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Our first annual EMPTY BOWLS DINNER & FUNDRAISER will be held on 

Friday, April 1, 2016, 6-9pm

in the HS Cafeteria

Ms. Held, Ms. Constable and the National Art Honor Society Empty Bowls Committee are hard at work organizing our upcoming our Empty Bowls Dinner & Fundraiser. We are in the process of designing our own original student-designed logo and poster. We have been canvasing the local businesses asking for donations of soups/stew/chilis, table decorations, desserts, drinks and other goods/services. The outpouring of support from the High School staff/faculty and local businesses have been amazing. In addition to food and decorations, several local potters have donated handmade bowls.

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If you know any businesses, individuals and or potters/artists who wish to donate food, decorations, printing services, media coverage/ad space and/or handmade ceramic bowls to our Empty Bowls Dinner & Fundraiser please share this link to the EMPTY BOWLS DONATION FORM. This easy to fill out Google Survey includes a list of the items and services we need to make this event happen. Our goal is to have ZERO overhead. ZERO overhead means 100% of our proceeds goes towards feeding families in the Washingtonville community and the Hudson Valley. 

Human Rights Monuments and Memorials Construction

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10th of December 1948. In honor of the 67th anniversary of this important document Clay students have spent the month of December designing, planning, and constructing their own clay monuments or memorials inspired by one of the 30 articles from the UDHR. The Declaration was created as a direct result of the atrocities committed in WWII and represents the first global expression of rights to which  all human being are inherently entitled.  

UNIT GOAL: Inspired by the theme of Human Rights students will design and create a monument or memorial out of clay using the subtractive additive and slab-building techniques. Students will study how ancient and modern humans have documented and commemorated our basic rights through the creation of figurative, architectural and abstract sculptures displayed in public spaces. After an in-depth study of the history of human rights students will choose one of thirty articles outlined in The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and connect it with a significant personal, social or political event or issue they wish to honor through the creation of a miniature clay monument or memorial. Students will learn how to use acrylic paints and acrylic stains to create faux-finishes for their sculptures that might resemble wood, stone, marble, or metal. Students will be encouraged to think about what actions they can take to promote human rights in their own lives and their community. In addition, students will be invited to showcase their monuments at the Orange County Human Rights Commission’s annual Human Rights Art Exhibit in December 2016.