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Art Goes To School of the Delaware Valley, Inc. ExecutiveBoard of Directors Board - 2017-2018/19 and current Board Support Positions Upcoming Lecturer on Art Goes To School of the Delaware Valley, Inc. Paying it forward: Council Rock Chapter Janet P. Tanner Art GoesArt Goes To School To School of the of Delaware the Delaware Valley, Valley, Inc. Inc. President, WebsiteExecutiveBoard of Directors BoardVice - President2017-2018/19 Immediate Past President, September 9, 2019 Administrator, Social Media ExecutiveBoardKarinExecutiveBoardof LaMonaca Directors Board of Directors Board - 2017-2018/19 - 2017-2018/19Nominating Chairman & Chapter Scholarship Recipient Becomes Art Teacher Manager and current Board Support Positions Support From Karin LaMonaca,Vice President, AGTS-DV andRose currentand Tree current Media Board Chapter Board Support Support Positions Positions Lisa Gressen 8 Greystone Cir Danielle Blodget From Lisa Gressen President, Website Vice President Immediate Past President, Council Rock Chapter Newtown Square PA 19073 Lower Merion Chapter David Leopold: author of The Hirschfeld Century: PortraitAdministrator, of an President, SocialPresident, Media Website Website Vice PresidentVice PresidentNominating ChairmanImmediate & ImmediateChapter Past President, Past President, Administrator,18 HanselAdministrator, Rd SocialKarin Social MediaLaMonaca [email protected] Nominating105 RockNominating Glen Chairman Rd Chairman & Chapter & Chapter Manager Karin LaMonacaKarin LaMonacaSupport Newtown PA 18940Rose Tree Media Chapter Wynnewood PA 19096 As volunteers with Art Goes To School (AGTS) what we do is paid forward; we share Artist and His Age Curator and studio director for Ben Solowey ManagerManager Rose610-353-4847 TreeRose Media Tree ChapterMedia Chapter SupportSupport Lisa Gressen [email protected] Greystone Cir Danielle Blodget [email protected] a love of art and of learning, often never knowing how our interactions have impacted Lisa GressenLisa Gressen 8 Greystone8 Greystone Cir Cir DanielleDanielle Blodget Blodget Council Rock Chapter215-497-9075 Newtown Square PA 19073 Lower Merion Chapter610-658-2903 CouncilCouncil Rock Chapter Rock Chapter NewtownNewtown Square Square PA 19073 PA 19073 Lower MerionLower MerionChapter Chapter the students in the districts we serve. This year, our Council Rock (CR) Chapter was 18 HanselArt Rd Goes To [email protected] of the Delaware Valley,105 Rock Inc. Glen Rd David Leopold has been the Director of the Studio of Ben Treasurer18 Hansel18 HanselRd Rd [email protected]@artgoestoschool.orgPortfolio105 Rock105 GlenCo-Chairman Rock Rd Glen Rd Newtown PA 18940 610-353-4847 Wynnewood PA 19096 fortunate to see the benefit of their efforts paired with the excellent art education in the TinaNewtownExecutiveBoard WhitlowNewtown PA of 18940 Directors PABoard 18940 - 2017-2018/19Deborah610-353-4847610-353-4847 Greenawalt WilhelminaWynnewoodWynnewood McDaniel PA 19096 PA 19096 [email protected] [email protected] Solowey since 1990.The Studio's mission is to preserve one [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org [email protected]@artgoestoschool.orgCouncil Rock School District (CRSD). In addition to encouraging art appreciation, our T/E-Tredyffrinand current Easttown Board Chapter SupportHatboro-Horsham/Upper Positions Dublin Cheltenham Chapter 215-497-9075 215-497-9075215-497-9075 610-658-2903 610-658-2903610-658-2903 of the jewels in the crown of Buck's County's artistic legacy: 424 Newtown Rd Chapter 7035 Merion Ln CR Chapter also provides several Janet P. Tanner Scholarships each year to high school President, Website Vice President Immediate Past President, Treasurer TreasurerBerwynTreasurer PA 19312 Secretary Secretary1527 NorristownSecretary RdPortfolio Co-ChairmanPortfolioPhiladelphiaPortfolio Co-Chairman PA 19119 Co-Chairman Administrator, Social Media Karin LaMonaca Nominating Chairman & Chapter seniors who plan to pursue a career in art after graduation. One recipient, James Sturner, the work and workplace of Ben Solowey. Solowey's mastery of [email protected] Ambler PA 19002 [email protected] Manager Tina Whitlow Tina WhitlowTina WhitlowDeborah GreenawaltDeborahSupportDeborah Greenawalt GreenawaltWilhelmina McDanielWilhelminaWilhelmina McDaniel McDaniel 610-331-5483Rose Tree Media Chapter [email protected] 267-252-1295 now teaches art to elementary students in the very district where he developed a passion many styles, genres, and mediums has drawnLisa comparisons Gressen T/E-Tredyffrin to EasttownT/E-TredyffrinT/E-Tredyffrin Chapter EasttownHatboro-Horsham/Upper Easttown Chapter ChapterHatboro-Horsham/Upper DanielleHatboro-Horsham/UpperDublin BlodgetCheltenham Dublin Chapter DublinCheltenham Cheltenham Chapter Chapter 8 Greystone Cir 215-570-3134 424 Newtown Rd424 Newtown424 Newtown Rd Chapter Rd ChapterChapter 7035 Merion Ln 7035 Merion7035 MerionLn Ln for art. Council Rock Chapter Newtown Square PA 19073 Lower Merion Chapter John Singer Sargent, William Merrit Chase, Hirschfeld, DanielBerwyn PA 19312 1527 Norristown Rd1527 Norristown1527 Norristown RdPhiladelphia Rd PA 19119 18 Hansel Rd [email protected] PA Co-Chairman 19312 PA 19312 Portfolio105 Committee Rock Glen Rd Archivist NewsletterPhiladelphiaPhiladelphia PAEditor 19119 PA 19119 [email protected]@[email protected] PA 19002AmblerAmbler PA 19002 [email protected] 19002 [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org Garber, and Arthur B. Carles, but his work is uniquelyNewtown PA his 18940 own. Terry Nicolo610-353-4847 Terry McLaughlinWynnewood PA 19096 Colette Hearn One of four recipients selected for the Janet P. Tanner Scholarship in 2010, Mr. Sturner 610-331-5483 610-331-5483610-331-5483debbiegreenawalt@artgoestoschool.orgdebbiegreenawalt@artgoestoschool.orgdebbiegreenawalt@artgoestoschool.org267-252-1295 267-252-1295267-252-1295 [email protected] Perkiomen Valley Chapter Upper [email protected] Chapter Central Bucks Chapter Solowey, a master of classic representational artwork,215-497-9075 routinely 215-570-3134 215-570-3134610-658-2903215-570-3134 attended Tyler School of