Spring 2018

Friends of the Arts

CELEBRATING THE ARTS AT DCDS

riends of the Arts is proud to host Celebrate the Arts, the largest

all-school event at Detroit Country Day School.

For more than 30 years, Celebrate the Arts has served as the culmination of a

year’s worth of creativity and preparation by our PK3 through 12th-grade

students. The annual event showcases more than 1,000 pieces of artwork,

along with the instrumental, vocal, and performing talents of our students.

Celebrate the Arts gives us the opportunity to recognize our seniors who are

graduating with a conservatory designation (see “Conservatory Recognition,”

page 3), as our Fine Arts Conservatory students display their portfolios and

our Performing Arts Conservatory students take the spotlight on stage. One-

third of the Class of 2018 will graduate with the conservatory designation –

congratulations to our seniors!

The FOA board of directors is honored to work with faculty members across

every campus to support their endeavors. Every day, these teachers inspire

confidence in our children to express their inner artist, musician, and

performer. They motivate our children in ways that we, as parents, never can.

We express our gratitude for their talent and their dedication.

It has been my honor to serve as president of the FOA board. I hope that you

will consider becoming a member of Friends of the Arts and supporting the

arts programming at Detroit Country Day School.

Laura Hanna President Friends of the Arts

Supporting and promoting Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts curriculum,

activities and programs for students attending Detroit Country Day School

SPECIAL MEMBER PROMOTION

JOIN FOA TODAY & YOUR DUES CARRY OVER TO THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR

Visit www.dcds.edu/foa

Friends of the Arts supports Fine, Performing and Communications Arts

at Detroit Country Day School through active annual membership by

parents, friends, alumni, faculty, and students, as well as through

additional contributions.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Membership has its privileges! Friends of the Arts hosted special events for its members throughout this school year.

2017-18 FOA BOARD

PRESIDENT: Laura Hanna

VICE PRESIDENT: Michelle Gallette

SECRETARY: Selam Sanders

TREASURER: Christine Sims

MEMBERSHIP: Mindy Richards

MEMBERSHIP—ALUMNI PARENTS:

Kristin Nichols

MARKETING/NEWSLETTER:

Meredith Meyer, Michelle Solomon

US LIAISON: Jennifer Jackson

MS LIAISON: Tracy Nystrom

JS LIAISON: Mary Sadler

LS LIAISON: Danialle Karmanos

CELEBRATE THE ARTS: Talbot Payne,

Maria Scott

SPECIAL EVENTS: Julie Sosa,

Amy Erjavac

SPECIAL EVENTS—ALUMNI PARENTS:

Gail Van Cleave

ART FROM THE HEART: Raminder Rai,

Angela Spencer

CONSERVATORY DINNER:

Jody Sherwin, Ami Antonucci

PAST PRESIDENT: Janine Rinke

Private tour of the DIA exhibit "Monet, Framing Life" with curator Jill Shaw

Jewelry workshop with Upper School metals instructor Jiro Masuda

Parent/child clay workshop with Lower School art instructor Melissa Parks

Special member receptions and VIP seating for performances of Little Mermaid Jr. and Hairspray

CONSERVATORY RECOGNITION The Conservatory of Fine, Performing and Communications Arts is a DCDS Upper School academic program focused on building artistic capabilities under faculty mentorship in a chosen discipline. On March 21, FOA hosted the Conservatory Scholars Recognition Program, celebrating sen-iors graduating with a conservatory designation. Detroit-native actress/singer Lauren LaStrada addressed the 2018 conservatory class.

FINE ARTS CERAMICS Shrikant Chand Harrison George Andrew Jonna Lucy Liu Nishal Patel DRAWING Sydney Jiang Isaiah Johnson Helena Li Anna Mascarenas Jessica Patnaik Yining Zhang Jack Zhu

FASHION Lily Mullany Thomas Nardicchio Maya Nassif FILM Jessica Farber Rohit Koganti Zoe Neugebohr Rory Wagner JEWELRY Brett Barr Jake Belanger Harrison Dunbar Peter Gallette Sloan Kiriluk Laurel Lyngklip

Becket McNulty Akash Rau Paul Roesler Isabella Rosenberg Nick Shaman Sophia Zhang PAINTING Helena Li Anusha Mamidipaka Anna Mascarenas Sophia Zhang PHOTO Laura Bongers Lauren Boos Jane Kim Natalie Trerice

MIXED MEDIA Jared Freeman PERFORMING ARTS CHOIR Melissa Beyrand Maushmi Chitale Andrea Gibson DuPerry Maya Rajan Jessica Patnaik Isabella Rosenberg BAND Sohee Won MUSICAL THEATRE Tori Dedo

ORCHESTRA Natalie Albaran Melissa Beyrand Andrew He Alexandra Soo Christopher Soo Andre Sosa THEATRE Blake Bailey Alana Blumenstein Alissa Elanjian Scott Greenhalgh Kathleen MacLean Rory Wagner

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS

Congratulations to our Upper and Middle School students who received recognition in the Regional Scholastic Art

competition. Our Upper School students were recognized with 17 gold key art portfolios, and more than 80 individual awards.

Our Middle School students received 17 awards, the most at the middle-school level for southeast Michigan.

