ARTS

UPPER SCHOOL ART CLASS STUDIES ANATOMY

Anna Keuffel ’25 and Bela Ahn ’25 show off their sculptures.

Visual Arts Department Chair and Art Teacher Kenny Delio has been working with his Art 1 Foundations class on an anatomy project, sculpting parts of the human face.

KINDERGARTEN CREATES COMMUNITY HELPERS

The Kindergarten classes studied communities as part of a Social Studies unit, and created Community Helpers as a culminating art project. The students learned who these various helpers are and why they are important to the community. They also learned what tools and transportation they may use. Each student chose a Community Helper to create and had to incorporate what her helper would be wearing to accomplish his or her job (a lab coat, firefighter gear, etc.) and what type of tool or clue he or she would be holding.

Grade 8 Spanish Creates Papel Picado

Originating in Mexico, Día de los Muertos is a celebration of the life of loved ones who have passed away. Papel picado (perforated paper) is one of the elements used as decoration during Día de los Muertos, but is also used in many other celebrations such as birthdays and weddings. Grade 8 Spanish students created and designed papel picado with the name of someone in their lives they loved who has passed away. They were given instruction on how to best create their designs for the last step of the process, which was having their papel picado laser cut in the DREAM Lab to complete their beautiful designs.

Faculty, Staff Display Various Artwork

The Faculty and Staff Art Show was displayed in the Fackenthal-Pethick Art Gallery in the Residence from November 12 - December 16. Artistic work from History Teacher Gretchen Boger (P ’27), Visual Arts Department Chair and Art Teacher Kenny Delio, English Teacher Sheryl Forste-Grupp (P ’15), Science Teacher Jeff Goldader, Grade 9 Dean and English Teacher Alex Greco, Lower School Learning Coach and Substitute Teacher Gina Gormley (P ’23), Computer Science and Engineering Department Co-Chair and Lower School DREAM Lab Coordinator Stephanie Greer, Art Teacher Jessica Konopka, Middle and Upper School Counselor Liz Koster, Math Teacher Jennifer Lee, Graphic Design Teacher James O’Toole, Jewelry Teacher Mira Ramchandani, Assistant to Director of Middle School Tracy Stevens (P ’11, ’18) and French Teacher Gabrielle Sugarman was on display, including paintings and drawings, jewelry, sculptures and clothing.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART AND SCIENCE COLLABORATE

Middle School art class collaborated with their science class to observe, reflect and create art inspired by fall foliage. In science class, students took a nature walk, observed the similarities and differences in structure and then learned about why leaves change colors in the fall. The students brought the leaves they collected to art class to create a series of art projects inspired by the patterns, colors and textures of the fall foliage. Students created watercolor paintings, a series of monoprints using Gelli plates and small tapestries using the Batik method.

Award-winning Playwright, Screenwriter Visits Upper School Theater Class

Rohina Malik, an award-winning Chicago playwright and screenwriter, visited Baldwin’s Upper School theater classes this fall to perform pieces from her critically acclaimed one-woman play Unveiled, which explores Islamophobia and racism in America. Five Muslim women serve tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil — racism, hate crimes, love, Islam, culture, language and life. Unveiled has been presented at theaters across the United States and has had international presentations in Switzerland and South Africa. Rohina is a Resident Playwright Emeritus at Chicago Dramatists and an Artistic Associate at Voyage Theater Company in New York City. She received the 2018 Lee Reynolds Award, given annually to a woman active in any aspect of theater whose work has helped to illuminate the possibilities for social, cultural or political change.

Winter Performances Return to Simpson

LEFT: Chloe Watson ’24 sings during the Cabaret show. CENTER: Melody Hao ’22, Gabrielle Sarraino ’23 and Naomi Gaye ’25 are members of the Baldwin Bronze. RIGHT: Brenna Knox ’27, Tisya Desai ’27 and Angelica Tang ’26 perform in the Middle School concert.

Baldwin was excited to welcome performers back to The Simpson Center this winter. Although audience members were limited due to safety protocols, the entire Baldwin community was invited to enjoy these performances via live stream. Upper School Maskers, Advanced Workshop and the Baldwin Drama Department gathered for a rich night of singing, piano playing and dance at the Winter Blues Cabaret. The Upper School Winter Concert featured performances by the handbell choirs Belles and Bronze, the a capella group B-Flats, the Upper School Chorus, Orchestra and Jazz Band. The Middle School Winter Concert featured the Middle School Chorus, Orchestra and 8th Grade Bells. All events provided wonderful evenings of music that truly showcased the talents of our performers.

MIDDLE SCHOOL DRAMA CLASSES BUILD ORIGINAL PLAYS

The Introduction to Drama classes for both Grade 6 and 7 each built an original piece of theater from start to finish. Both classes wrote an original script, built props, designed costumes, learned their lines, rehearsed and performed their shows for faculty, staff and students. The Grade 6 play, called Expect the Unexpected, was set during the week of Halloween with several Baldwin students arriving at school expecting a normal day. They could never have predicted tripping into a portal and uncovering a box of old diaries that come to life when the diaries are read. The Grade 7 play, called The Mystery Behind Beaver Falls, was set during the first day of summer camp at Beaver Falls. The campers discovered a mysterious abandoned camp with some very suspicious clues into what looks like a tremendous crime and a dead body!

LOWER SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARN VARIOUS ART TECHNIQUES

Aurora Shams ’32 works on her collage. Grade 2 students, learning about the artist Henri Matisse, assembled and glued their own large colorful collages together. Students painted on paper to make their own colored paper for collaging. They learned to differentiate between geometric and organic shapes, and used both within their collages inspired by food and nature.

Grade 3 students plastered and painted their implied motion figure sculptures inspired by the artist Alberto Giacometti.

Parker VanWright ’31 paints her sculpture.