ARTS GRADE 6 STUDIES ART OF BOOK MAKING
Hamilton Star Meets with Middle School Musical Cast Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez
conducted a workshop for the cast of the Middle School musical James and the Giant Peach. Mandy has performed the roles of Elphaba (Wicked), Nina (In the Heights) and Angelica (Hamilton). She has been a part of Hamilton since 2016. During the workshop Mandy Sophie Smith ’27, Charlee Enslin ’27, Jennah Sarhan ’27 and Nava Khojasteh ’27 show off their handmade books.
Baldwin’s 6th grade art students learned about the art of book making. Throughout the period of several weeks, students learned a variety of bookbinding techniques, which culminated in each student creating their own personalized handmade book.
shared her own personal story, from singing along with Broadway recordings with her grandmother to
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starring in a string of Broadway hits. She also shared valuable insight into her process of developing a character, working through the rehearsal phase and finally the performance itself. Mandy told fun stories about her friendship with Lin-Manuel Miranda and her experience in working with him as he developed the hit musical In the Heights. A highlight of the workshop was Mandy leading
LUCY BONIN ’21 PRESENTS SENIOR SHOWCASE For her Senior Showcase and a culmination of her year-long course, Lucy Bonin ’21 presented the play titled The Wolves by Sarah DeLappes. The Wolves is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an all-girls soccer team and their journey to nationals. Lucy spent one-on-one class time with Drama teacher Scott Warfel learning how to direct and plan the show. The play was entirely student led and run, with 13 students in the cast and seven students as members of the crew.
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the Middle School cast through her warm-up that she does before every performance of Hamilton.
2021 Senior Art Showcase The Upper School Art faculty honored eight senior students who made the visual arts studios a meaningful part of their studies at Baldwin. Representing the sculpture, jewelry and drawing/painting studios are Asia Blocker, Megan Cooper, Elina Emami, Ava Gessl, Izzy Lee, Esther Moola, Ava Olson and Olivia Stratton.
Asia Blocker ’21
Megan Cooper ’21
Elina Emami ’21
Ava Gessl ’21
Izzy Lee ’21
Esther Moola ’21
Ava Olson ’21
Olivia Stratton ’21