Notably, three DCDS seniors were honored with National Scholastic medals:

Jared Freeman, Silver Medal

“Building Blocks”

Category: Art Portfolio

Isaiah Johson, Silver Medal

"Debow”

Category: Drawing & Illustration

Laurel Lyngklip, Silver Medal

"The Harvesting Project”

Category: Art Portfolio

2017-18 FRIENDS OF THE ARTS MEMBERSHIP (AS OF APRIL 1, 2018)

Life $5,000+ Dr. and Mrs. Todd Aho Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Alexander Mr. Leslie Alexander II Ms. Taylor M. Alexander Mr. Jay A. Alix Dr. Marie Delewsky and Mr. Craig Beyrand Drs. Devindergit Bhangu and Raminder Rai Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Boos Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Bourget Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Brodie Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cherney Dr. and Mrs. Subir Chowdhury Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Eisenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Erjavac Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Farber Ms. Teri L. Fenner Drs. Mark and Lynn Frikker Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gallette Major and Mrs. Alex Garn Mr. Carl D. Gilmer-Hill Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Hill Gordon Mr. Radhakrishnan Gurusamy and Ms. Genga Ramamoorthy Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Henderson Ms. Jennifer Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Karmanos Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kasprzyk Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Pierre Kemper Ms. Elizabeth J. Kuhn Mr. John W. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. William M. Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mascarenas Mr. and Mrs. Rakesh Mehta Mr. George E. and Ms. Susan M. Murphy Mr. Jeffrey M. Nahan and Ms. Annette DePetris Mr. and Mrs. James Ninowski Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Ohryn Dr. and Mrs. L. R. Patil Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penkala Ms. Mindy Richards Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Rinke Ms. Anne M. Sandoval Mrs. Judy Schwarzer Mr. and Mrs. Glen P. Shilling Dr. Christa Shilling and Mr. Seth Shilling Dr. Anne M. Guyot and Mr. Randall Shoemaker Mr. and Mrs. David Skolnik Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Stanton Mrs. Patricia Stempel Mr. and Mrs. Bruce S. Wagner Mr. William B. Williams and Ms. Jacqueline A. DeCosmo Mr. and Mrs. David R. Worpell

Ovation $500+ Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Jonna Mr. and Mrs. Victor S. Jordan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kosch Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nystrom Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Scott Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Van Cleave

Benefactor $250+ Drs. John and Ami Antonucci Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Binno Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blumenstein Mr. Salam Chaudhary and Ms. Meredith Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cornwell Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Farah Mr. and Mrs. Bharat Gandhi Dr. and Mrs. Richard Han Mr. and Mrs. Randy Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Humenny Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Kiriluk Drs. Kianoush and Aza Khaghany Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Korotkin Dr. and Mrs. Wassim Nona Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O’Callaghan Mr. Norman Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Derron Sanders Ms. Elana A. Sullivan

Patron $100+ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Appleby Mr. and Mrs. Derek Ashcraft Mr. and Mrs. Derek Batts Drs. Gerold and Tracey Bepler Ms. Jennifer Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Burstein Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Carson Ms. Lori Champagne Ms. Mary Ann deVogel Mr. and Mrs. Dilip Dubey Mr. and Mrs. Rami Fakhoury Drs. Kurt and Kristine Gerster Mr. and Mrs. Suneel Gupta Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kiriluk Dr. and Mrs. Duane Kreil Mr. Robert Lane and Ms. Lexa Leatherdale Dr. Katherine Ling-McGeorge Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lyngklip Mr. Gary Morrison and Ms. Elise Pederson-Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Dino S. Nardicchio Mr. and Mrs. Henry Payne IV Mr. and Mrs. Sanjay Prabhu Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Ptasznik Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ross Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Sadler Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sims Mr. and Mrs. Lars A. Sjobring Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Solomon Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Stebbins Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Tate Mr. Sudhakar Varshney and Ms. Reshu Gupta Dr. and Mrs. Jamal Zarghami

Artisan $50+ Dr. and Mrs. Steve Bai Mr. Terrance Borum and Ms. Allaventri Webb Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Bossardet Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bossert

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Clapper Mr. and Mrs. Christian Cook Dr. Russell Craig and Kendal Gluck-Craig Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ebeling Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Elias Mr. and Mrs. Nikolas Endrud Drs. David Hall and Laurie Vance Mr. and Mrs. Dean Haratsaris Ms. Deb Herndon Mr. Bruce Israel and Ms. Lisa Pernick Mr. and Mrs. Jason Jarjosa Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Klakulak Mr. and Mrs. Michael Krushena Mr. Ian Lyngklip and Ms. Julie Petrik Mr. and Mrs. Alex Martin Mr. Mark Matthews and Ms. Jody Sherwin Mr. and Mrs. David McNulty Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mylod, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Kim John Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Roesler Drs. John and Miriam Samani Ms. Kitt Sherrill Mr. and Mrs. Sam Simon Dr. and Mrs. Julio Sosa Mr. and Mrs. Scot Storrie Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Tortora Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Verbeek Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wachol Dr. Andrea and Mr. Holger Wilhelm Drs. Jeremy Wolfe and Maria Woodward

Faculty/Student $25 Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kenney Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Kitchen Mr. and Mrs. LaMarr Woodley Brett Barr Alexander Doerr Jared Freeman Harrison George Peter Gallette II Sophia Gallette Beckett McNulty Zoe Solomon

Honorary Mrs. Marcia Bearden Mr. and Mrs. Alton C. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Suomela Mr. and Mrs. Reese C. Zantop

Join FOA today

Friends of the Arts supports Fine,

Performing and Communications Arts at

Detroit Country Day School through active

annual membership by parents, friends,

alumni, faculty, and students, as well as

through additional contributions.

www.dcds.edu/foa