Art In Action Day

Each year, Avoca West hosts an Art in Action as a way to help students develop creativity, critical thinking, self-expression and cultural awareness through various art curriculum. Students from K to 5th grade master an art project under the guidance of a local artist and parent volunteers get to help out. Past year’s art stations included hands-on experience with watercolors, abstract acrylic painting, still life, digital portraits, jewelry making, dance, glow stick photography, mask painting and collage scrapbooking.

ART IN ACTION DAY 2024 – THANK YOU!

The gym at Avoca West was buzzing with creative energy on February 1st  during the PTC-sponsored Art in Action Day! This year's art stations included hands-on experience with watercolors, mixed media art, bookmark making, wooden mosaics, jewelry making, sewing, foil embossing, mixed media drawing, magnet making and dance.

Thank you to the Avoca administration, staff and PTC for supporting and accommodating this event. Thank you to the instrumental and PE departments for giving up their spaces for a day.

Special thanks to these local artists and art studios for partnering with Art in Action this year:

Karisma Dance Company – Karly Walchli

Please check out their website for dance classes and summer camp options at  www.karismadance.com

Mary Gaspar

Mary Gaspar is a local Wilmette fine artist and proud Avoca mom who creates original watercolor and acrylic paintings from her home art studio. She likes to paint abstract art and modern watercolor botanicals. You can view her beautiful work and learn more at  www.MaryGasparArt.com

Glenview School of Arts

 Summer camps and year-round art classes available. Please visit www.glenviewschoolofarts.com for more information and how to enroll.

 Tasty Color: JiaLi

Our very own Avoca Parent, JiaLi, runs Tasty Color, an online art education platform for children with in-person classes at their studio in Wilmette. As a visual artist, Jia’s philosophy is for students to make drawing a daily habit and express their voice through visual art media. To learn more about art classes, please visit www.tastyColor.com   Her artist website is www.jialiyu.com

Elena Victoria Designs

This summer, sign your child up for an entire week of sewing and fashion design! Learn the basics of a sewing machine and create your very own clothing with the help of one of our talented fashion designers and instructors. Public camps are offered through Wilmette Park District, Highland Park Art Center, and Takiff Center in Glencoe! Looking for a smaller camp setting for your child? Host your own camp! Head to www.evfinearts.co for more information. 

And a thank you to the following parents and staff that also partnered with Art in Action to run a station this year:

Jina Song

Kelly Sabatini

Lauren Trump

Barbara Vogelstein

Alejandra Rodriguez

And a great big thank you to the following school staff and parent volunteers who also helped make this event possible:

Eva Rios, Tyler Bell, Dawn Zigmond, Sara Shepard, Erinn Smith, Beth Wechsler, Sowon Lim, Lindsey Moynihan, Vanessa Villanueva, Shoshanna Reynolds, Francine Conway, Mahdi Hosseini, Rebecca Cha, Lavanya Krishna, Melanie Zenisek, Josh Adams, Ruthie Swibel, Jenn Prouty Alejandra Rodriguez and Mina Boruta