Art from 2010 to 2014 where he received a BFA in Painting Art Goes To School of the Delaware378 Valley,Colonial Ave Inc. 13119 Shannondell Dr 111 Cherry Ln as well as his education certification for K-12. He taught Art, Photography and Graphic exhibited his paintings alongside those of Matisse,Treasurer Picasso,Portfolio Co-ChairmanPortfolioCollegevilleSecretaryPortfolio Co-Chairman PA 19426 Co-ChairmanPortfolio CommitteePortfolioAudubon ArchivistPortfolio PA Committee 19403 Co-ChairmanCommitteeNewsletter Archivist EditorArchivistNewsletterDoylestownNewsletter PAEditor 18901 Editor Executive Board - 2017-2018/[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Board ofTina Directors Whitlow Terry Nicolo Terry NicoloDeborahTerry Nicolo GreenawaltTerry McLaughlin Terry McLaughlinWilhelminaTerry McLaughlinColette McDaniel Hearn ColetteColette Hearn Hearn Design at George Washington High School in before returning to his de Kooning, and other legends in national and international 610-489-7445 610-728-5661 215-345-4349 and currentT/E-Tredyffrin Board Perkiomen SupportEasttown ValleyChapter PositionsPerkiomen ChapterHatboro-Horsham/UpperPerkiomen Valley ChapterValleyUpper ChapterMerion DublinChapterUpper MerionCheltenhamUpper MerionChapterCentral Chapter Chapter Bucks ChapterCentralCentral Bucks ChapterBucks Chapter hometown district in 2017 to teach at Newtown Middle School after the art teacher, exhibitions. David Leopold catalogued 424& Newtowndocumented 378Rd Colonial Ave378 ColonialChapter378 Colonial Ave 13119 Ave Shannondell13119 Dr 7035Shannondell13119 Merion Shannondell111 LnDr Cherry Dr Ln 111 Cherry111 CherryLn Ln President, Website Vice President Immediate Past President, Mrs. Sekula, retired. This year, he made the switch to the elementary level, splitting his Collegeville1527Collegeville PANorristown 19426 PA 19426 Rd AudubonAudubon PA 19403 PA 19403 DoylestownDoylestown PA 18901 PA 18901 Solowey’s incredibleAdministrator, quantity Social of Media paintings, drawings,Berwyn PA 19312 Collegevilleprints, PA 19426NominatingTechnology CoordinatorChairmanAudubon & Chapter PA 19403Grants Philadelphia AdministratorDoylestown PA 19119 PA 18901Assistant Grants Administrator Karin LaMonaca [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org [email protected]@artgoestoschool.orgtime between Hillcrest and Churchville Elementary Schools in CRSD. According to Mr. Manager [email protected]@artgoestoschool.orgSupportOPENAmbler PA [email protected] [email protected]@artgoestoschool.orgDanielle Golden Rose Tree610-331-5483 Media Chapter [email protected] 610-728-5661267-252-1295610-728-5661 215-345-4349215-345-4349 sculpture, photographs,Lisa Gressen frames, and furniture and curated610-489-7445 a Danielle Blodget 610-728-5661 Council Rock Chapter215-345-4349 Council Rock Chapter Sturner, the greatest challenge presented by the switch from upper to lower grades has 8 Greystone Cir 215-570-3134 series of thematicCouncil exhibitions Rock Chapter on different Newtownaspects Square of Solowey’s PA 19073 Lower Merion Chapter 10 Bridal Rose Ct 1979 Quarry Rd been “The change in schedule from middle school to elementary school... The middle 18 Hansel Rd 105Technology RockTechnology Glen Coordinator Rd Coordinator GrantsNewtownGrants Administrator PA 18940 Administrator YardleyAssistantAssistant PA Grants19067 Grants Administrator Administrator [email protected] Co-ChairmanTechnology CoordinatorPortfolio CommitteeGrants Administrator Archivist NewsletterAssistant Editor Grants Administrator school schedule has much longer art classes and you are able to make a lot of progress work including showsNewtown on PA 18940his paintings, sculpture, and portraits WynnewoodOPENOPEN PA 19096 [email protected] DonaldsonMary Donaldson [email protected] Goldenle Golden 610-353-4847Terry Nicolo OPEN Terry McLaughlinMary Donaldson Colette HearnDanielle Golden [email protected] [email protected] Council215-579-9865Council Rock Chapter Rock Chapter 908-507-7071CouncilCouncil Rock Chapter Rock Chapter in a single class. Elementary art classes are only 45 minutes so I have had to adapt to from the world of the performing arts. Perkiomen Valley Chapter Upper MerionCouncil Chapter Rock Chapter Central BucksCouncil Chapter Rock Chapter 215-497-9075 378 Colonial Ave 610-658-290313119 Shannondell Dr 10 Bridal11110 RoseBridal Cherry Ct Rose Ln Ct 1979 Quarry1979 QuarryRd Rd make the most of that time.” New Chapter Support10 Bridal & Rose Ct 1979 Quarry Rd Collegeville PA 19426 Audubon PA 19403 NewtownDoylestownNewtown PA 18940 PA PA 18940 18901 YardleyYardley PA 19067 PA 19067 Treasurer Secretary PortfolioDevelopement Co-ChairmanNewtown PA 18940Fundraising ChairmanYardley PA 19067 Database Administrator [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]@[email protected] [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org David Leopold isTina also Whitlow an author and curatorDeborah who Greenawalt has organized WilhelminaJanice Miller [email protected] [email protected] Flood Knerr 610-489-7445 610-728-5661 215-579-9865215-345-4349215-579-9865 908-507-7071908-507-7071 Mr. Sturner recalls his experiences with AGTS volunteers visiting his classroom at exhibitions for institutionsT/E-Tredyffrin Easttown around Chapter the countryHatboro-Horsham/Upper including Dublinthe CheltenhamCentral Bucks Chapter Chapter215-579-9865 93 908-507-7071 Haddonfield Chapter 424 Newtown Rd Chapter 7035ButtonwoodNew MerionChapterNew LnChapterLn SupportDoylestown Support & PA & 119 Walnut St. Goodnoe Elementary when he was a student, “I remember one year when they brought New Chapter Support & ,Berwyn thePA 19312 Field Museum in1527 Chicago, NorristownTechnology the Rd JamesCoordinator Philadelphia18901DevelopementGrantsDevelopement PA Administrator 19119 FundraisingAssistantFundraising Chairman Grants Chairman AdministratorDatabaseHaddonfield Database Administrator NJ 08033 Administrator in a Lichtenstein painting. I was taken aback by how fresh and unique it seemed next Developement Fundraising Chairman Database Administrator [email protected] Ambler OPENPA 19002 [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org