JANUARY EVENTS Nassau County Museum of Art One Museum Drive Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576 www.nassaumuseum.org Thursday, January 10 from at 1 p.m. bring a brown bag lunch and enjoy a meal with friends as the Nassau Museum’s docent, Riva Ettus, presents an informative talk on Artists in America. At 2 p.m., join the public exhibition tour of Artists of more than 300 years of American art. There will be another opportunity to attend this event on Thursday, February 7. Free with museum admission, no reservations. First come, first seated. Artist Martin Kline, whose work is presently in the Contemporary Collectors LeAp back when the museum mansion was hometickets on the museum’s website.On Sunday, January 20, families areabstraction and then into 3D encausticand cast metal works. Admission is $5speak about his career of making workson paper, moving from representation tofor members, $15 for nonmembers. BuySaturday, January 12 at 3 p.m. Kline willinvited to travel back to the 20th century,STUDENTSGallery, will be at the museum onPHOTOS COURTESY OF LEAP INTO ART hunt through the building, hear a theatricalit was in the early 1900s with a scavengerreading of daughter Martha Frick’s lettersto the Frick family of five. Imagine life as BY MELISSA MOTT Twenty-five second Bridgette Love, a second to her grandmother, play tradition games graders from P.S. 315 were grader from P.S. 315, said she and create hand-crafted dolls popular While “wine and cheese” in attendance at the reception, loved getting to work alongside during the period. Museum admission plus receptions are the norm for art along with their parents who her teachers, particularly $8 per family materials fee. exhibitions, “milk and cookie” smiled as their children pointed LeAp teaching artist Deborah receptions are quite unusual. out their masterpieces. Berkson, who she says taught Flushing Town Hall But for the young artists at the For the second graders from her how to be creative. 137-35 North Boulevard Learning through an Expanded P.S. 315, it was all about the The students’ works are Flushing, NY 11354 Arts Program (LeAp) Student letters of the alphabet. The now on display in LeAp’s 11th www.flushingtownhall.org Art Reception, milk and cookies students submitted themed Annual Citigroup Student Art were just right for the occasion. artwork entitled “Alphabet Exhibition in the Atrium of the On Sunday, January 13, spend the day On Wednesday, December Exploration.” The series Citigroup Building. The exhibit with Los Planeros de la 21. Starting 5, the Citigroup Building includes artistic versions of is hosted by Citigroup each at 1 p.m. there will be an interactive Atrium at One Court Square in the alphabet through drawing, year as an expression of their arts workshop ($4 for members, $6 for Long Island City transformed photography and writing. dedication to increasing and into a makeshift gallery for the The students discovered promoting the arts in education. nonmembers), boasting a fun and dynamic 11th Annual LeAp Student Art new ways to understand the “We are so thankful for learning atmosphere that teaches the Reception. LeAp is a nonprofit alphabet – shaping their bodies Citigroup’s support and so Afro-Caribbean expressions of Puerto organization dedicated to into letters A through Z and excited for the opportunity Rico through drumming, singing and improving the quality of photographing each other. this exhibit provides for us dance exercises. Next, at 2:15 p.m., enjoy January 2013 education in public schools The second graders then to celebrate the wonderful a performance by a unique troupe of through an approach that is incorporated their photographs creativity of our students and all Puerto Rican master traditional artists and practical and based in the arts. into drawings of their own, and the hard work of their classroom seasoned New York musicians ($12 for “The importance of ensuring learned new vocabulary words teachers and LeAp’s teaching members). that all children have access to by writing “silly sentences” artists” said Gross. n 28 North Shore Towers Courier arts education,” said Ila Lane which included words that Thanks to the exhibition, Enjoy the American Composer’s Gross, the Executive Director begin with their letter of the the students are given the Orchestra (ACO) on Tuesday, January of LeAp. alphabet. opportunity to see their artwork 22 at 10 a.m. The free event will feature The art show displayed the “This is LeAp’s 11th on display – a gift now every composers and their collaborators during drawings, paintings and writing exhibition with Citigroup, and child is awarded. their development lab for new American projects of artistic New York the shows keep getting better “This exhibition is a orchestral music. View experimentations City public school students and better, thanks to the talented testament to the students’ with new music that challenges and in LeAp’s arts integration children in LeAp’s programs,” talent and creativity” says stretch the limits of what is possible with programs. The programs said Gross. “We are immensely Gross. Through LeAp, students an orchestra. For more information, visit employ the arts to assist with proud of the achievements of are given not only the chance, flushingtownhall.org or call 718-463-7700. teaching academic curriculum our students, both artistic and but the ability to reach their full in public schools. academic.” potential.”
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