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CCES Arts Guild Supports an Impressive Line-up of Guest Artists
A big thank to the CCES Arts Guild for supporting our incredible line-up of guest artists this school year. Students were exposed to many talented and creative minds including musicians, authors, and visual artists. Check out some (because we can’t list them all!) of the creative artists that have visited (to date) below:
Kate Furman (US)
To kick off the school year Kate Furman joined Upper School Art classes as the “Artist in Residence.” Students learned how to do metal piercing and cutting to form brass jewelry, keyrings, and/or bookmarks. Currently, Kate lives in Greenville and works in her full time metalsmithing studio and store in the Village of West Greenville. She also teaches jewelry classes at Greenville Center for Creative Arts.
To kick off the school year Kate Furman joined Upper School Art classes as the “Artist in Residence.” Students learned how to do metal piercing and cutting to form brass jewelry, keyrings, and/or bookmarks. Currently, Kate lives in Greenville and works in her full time metalsmithing studio and store in the Village of West Greenville. She also teaches jewelry classes at Greenville Center for Creative Arts.
Jeff Holland (LS)
Guest Artist, Drummer Jeff Holland visited Lower School music classes in September. Mr. Holland is a multi-ethnic percussion instructor specializing in traditional ethnic instruments, drum set, classical and theater percussion.
Guest Artist, Drummer Jeff Holland visited Lower School music classes in September. Mr. Holland is a multi-ethnic percussion instructor specializing in traditional ethnic instruments, drum set, classical and theater percussion.
Children’s author Shelli Johannes visited Lower School students in September to discuss her picture book, Cece Loves Science. Shelli R. Johannes is the award-winning author of the Amazon bestselling Nature of Grace thriller series (Untraceable, Uncontrollable, and Unstoppable), a winner of the IndieReader Discovery Award in YA, an IPPY a Silver Medalist for YA Fiction, a Finalist in The Kindle Book Review's Best Young Adult Fiction, and a Finalist in US Book News Best YA Book.
Author Soman Chainani visited Middle School students in October to discuss his middle grade series School for Good and Evil. This debut series has sold more than 2 million copies, been translated into 28 languages across 6 continents, and will soon be a film from Universal Pictures, with Soman co-writing the screenplay.
Diana Farfan (US)
Beginning in January, ceramic artist, Diana Farfan visited Dana Kimmel’s visual art students on 3 different occasions to work with them on a special project. Diana posed to students the following question: If you were able to create a new superhero with powers to solve problems that affect you, your family, or your friends the most, who would be your superhero and what would be your power? With each visit, Diana introduced a new phase of the project until it was complete.
Maida Lipkin (US)
In March, The US music department hosted Broadway veteran Maida Libkin. Maida spent the day with US students in choir, band, orchestra, and theater focusing on anxiety and the skills used to ease nerves during a performance. In addition to her impressive Broadway career, Maida has taught musical theatre at the College of Charleston and Ashley Hall. Currently, Maida is a trained life coach and specializes in performance anxiety issues.
In March, Children’s author Melinda Long visited Lower School students. Melinda discussed her books How I Became a Pirate, Pirates Don’t Change Diapers, Art Smart, and Science Detective: The Case of the Sliding Spaceship. She shared how she started her writing career at age six. She took students through the book publishing process, talked about the writing process, the importance of editing, and what it really means to be persistent.
Andrea Kulish (LS)
Our Lower School hosted guest artist Andrea Kulish during Primer art classes in April. A first generation Ukrainian-American, Andrea teaches pysanky, a process of decorating Ukrainian Easter eggs using beeswax and dyes. Andrea helped primer students to create their own inspired pysanky.
Author, Jo Hackl and CCES parent visited Middle School students in May to discuss her debut novel, Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe. Jo is also the founder of outdoorosity.org and a lawyer with Wyche, PA. Jo works on a number of creative, educational, business, and philanthropic initiatives in the community. She is a Liberty Fellow and a Riley Fellow and has been recognized as a “Woman of Achievement” by the Greenville YWCA.
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Jeff Holland
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Shelli Johannes
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Soman Chainani
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Diana Farfan
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Maida Lipkin
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Jo Hackl
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