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June 26, 2009 - The first-ever “Celebration of the Arts” was held May 19-20 at the C. J. Hooker Middle School.

Creative visual projects from across the middle school’s curriculum were on display, including “big books” written and illustrated by eighth grade English students, clay replicas of French monuments by French students, brochures and advertisements designed by students in Family and Consumer Science classes, graph pictures created by math students, and of course, artwork by art students.

In addition, the silent furniture auction of chairs and tables, painted by eighth grade advanced art students, raised more than $1,400 for the Hannah Crossley Foundation, in honor of the former middle school student who fought a courageous battle with cancer. The money will help Hannah’s brother, Austin, achieve his goal of raising $10,000 for cancer research in honor of his sister.

The advanced art students painted the furniture in the styles of their favorite artists, such as Van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keefe, Keith Harring and Claude Monet.

“My advanced art students worked really hard on their auction pieces,” said Christina Pahucki, art teacher. “Many students remained in school until 9 o’clock in the evening, painting finishing touches on their furniture in order to help raise money for this wonderful cause.”

View the gallery of furniture auction items created by our art students!