MillerMaryJanice Donaldson Miller OPENDanielOPENle Golden [email protected] PhyllisFlood Knerr Flood Knerr to all of the old renaissance oil paintings. Even to this day, I am still floored by how A. Michener Art610-331-5483 Museum, and the [email protected] York Public Library.Janice Miller 267-252-1295 OPEN Phyllis Flood Knerr 215-771-5049CentralCouncilCentral Bucks ChapterRockBucks Chapter Chapter 93 93 Council Rock Chapter Haddonfield856-429-5425Haddonfield Chapter Chapter 215-570-3134 Central Bucks Chapter 93 contemporary some of his paintings feel.” In addition to his experiences with AGTS, his Internationally, he has organized shows for museums including Buttonwood10Buttonwood Bridal Ln Doylestown Rose Ln CtDoylestown PA PA 1979 QuarryHaddonfield Rd Chapter119 Walnut119 WalnutSt. St. Buttonwood Ln Doylestown PA 119 Walnut St. inspiration for becoming an artist sprung from his quality education. “As a kid, I was lucky enough to go to school in Council Rock School District Portfolio Co-Chairman Portfolio Committee Archivist Newsletter18901 Newtown18901 Editor PA 18940 Yardley PA 19067 HaddonfieldHaddonfield NJ 08033 NJ 08033 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Film Museum18901 [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org Haddonfield NJ [email protected]@artgoestoschool.org Terry Nicolo Terry McLaughlin [email protected] Hearn [email protected] and take classes with some really incredible art teachers. I wanted to help give students the same experience with the arts that I was fortunate [email protected] [email protected] in Berlin. He hasPerkiomen been theValley archivist Chapter of Al UpperHirschfeld’s Merion Chapter work for Central215-771-5049215-579-9865 215-771-5049Bucks Chapter 908-507-7071 enough to have.” And he is paying forward all of the encouragement, the exposure to art and the efforts of his teachers and our volunteers. 215-771-5049 856-429-5425 25 years and has378 writtenColonial Ave extensively about13119 twentieth ShannondellNew Chapter century Dr Support & 111 Cherry Ln Collegeville PA 19426 Audubon PA 19403 Doylestown PA 18901 Developement Fundraising Chairman Database Administrator Currently, Mr. Sturner is pursuing a Master's degree in Art Education from Tyler School of Art. He also has a workshop in North Philadelphia performance [email protected] His latest book [email protected] THEJanice HIRSCHFELD Miller [email protected] Phyllis Flood Knerr 610-489-7445 610-728-5661 215-345-4349 AGTS Exec Board List, 8/17/2017 CENTURY: A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST ANDCentral HIS Bucks AGE Chapter ( 93 Haddonfield Chapter where he designs and builds solid body electric guitars. He is involved in every phase of creation “from milling rough cut lumber to winding and Alfred A. Knopf, 2015), to coincide with theButtonwood opening Ln of Doylestown an PA 119 Walnut St. wiring all of [his] own pickups.” His favorite artists and genres are “anything that spurs a Technology Coordinator Grants18901 Administrator Assistant Grants Administrator Haddonfield NJ 08033 good conversation about art... [namely,] Alex Katz, Jonas Wood, David Hockney, Laura exhibition of the OPENsame name at the New YorkMary [email protected] Society. Danielle Golden [email protected] AGTS ExecAGTS Board Exec List, Board 8/17/2017 List, 8/17/2017 Council215-771-5049 Rock Chapter Council Rock Chapter 856-429-5425 Owens and Jamian Juliano-Villani.” His other books include: THE ART OF TONY10 Bridal AUTH Rose Ct (Camino 1979 Quarry Rd AGTS Exec Board List, 8/17/2017 Book, 2012), DRAWN TO LIFE (HistoricNewtown Collection PA 18940 of New Yardley PA 19067Submit newsletter articles and photos to Named in memory of the CR Chapter chairman who passed away in 1999, the Janet [email protected] [email protected] Orleans, 2011); 'S AMERICAN215-579-9865 PRESIDENTS 908-507-7071 [email protected] P. Tanner Scholarships, funded by generous donations from the Tanner family, friends and members of the CR Chapter, have dispersed more than $50,000, providing financial (Fantagraphics,New 2008), Chapter IRVING Support BERLIN'S & SHOW BUSINESS (Harry Abrams, Developement2005). Fundraising Chairman Database AdministratorA 501 (c) (3) organization providing art assistance to more than sixty students pursuing careers in art, over the twenty years Janice Miller OPEN Phyllis Flood Knerrappreciation to elementary school children since its inception. Central Bucks Chapter 93 Haddonfield Chapterin Southeastern andAGTS Central Exec Board List, 8/17/2017 “Recipients are selected by the high school staff and must have demonstrated Leopold is also Buttonwoodthe Picture Ln DoylestownEditor of PA the award-winning literary 119 Walnut St. and Southern 18901 Haddonfield NJ 08033 achievement in the visual arts and be enrolled in a college art curriculum,” according to magazine, The [email protected] Center Theater Review. His articles [email protected] Jace Garreth, CR Chapter Treasurer and long-time friend of Janet Tanner, who noted have appeared215-771-5049 in various publications including The New 856-429-5425 that Janet was a 1973 graduate of Moore College of Art and Design. York Times and The International Herald Tribune. He served as consultant on the PBS series "Broadway: The American Like ripples on the water, we share our love of art, not knowing where it will lead, how it will inspire, what its impact will be. As a member of the CR Chapter and AGTS, it is Musical" and the Oscar nominated documentary, "The Line gratifying to see a scholarship recipient succeed and continue to share a love of art King: The Story." and learning with his students. It honors Janet's memory, her passion for art and our AGTS Exec Board List, 8/17/2017 organization’s mission. We are The AGTS community is excited to host David Leopold as very proud of Mr. Sturner and grateful to the Council Rock School District teachers, staff our lecturer on Monday, September 9, 2019, after the Chapter Art Goes to School of Delaware Valley receives state and administrators who have continued to welcome our program into their classrooms for Chairman Meeting in Keneseth Israel. The meeting and the funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania the past thirty-five years. As members of AGTS, we continue to pay forward our love of Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the art, education and children, hoping those who benefit from our program will do the same. lecture is open to all members. RSVP is required by August Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National And sometimes, we are lucky enough to witness the positive repercussions firsthand. 9th. Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

