Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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MRs. if QM , jpw - L,, ! 1 1 SX DUANE DELLO STROLOGQ, M.S. MR. JAMES DENICOLA, B.A. Miss HELEN KRUGER, M.A. MRS, RU-I-H BACKIEL M'A U71Wf '-'ffl' of W13f0H,fIn Syraeuse University Columbia University Chairman I 1954 1951 1939 Columbia Unifuersity 1930 MR. MURRAY lNlClS?AIG, .M.F.A. Y ., Mis! EILEEN MCMAHON, B.A. MR. FERDINAND OBRENSKI, M.A. MR. THOMAS THOMASIAN, B S Syraruxe U7lIi'ff5l1j' U ,Q Hunter College Columbia Urzifversity R. I. School ofDe.rig1z 1954 y 1952 19-I-9 1954 'x tt. Art Department N what basis do you judge a painting? In teaching sensitivity to form and color, the Art Department imbues a broad background for developing personal prefer- ences in art. To carry out our program effectively, the depart- ment has grown from two to eight teachers and from courses in Elementary Design and Drawing to sixteen courses in Drawing. Design. Fashion, and Ceramics, Two Sewanhaka graduates are on the Art Faculty. The young artists use a wide variety of materials for experiment and study. Fre- Upper left: Pat YVittosch puts some detail on her clay horse in ceramics. quently there are slides and movies. The individuality of the students is evident in three dimensional mobiles, a colorful display, a peaceful landscape, or a new look in Fashion De- sign. Each year many a parent receives an attractive object, sometimes inspired, the product of hard work in a ceramics class. Potential Rembrandts and Diors receive aid in prepar- ing to enter competitions or win scholarships. VVhether one is aiming at a career or art for art's sake, our curriculum encompasses all. Upper right: Making pottery is fun in ceramics Lower left: Mr. Obrenski examines a landscape done Center: Art Class had pretty Spanish Dancer, Pat Lower right: Mrs. Dello Strologo checks kiln baking by Paul lVinther. Devlin, for a model. technique.

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