2023艺术节周

4月14日- 21日

韦德娱乐app下载地址 celebrates the arts every spring with a week-long festival, capped off with an 艺术 and Earth Day celebration on the final day. 

4月14日星期五

Jazz Roots/Rock Band kicked off 艺术 Festival with a fantastic concert! 
 

4月16日星期日

A group of student musicians spent the day at Morning Star Recording, working with grammy winning engineer Glenn Baratt to record a demo. 
 

4月17日星期一 

Allie Bentley taught a figure drawing lesson on how to draw the human head. 她曾在全国范围内展出, with solo exhibitions in Philadelphia, 纽约, 芝加哥, 和圣地亚哥. Allie is represented by the Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, and Jo Fleming Contemporary Art in Annapolis, MD. She teaches Figure Drawing and Drawing at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD.
 

4月18日星期二

Students in Rock Band had an amazing workshop about meditation and music as it relates to improvisation with Jarrett Gilgore! Jarrett is a multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, and teacher. 

电影 学生 were joined by Hollywood insider Alison Bennett. An Emmy-nominated writer/producer for television and film. She is currently Co-Executive Producer for an upcoming Netflix show and writing a feature for SONY.  Alison just spent five years on an overall deal at 20th Television, where she was 工作人员ed on shows like “Single 父母” (ABC), 《韦德娱乐app下载地址》(LA to Vegas, FOX), 和儿童的 & Family Emmy-nominated “Doogie Kamealoha, MD” (Disney+). 在整个交易过程中, Alison also developed and supervised pilots for networks under the Disney umbrella. 艾莉森在20号之前, she wrote for the first four seasons of FXX's critically acclaimed comedy "You’re The Worst." Other TV credits include "The Awesomes" (Hulu) and "Betas" (Amazon Studios). 

Congratulations to STC: In Residence for their outstanding performances at the Bucks County Playhouse Student Theater Festival! 索伯里学校获得了三项大奖. The Sock and Buskin Award for outstanding performances in comedy (Firebringer)及戏剧(#足够), the Creative Advocacy Award for their work on #够了:结束枪支暴力, and Kaz Jahanbini ’25 won the Spotlight Award for Outstanding Character Work in Firebringer. 
 

4月19日星期三

城市俚语唱片艺术家， 蹦蹦队 装配时播放.

Flutist Anna Cristina Tang Sung '23 was featured during the Young Artist Concert Series with Kim Harris on piano and special guests Leel Dias '23, 格雷格以至于, 和凯西·布洛克.
 

 

 

4月20日星期四:工作坊日!

This year's workshops were hosted by professionals, as well as enthusiasts from our own community (teachers, 校友, 学生, 和父母). 他们的特色:

  • Beginning Salsa 跳舞 Workshop with world-champion ballroom dancer Sharonne Vinokurov
    Sharonne Vinokurov taught a beginner Salsa class. Students learned the basics of dancing Salsa on 1/LA Style. 

  • Cartooning with cartoonist and multimedia artist Griff Jurchak 
    Griff uses visual langu年龄 pulled from comics, 广告, 超现实主义, and graffiti to process and convey the absurdity of modern life. He has a BFA in Visual Art and Writing from Marlboro College.

  • Carving out a Space with Ceramic Artist Salvatore Annunziato 
    Director of Woodkiln operations / Artist residency program, 兰开斯特创意工厂, Salvatore discussed making a sustainable living as an artist and shared his experience exploring different approaches to creating an art practice that both feels good and generates a livable w年龄. All while helping you to make your own handmade vase or object.

  • Tie Dye with Maddy Cunningham ’23 and Clara Borthwick ’23
    Maddy and Clara taught the finer points of tie-dye with cool twists and lots of colors, and a little color theory in practice.

  • Crochet with Solebury Parent Relations Man年龄r Lisa Juris 
    Lisa taught how to get started crocheting, giving directions for a small project participants could start and take with them. 

  • Pinhole Camera Photography with Solebury Photography Teacher Kelli Abdoney
    针孔照片是一个直接的过程. Participants put photographic paper in a lightproof box, and then took their pinhole camera outside where they exposed the film to light by lifting the cover off of the “pinhole”. After that, the magic began when they developed their im年龄. The im年龄s appeared on their blank white paper right before their eyes! 

  • Playwriting with Solebury Technical Director Titus O’Neil
    Participants discussed standard play formatting and the elements of what makes a great story, then put it into practice by writing a 3-5 minute scene.

  • DEI Mosaic Setting with Allison Tes ’24
    Participants worked with Allison to set the mural created during DEI day. 

  • Introduction to Graphic Design with Jen
    Have you ever wondered how all those cool logos are made? Or wondered how a laser cutter works? Come join this hands-on session and learn how to use Adobe Illustrator to create your very own personal logo. Maybe make something fun on the laser cutter?

  • 丽贝卡·凯利的《韦德娱乐苹果手机版下载》
    Students worked with Rebecca to create a cool rock and roll book from old vinyl records. 

  • Henna Tattoos with Samantha Kitchen ’24
    Samantha gave a brief introduction to historical Mehndie and the uses of henna. Participants then designed their own henna tattoo.

  • Zentangle w/ Subooha Zafar P ' 26
    Subooha demonstrated the art of meditative drawing, zentangle.

  • Color Forecasting with Laura Williams P’24
    Color forecasting is the practice of predicting the colors and color stories that consumers will want to purchase in the near future. Laura taught how it works, who is involved, and how it is used.  

  • Cake Decorating with Solebury’s Cari Nelson P’24 and Lori Davis
    Participants channeled their inner great British bake-off dreams.

  • Paint your own skate deck with Solebury Athletic Trainer Caitlin Miller
    Caitlin helped 学生 create their very own skateboard deck using Sharpie markers, 油漆笔, 丙烯酸颜料.

  • 赫希菲尔德和大卫·利奥波德
    David took us on a tour of the Hirschfeld Century, an 82-year era in which Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) recorded and defined so much of popular culture, especially through his drawings of productions on Broadway and in Hollywood.

Elite Ensemble provided a lovely evening of music. Concert attendees enjoyed works by Joseph Bologne, 爱德华埃尔加, 艾灵顿公爵, 乔Hisaishi, 贾斯汀比伯, 伦纳德·科恩. 
 

4月21日星期五

We ended the week with an Art and Earth Day Community Celebration. Solebury 家庭 joined us to enjoy live music and poetry, admire and purchase student crafts and artwork, and spruce up their gardens with items from the plant sale.

韦德娱乐app下载地址剧团 (STC) presented a st年龄d reading of #够了:结束枪支暴力. This powerful collection of short plays was written by high school 学生 from across the country, exploring the impact of gun violence on individuals, 家庭, 和社区. STC筹集了740美元的捐款 Everytown, an organization that works tirelessly to prevent gun violence and promote gun safety. This would not have been possible without your generous support and commitment to this crucial cause.

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