OF DELAWARE VALLEY, INC. www.artgoestoschool.org OF DELAWARE VALLEY, INC. www.artgoestoschool.org Founded 1962 Founded 1962 Canine Crisis Response & AGTS URGENT!!-- Board Positions Needing To Be Filled From Bobbie Forman, Lower Morland Why get involved? Joining the board allows you to shape the future of AGTS, to have a say in the portfolio compositions, the Lower Moreland’s Lois Di Marzio has a first love. Art Goes to School is her second, but her first is her membership in the Tri-State Canine planning of continuing education events for our members and in the direction of the organization. You will work collaboratively with Crisis Response Team. She, and her therapy dogs, Star and Kerri are crisis response trained. Star is a thirteen year old golden, rescued from the other board members. It is truly a team effort! You will get to know our extraordinary membership and gain skills that are a a breeder in Missouri. He is retired from long trips but actively participates in the Wyncote Academy “Read to a Dog” program every other It’s fun, rewarding, and we need you! Thursday, Reading to the Dogs in 2 Groveland Kindergarten classes and works with the children waiting outside the Children and Youth Court great resume builder! in Bucks Co. Vice President (2019-2021) Board Position, Officer; Two year term; Expected to assume presidency at end of term Kerri is five and was rescued at three from a life in a puppy mill as a breeder in Lancaster when she could no longer have litters. She participates Requirements: in various crisis response events, as well as working in the Courthouse and the Reading to the Dogs programs. • Attend quarterly board meetings, October & May events, Networking and two mandatory chairpersons meetings (September Chairpersons Council Meeting and June Portfolio Exchange) This past November, Lois and Kerri flew out to California with the K9Crisis Response Team to offer help to the survivors of the Thousand Oaks Responsibilities: Bar shooting and the victims of the wildfires that savaged Malibu and other southern town in California. Kerri, as a working service dog, is • Work collaboratively with the board to Schedule and plan yearly Calendar of Events including: permitted to fly in the cabin and had been trained to lay under the seat while riding SEPTA. o September Chairpersons Council Meeting speaker o October lecture/activity Out in California, the team met with folks who lost everything in the fires; o November Networking Meeting in conjunction with the portfolio committee some had no family or friends to go to and were living in shelters that the dogs visited. The dogs offered solace and enabled them to open up o May lecture/activity o June Portfolio Exchange (scheduling with KI only—the portfolio committee is in charge of organizing the event) and express their grief and fears. The fires were still raging while the team was there, but they were always safe. Their hotel was a site that • Represent AGTS-DV at events when the president is unable to attend out of state fire fighters used as a base and firetrucks were always coming and going. They also went to the 12 Cross Memorial that was set up outside the Country Western bar and met with the survivors of the bar shooting. Many were young and had lost close friends in what was Technology Coordinator (immediate need) supposed to be a fun evening out. One night, as a young man approached the memorial, you could hear his cries from half a block away. When Board Position, Non-Officer he reached the memorial he threw himself on the ground. Friends gathered around, but he could not find solace. Finally everyone backed away • Attend all board meetings and two mandatory Chapter Chairpersons meetings (September Chairpersons Council Meeting and just let him cry. One by one the dogs approached but could not make a connection, Finally, a lab just went and laid down beside him. After and June Portfolio Exchange) Events attendance encouraged a long while, he eventually started to pet her and the other dogs edged in. This was one of the hardest jobs they had while there. They did the • Technology integration, education and training for chapters and organization work. This is one of the times when all the handlers could do was hold the leash and let the dogs do their magic. • Provide Social Media content, online presence, updates and other technological assistance o Daily content for Facebook posts and create events Crisis dogs are first of all trained and certified therapy dogs, who learn to cope with people with disabilities. They are taught to navigate around o Website updates as needed walkers, canes, wheelchairs, movable hospital beds , IV poles and the like. Crisis response dogs receive additional training and additional o Digital database integration—assist Fast Facts Vetting Committee to compile reports certification, and are exposed to ambulances, police cars, sirens, rugged conditions of devastation, and emotionally shut down or hysterical o Organize and Maintain AGTS-DV Google Drive people. They offer unconditional sympathy and a calming presence. Both Kerri and Star are very accomplished veterans of all kinds of difficult New Chapter Development & Support—Co-Chair; SUPPORT (2 positions open) situations. Board Position, Non-Officer • Convene bi-yearly meetings with Chapter Liaisons and yearly regional meetings Many, many years ago, when Lois first joined Art Goes to School, she was involved in fostering pups for the Seeing Eye Dog organization. • Field chapter requests for help She had them for their first year, to socialize them, and