Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts

13 September 2009

July-September 2009/julio-septiembre 2009

We had a successful past few months in Granada! With the help of our volunteers and generous donations, we were able to offer various art classes, events and field trips to the students at Escuelita Yo Puedo and Quinta Los Chavalos. Here are the summaries of our recent projects:

¡Tuvimos varios meses éxitosos en Granada! Con el apoyo de nuestros voluntarios y las donaciones generosas, ofrecimos varias clases de arte, eventos y paseos a los alumnos de Escuelita Yo Puedo y Quinta Los Chavalos. Aquí hay resumenes de los proyectos recientes:

Mercado Still Live/Naturaleza Muerta del Mercado

We brought a bag of vegetables and fruit fresh from the marketplace and arranged them into a colorful still life. Students practiced drawing from observation, using the elements of light, color and depth. The drawings look great.

Trajimos una bolsa de verduras y frutas frescas del mercado y las arreglamos en una naturaleza muerta llena de color. Los alumnos practicaron dibujando de observación, usando los elementos de arte. ¡Los dibujos son excelentes!

Favorite Trees/Árboles Preferidos

We learned about the native trees to Nicaragua, and each student chose his or her favorite, to draw the tree and its fruit.

Aprendimos sobre los árboles nativos de Nicaragua, y cada alumno elegió su árbol preferido y dibujó el árbol y su fruta.





Talk with artist Peta Kaplan/Charla con artista Peta Kaplan

We invited painter Peta Kaplan to talk about her artwork, portraits of local street dogs in Granada.

Invitamos a la pintora Peta Kaplan para charlar sobre su arte, retratos de los perros callejeros de Granada.



Field trip to San Juan de Oriente/Paseo a San Juan de Oriente

Visiting volunteer-artist Inês Castelo Branco brought students to San Juan de Oriente, a nearby town famous for its beautiful pottery. Ceramist Valentín talked about Nicaraguan ceramics and gave a hand-on workshop to the students.

Voluntario-artista Inês Castelo Branco facilitó un paseo con los alumnos, a San Juan de Oriente, un pueblo cercano, famoso por su cerámica. Ceramista Valentín habló de la cerámica nicaragüense y dio un taller de práctica a los alumnos.

Clay sculptures/Esculturas de barro

At Quinta Los Chavalos, older students worked on their own clay pots to hold plants, and younger students created clay figurines.

En Quinta Los Chavalos, los alumnos mayores trabajaron en sus vasijas para plantas, y los alumnos menores crearon figurinas de barro.

Student art show/Exposición de arte de alumnos

At the end of the drawing classes, teachers and volunteers at Escuelita Yo Puedo organized an art exhibition of the students' work. We displayed their work around the school, and had a reception and invited their families, who were very proud!

Al terminar las clases de dibujo, los maestros y voluntarios de Escuelita Yo Puedo organizaron una exposición del arte que hicieron los alumnos. Expusimos las obras en la escuela, y tuvimos un refrigerio a que invitamos las famlias orgullosas.

03 May 2009

Preparing for May 29th Benefit Event


THIS WEEK! Our Second Annual Benefit Art and Music Show is this week!

¡ESTA SEMANA! El evento anual para recaudar fondos con arte y música viene esta semana!

Friday May 29, 2009 at 7:00pm/Viernes 29 de Mayo, 7:00pm
Your Inner Vagabond
4130 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(click here for map and directions)
Art and posters exhibited for sale/Se vende arte y carteles de exposición
Raffle and silent auction/Rifa y subasta
Handicraft sale/Se vende artesanía
Building New Hope Coffee sale/Se vende café nicaragüense, de Building New Hope

We are very fortunate to have artwork donated by a great group of very talented artists and teachers/Nos sentimos muy afortunados en tener arte donado por un grupo de artistas y maestros muy talentosos
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Nicole Reading
Jonas Moffat
Crystala Armagost
Joey Edgar
Sarah Greenwood
Clayton Merrell
Joe Mannino
Janine Biunno
Sara Berg
Patrice Collins
Lauren Braun
Dan Barrett
Marygrace Antkowski
Aaron Spransy
Mauren Antkowski
Daviea Davis
Sharonanne Westplatje

These musicians will provide the night's entertainment/Estos músicos traen sus talentos:
Black and Berg
Machete

We are also very thankful for the generous donations from these local businesses/Estas empresas locales donaron regalos y productos especiales:
Carnegie Mellon Bookstore
Mexico Lindo
Margaret's Fine Imports
Eat n Park
Del's Bar & Ristorante DelPizzo
Elbow Room
Sugar
China Palace
Allegro Hearth Bakery
Big Burrito Restaurant Group
Stephanie Giuffre and Parvaneh Design
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Little's Shoes
Artist & Craftsman Supply

We look forward to seeing you on Friday!/¡Les esperamos el viernes!