Sue Silverstein called it a busy week in the Bishop Gibbons Art Room. I call it an amazing exposition of creativity and imagination, all sparked by your generous gifts and used objects and by this amazing new art program that is lighting up young and sparking and sparking all kinds of surprising and wonderful art.

All kinds of beautiful art were made – plaster sculptures with armatures,  portrait drawing with grids, button art, and lap blankets, to name a few. You made all of it possible with the boxes of used and discarded things you sent to the school. Thank you.

Sue is re-imagining art and how it should be presented and taut. Sue has received at least 1,000 buttons from as far away as France. It is truly stunning to see what these kids are doing with them.

People all over the country have been sending her boxes of used jewelry, new art supplies, stuffing, used fabrics, beads and buttons, metal objects and discarded toys, clothing patterns, and plaster, among other things. The address is Sue Silverstein,  Art Program, Bishop Gibbons High School, 2600 Albany Street, Schenectady, N.Y. 12304.

If you have any discarded objects, send them along to Sue, she and her students will make art out of all of them. Here’s just some of the art done this week. Maria and I are going to the school on Thursday to look at the art and the artists. They are burning through their supplies. Above button art with painting.

This program is one of the most uplifting and innovative I’ve seen in many years of volunteering in schools.

It’s been an amazing experience for me to see how Sue lights these children up by giving them choices, tools, and the freedom to discover their own creativity. I can almost guarantee some wonderful artists will be born in her class. I’m seeing it already. Kids who had no idea they had creative gifts are thrilled with what they are making. Good teachers can work miracles.

Button Art On Cardboard

Marker Portraits

Lap blankets

Plaster Sculptures With Armatures