teach them basic obedience. At one, the dogs returned to the Morrisville campus for • Train and oversee Chapter Liaisons advanced training. Sometimes, some washed out, for physical or training issues (one was afraid of stairs!) and Lois took them back as family • Report progress and status to the board of directors pets because their training made them wonderful therapy dogs. if you are interested in learning more about these programs, or have a dog • Compile and archive documentation who might be a candidate for therapy training, you can contact Lois at; [email protected] New Chapter Development & Support—Co-Chair; DEVELOPMENT (1 position open) Board Position, Non-Officer • Train under current New Chapter Development Co-chair • Attend bi-yearly meetings with Chapter Liaisons • Field requests for new chapters and assess need • Facilitate establishment of new chapter with administrators, teachers and staff • Give presentations to show what we do • Train new chapter chairmen and volunteers • Report progress and status to the board of directors • Compile and archive documentation Chapter Liaisons/Regional Reps [4 Positions open—two in region 3 (Northwest) and one each in region 4 (Southeast) and region 5 (Southwest)] Non-Board Support Position • Attend bi-yearly New Chapter Development & Support Meetings and one regional meeting • Touch base with chapters in your region on a yearly basis • Assess chapter needs • Help facilitate a solution and plan of action for the chapter to carry out • Document interactions • Report progress to the New Chapter Development & Chapter Support Chairmen Fast Facts Vetting Committee (4 positions open) Non-Board Support Position • Review/fact check submitted fast facts reports for inclusion into the Digital/On-line Database • Attend one board meeting per year to report on progress (committee chair only) • Work with other members of the vetting committee to avoid duplication of efforts—good communication a must! • Set your own schedule and work at your own pace. (No quotas.) Please visit our website: www.artgoestoschool.org for more information.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2018 - 2019

Monday, September 17, 2018 Chapter Chairman Meeting ALL MEMBERS WELCOME “Regional Chapter Representation” 10:00 am Keneseth Israel, Elkins Park, PA * Fall Lecture immediately following the meeting “Women Artists in a Man-made World: and her Circle" by Patricia Likos Ricci- Associate Professor of the History of Art & Director of the Fine Arts Division for Elizabethtown College LIMITED SEATING! RSVP Required by August 15th.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Lecture & Tours “ & the Art of Lancaster County” by Dr. Jan Mindish Demuth & Lancaster Museum of Art- Board Member & Education Coordinator 10:00 am The Lancaster Museum of Art 135 N Lime St, Lancaster, PA 17602 Tours of the Charles Demuth House and Lancaster Museum of Art: After the lecture, groups will be divided into guided tours of both the Demuth house and the Lancaster Museum of Art. Maps will be provided for nearby Gallery Row and lunch destinations. Registration and $5.00 per person FEE required by September 10th. . Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Networking Meeting Charles Demuth & the Art of Lancaster County The Evolution of Art: From Early Man to Modern CALENDAR TimesRemaining OF EVENTS Calender From Carla Tuhacek, Methacton 10:00 am Inn, Gwynedd, PA Registration & $10.00 per person FEE required by October 2018 17. - 2019 For those of you who missed the Lancaster Art Goes to School event, I thought I’d share some notes from the day. of Events 2018-2019 SILENT BOOK AUCTION FUNDRAISER will be held during this event from 9:15-11:00 am I really hadn’t been to downtown Lancaster before, and I loved it! There were so many quaint brick row homes, shops and restaurants with lovely tree lined streets. The Lancaster Museum of Art is located in an old brick home, full of charm -- the Grubb Mansion. Walking in the front door to Wednesday, May 8, 2019 ginger snap cookies and cider made viewing the art in such a homey setting all the more enjoyable. Monday, September 17, 2018 Lecture & Tour Dr. Jan Mindish was so fascinating, I couldn’t take notes fast enough. Her work as an elementary art teacher, high school teacher and principal Chapter Chairman Meeting ALL MEMBERS WELCOME “Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered- Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections” gave her an excellent background to be sharing with an Art Goes to School group. She pointed out that museums can tell the story of art in a “Regional Chapter Representation” way that a small photo in a book cannot. Museums help kids connect with art and want to aspire to create it. by Adrienne10:00 am Neszmelyi Keneseth-Romano, Israel, ElkinsDirector Park, of Interpretation PA & Innovation James A. Michener Museum 10:00 am James * Fall A.Lecture Michener immediately Art Museumfollowing the 138 meeting S. Pine Street Doylestown, PA 18901 I found her discussion of multiple intelligences particularly interesting. (She recommended the book, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Docent“Women led tours Artists of the museumin a Man will-made follow Worl the lecture.d: Violet Oakley and her Circle" Michael Gelb.) Most schools are geared toward students who are strong in Language and Logic/Math, while those who favor Spatial (visual), RSVP required by April 8, 2019 Kinesthetic (body) and Musical intelligences may have a harder time connecting with what they are learning in the classroom. by Patricia Likos Ricci- Associate Professor of the History of Art & Director of Dr. Mindish shared stories of students who were validated by their experiences at the museum. Imagine how it changes a student to find out that the Fine Arts Division for Elizabethtown College they are not “stupid”, they just have a different kind of intelligence -- one that is not tested in school. Art Goes to School is basically a travelling Monday,LIMITED June SEATING! 3, 2019 RSVP Required by August 15th. museum, and when we go to a school we are reinforcing that art is important.

