired after a long day but completely
captivated and artfully satiated as we boarded the bus for the trip back across the GWB!

A Day at the Beach - 2nd Place Winner at SFF 2010

Make Up - 3rd Place Winner at SFF 2010

SHORTS film festival a HUGE success!!!!

Check out these pics from the Promotional Arts Society's 'Shorts' film festival...



Meet some of the great movers & shakers in the D-E art world known as PAS!!!!
(T-shirt designed by Hadar, check out the PAS page for more)



The Henna table was quite popular...

Michelle was master of the
cupcake, I recommend the
red velvet...



Nick was selling tea &
Senior discount cards...
(Bang Bang-t-shirt design
by Hanna Lefcourt)



MODE provided some great music!

Films were viewed & voted on by all...

Anna was daring enough for henna on the cheek.

The mask making table was not to be outdone...

A great time was had by all...looking forward to Project Ourway in the spring...Thanks to all filmmakers, PAS leaders and creative types for making this event a success!!!  (Also, stay tuned...by the end of the week we will be posting links to some of the short films premiered on Saturday evening on the PAS page...)