Portfolio Exchange Dr. Mindish has created a variety of opportunities for local students to be involved in creating art — working with students at the YMCA program 10:00Wednesday, am Keneseth Israel October (KI), Elkins 10, 2018Park PA across the street and English language learners at the high school. The Demuth Museum offers “Art in a Box”, a resource for teachers which Lecture & Tours includes themed materials to inspire kids to create art. (It matches core standards and there is a link on the Demuth Museum webpage.) An exhibit of the resulting artwork is held each year. She mentioned how fulfilling it was to see the children and their families, posing for photos by “Charles“Dedicated, Demuth & Displayed,the Art of Lancaster Discovered County” by– Dr. Jan Mindish their artwork…validation that what the students are doing is important. CelebratingDemuth & Lancaster the Region’s Museum“Dedicated, of School Art- Board Displayed,Art Member Collections & EducationDiscovered Coordinator” – 10:00 am The Lancaster“Dedicated,Celebrating Museum the of Displayed,Region’s Art School DiscoveredArt Collections” – She discussed Charles Demuth’s well-known piece, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. The painting is based on William Carlos William’s poem, “The A lecture Celebrating 135 by the N Lime Director St, Lancaster,of the Interpretation Region’s PA 17602 & Innovation School Art Collections” Great Figure.” Tours of the Charles DemuthA lecture House by theand Director Lancaster of Interpretation Museum & ofInnovation Art: James A. Michener Art Museum Among the rain After the lecture, groups will be divided intoJames guided A. Michener tours Art of Museumboth the Demuth house and the Lancaster A lecture by the Director of Interpretation & Innovation and lights Museum of Art. MapsA lecturewill be provided by the for Director nearby Gallery of Interpretation Row and lunch &destinations. Innovation I saw the figure 5 JamesAdrienne A. Michener Neszmelyi Art-Romano Museum th RegistrationAdrienne and $5.00 Neszmelyi per person -FEERomano required by September 10 . in gold James A. Michener Art Museum . on a red AdrienneWednesday, Neszmelyi-Romano May 8, 2019 firetruck Wednesday,Wednesday, NovemberAdrienne10:00 May AM 14, 8, James 20192018Neszmelyi A. Michener Art-Romano Museum moving Networking10:00 AM Meeting James A . MichenerWednesday,138 S. Pine Art St. MuseumDoylestown May 8, PA 2019 18901 tense The Evolution of Art: From Early Man to Modern Times unheeded 138 S. Pine10:00 St. DoylestownAM James PA A.18901 Michener Art Museum to gong clangs 10:00 am William PennDocent Inn,Wednesday, ledGwynedd, tours will follow PA at theMay conclusion 8, 2019of the lecture. 138 S. 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Following our time at the Lancaster Museum of Art, we walked a few blocks away to the Demuth Museum. When we entered the Demuth “Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered- Celebratinghouse the that Region’s make upbegan School as the Bucks Art Collections” Tobacco Shop (a business owned by the Demuth family for nine generations) there were antique fire helmets on the polished wooden shelves theAfter core a centuryof the Countyof use prison the in County Commissioners agreed lining the shop. Perhaps the volunteer firemen that used to hang out at the tobacco shop had an influence on Demuth. by Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano, Director of Interpretationto preserve & Innovation the 1884.historic James landmark A. Michener and lease Museum the land and Michener Art After a century of 10:00 am James A. Michener Art Museum 138Museumbuildings S. Pine today to Street houseuse the Doylestown,Countythe Thenew massive museum. PAstone 18901After extensive A wonderful, narrow, arched brick alley led the way from the sidewalk to the Demuth’s formal gardens behind their home. Charles suffered from Docent led tours of the museum will follow the lecture. beganrenovation, as the the Bucks museumCommissioners openedwalls and to the warden’s public on September diabetes before there was treatment (although he was one of the first people in the United States to receive insulin). He spent a lot of time agreed to preserve RSVP required by April 8, 2019 County15, 1988. prison Today, in the Jameshouse thatA. Michener make up Art Museum sketching and painting in the garden and his studio, a tiny room just above the garden. Demuth did most of his paintings at his parent’s home in collects, preserves,the historic interprets landmark and exhibits American art, and Lancaster. It’s hard to imagine him and his dear friend, Georgia O’Keefe, sitting in that very garden sketching. and lease the land and buildings to house the new museum.1884. After extensive renovation,the the core of the promotes the work of nationally and internationally known museum opened to the public on September 15, 1988.After Today, a century the James of A. Michener Art Delaware Valley artists ofMichener all eras and Art creative disciplines. The Demuth Museum is in the former Demuth home. It was special to see the paintings in the space where they were created. A narrow, curved Monday, JuneMuseum 3, 2019collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits useAmerican the Countyart, and promotes the work of nationally and internationally known Delaware ValleyThe artists museum of all eras andpresents creative disciplines.exhibitionsMuseum thattoday explore a variety of staircase led up to Charles’ studio, which held some of his paintings, his palette and a tea cup and saucer he had painted. Commissioners Portfolio ExchangeThe museum presents exhibitions that explore a varietyartistic of artistic expressions expressions andand offers offersbegan diverse as the educational Bucks programs diverse educational programs that develop a lifelongagreed involvement to preserve in the arts. 10:00 am Keneseth Israel (KI), Elkins Park PA that develop a lifelong involvementCounty prison in the arts.in The Demuth museum has the largest collection of Charles' work anywhere, with the running a close second. Dr. Barnes the historic landmark knew Demuth and used to purchase pieces directly from the artist. and lease the land and buildings to house the new museum. After extensive renovation, the 1884. Please join us for this special presentation! museum opened to the public on September 15, 1988. Today, the James A. 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Please join us for this special presentation! RSVP with your Chapter name and number of attendees to Tina Whitlow ([email protected]) RSVP required by April 8, 2019. Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered: Networking Meeting November 2018 Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections From Mary Donaldson, Concil Rock Co-curated by Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano, Director of Interpretation & Innovation and Louise Feder, Assistant Curator

July 8, 2017 - January 7, 2018 Art Goes to School of Delaware Valley continued its tradition of a Networking Workshop this year, bringing our members Fred Beans Gallery together to brainstorm ideas on how to engage children during our classroom visits. Some of us have years and years of experience with this and worry our lessons are getting tired and some are brand new and desperate for guidance. This Students don’t often have the occasion to view real works of art in their own school buildings, but this region has a long tradition of assembling short morning brunch gives us all a chance to learn from each other, the experienced members sharing tried and true collections of original works of art for display and educational use in public schools. School districts in Bucks, Montgomery, Berks, and Lehigh Counties, as well as in Philadelphia, are such centers for this activity. activities and the new members bringing fresh approaches to presenting to our modern, plugged in kids. In an area rich in cultural heritage, many artists—along with lead advocates in education—understood as early as the 1890s the importance This year’s event featured the tools artists have used for centuries and some tools that were invented since we joined of educating children about the arts and exposing them to real objects in the classroom. From then until the mid-1900s, key movements in art appreciation and the study of aesthetics, including Picture Study and Schoolroom Decoration, galvanized schools to collect works of art. School AGTS. We were given an opportunity to discuss all of the media that creative minds have put to use to make art since the administrators and board members who advocated for the arts, and developed direct connections with artists, brought collections to their fullest earliest man first scratched a buffalo onto a cave wall. We try to come up with innovative ways to hold the kids interest potential. in looking at still pictures of art – with no buttons to press, no crazy sounds, no flashing lights – just art! This year’s event also gave members a chance to see how one chapter, Margate, has incorporated new technologies into their lessons. All Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered: Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections will draw from various collections throughout these counties to highlight the historical background of the collections and their artists, their connections to historical movements in education, reasons for of the event’s activities are available on our Web site http://artgoestoschool.org/current-members/networking-workshop/ their development, their usage in the curriculum, and how teachers and administrators worked with artists of the era. The paintings and archival materials on display illustrate how these collections are relevant to today’s districts and the current movements in arts education. We owe special thanks to a few of our Board members for the great success of the event, this and every year. Our portfolio Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered: Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections is generously supported by Worth & Company, Inc. and committee members and vice president work hard to make sure the event runs smoothly. After suffering a few glitches with Silverman Family Partnerships. using slide presentations in past years on rented equipment, this year we purchased an easy to operate projector which can be used wherever we meet that does not have its own projector available. The cost was only $300, which is not much more than one year’s equipment rental. The Board also continues to explore other venue options for Networking, but we have yet to find one that can accommodate us all, is centrally located and has easy parking while meeting our budget requirement of $10 per attendee, supplemented by an additional $10 from our budget. I think we all like the lovely setting and service at William Penn, but the Board is also always eager to consider other suggestions you might have. Proud partner with the James A. Michener Art Museum since 1994. Each year, the James A. Michener Art Museum generously donates prints from their permanent collection along with curriculum materials and information on the artists And once again, our book auction was very successful, bringing in $361, more than covering our next year deposit. We owe a big thank you to Danielle Golden and Lisa Gressen for putting this year’s auction together, spending many hours for inclusion into our portfolios. There are currently 13 chapters who receive these works: Central Bucks, Council Rock, filtering through all your generous donations to organize the display and set the opening bids. And a thank you to all who Pennsbury, Morrisville, Centennial in Bucks County; Upper Dublin, Lower Moreland, Norristown, Cheltenham, North have culled their collections for books someone else might enjoy and for bringing home twice as many new purchases Penn, Upper Moreland in Montgomery County;Northeast Philadelphia RSVP in Philadelphia County and Hunterdon and you donated. Have you recognized some that were purchased last year, read and re-donated this year? Maybe we County in New Jersey. Art Goes To School is so very grateful to the James A. Michener Art Museum for their years of can call it “rent an art book” next year. largess! For more information about the Michener Art Museum please visit their website: www.michenerartmuseum.org

Our Board is already working on next year’s networking book sale and activity. The Board met in mid-January and began tossing around topics that might be fun for future meetings. Watch the newsletter for future topics as well as opportunities to have your own ideas heard as a Board member. 

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On September 17,2018, art historian Patricia Lycos Ricci presented an engaging program on “A Grand Vision: Violet Oakley and the American Renaissance” highlights from the show that ran from 9/30/17 to 1/21/18.According to the Woodmere, “Violet Oakley is one of the groundbreaking figures in American art.”

Dr. Ricci reminded us that even in the 19th century, women struggled as career artists. She introduced us to Violet Oakley (1874-1961), one of the female artists who made a career as an artist first as an illustrator and later working with stained glass and producing murals. Violet Oakley studied at under . Along with other artists such , , Rose O’Neill and , she became successful illustrating books and magazines targeted at an educated, modern and more free female audience who subscribed to women’s magazines and read book targeted to female interests. Oakley, Smith, and Green rented the Red GRANT AND DONATION UPDATE Rose Inn in Villanova for five years, becoming prolific and highly successful exemplars of the artistic style of Romantic realism. From Mary Donaldson, Council Rock Violet Oakley completed a mural and stained-glass program at New York’s All Soul Church and painted forty- three murals in the Pennsylvania State Capital building. She was one of the most celebrated muralist in America. She worked with architects to create murals for both sacred The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, has granted Art Goes to School of and domestic spaces as well as for such colleges as Bryn Mawr, Sarah Lawrence and Vassar. Her murals portrayed themes of liberty, religious Delaware Valley a program stream grant in the amount of $3000 for its 2018/19 cycle. This is our third year as a program stream tolerance, justice, and peace. She was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of Honor from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. recipient. Perhaps because she was a woman and most of her commissions were local, Violet Oakley is not as well known as she should be. This talk highlighted her groundbreaking accomplishments and the diversity of art that she created in the early twentieth century. As a Program Stream organization, AGTSDV is supported in its mission by the State of Pennsylvania. What that means to us is that we are recognized by the State of Pennsylvania as an arts organization consistently serving the community and providing opportunities in the arts to Pennsylvania residents. This is a vote of confidence from the State and from the United States through its National Endowment for the Arts’ funding for PCA.

What makes this grant so important to us is that it comes as funding for our operating expenses. These PCA Program Stream grants are automatically renewed annually. We have already been invited to submit our renewal application for the 2019/20 From Karin LaMonaca, VP, AGTS-DV grant cycle. Art Goes to School can budget our PCA grant in our general fund projected revenue every year. We do not have I wanted to pass on this message from our recent speaker, Dr. Patricia Likos Ricci, regarding AGTS. to complete a special project. The grant is meant to help us continue to do what we do, supplementing our dues for general operating expenses. Dear Karin, Our Board has elected to use the annual increase in income for projects including reinstating our third lecture each year, adding new art to portfolios and replacing our clunky old portfolio cases with new lightweight cases. We will have the PCA “Arts” logo on It was my pleasure to speak to the members of the Delaware Valley Chapter of Art Goes to School about all of our printed and web materials. Notice all the other places the logo appears – on the doors of the Philadelphia Museum of Violet Oakley and the history of women artists in the United States. Thank you for providing feedback from Art, the Kimmel Center, the Barnes Foundation - and our newsletter! Congratulations to us! the audience. I'm happy to hear they found the lecture worthwhile. They were a friendly and receptive group and I enjoyed the time I spent with you and them. And as we continue to look for other sources of income to keep us running and help us to support our mission, we have been Your members' dedication to bringing reproductions of famous works of art quite literally into the classrooms urging our members to go to Smile.amazon.com when shopping on-line. Amazon gives back 0.05% of every dollar spent by our is impressive. The works of art in the portfolios are right out of my college-level history of art textbook! members and their families. To take advantage of this, sign in to smile.amazon.com and use your account’s regular password. Children in the grades AGTS serves would rarely have the opportunity to encounter the historically The first time you try it, you can select Art Goes to School of Delaware Valley as your charitable recipient. A list will appear and significant works of art in the portfolios without a well-planned class trip to a major museum. You are you’ll find us there. After the first time, you will be reminded every time that AGTS is your designated charity. We are earning providing a great source of intellectual and cultural stimulation to thousands of children. I'm honored to about $50 a quarter this way. Occasionally there is a bonus percentage during certain seasonal and holiday promotions and we have contributed a little to that effort. will alert you of that on Facebook. This really costs nothing to you but to give you an idea of what $200 means to us, that’s six new prints on lightweight neoprene or three new portfolio cases. If you pay attention to our budget, that $200 is just the wiggle So thank you for inviting me and for your careful planning and consideration of the logistics of event. It room we need to keep us serving the kids with the same well trained volunteers with meticulously maintained art. Truly, every was much appreciated! little bit helps, so spread the word. With best wishes for the continued success of Art Goes to School, And the last thing on fundraising and grants: some of you may occasionally notice that a local business or bank is offering small Patricia grants to local charities. You and your chapter can certainly take advantage of that as individual chapters. Small gifts to your chapter can help to offset the cost of your lecture attendance, help with printed materials for the kids, or even build a chapter’s stock of supplemental prints. If you need help going after an opportunity like that, just call Mary, our grant administrator, and she can guide you through the process.

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