Sue’s eleventh and 10th-grade art students took up batik thanks to the  Army of God, who purchased the fabric and the wax to make them. These are their first attempts at Batik, which is complicated.  All of the materials used in Sue’s excellent Bishop Gibbons art program come from donations through Wish Lists on Amazon or from “found objects” people send from their attic drawers and garages.

Many schools gave up on art classes in recent years; it wasn’t as important as football or soccer. Sue is changing that narrative, and thanks for supporting her.  Her students have demonstrated the value and values associated with art.

Sue is a remarkable human being, a future saint if there is justice in the world. Send her your junk, (if it’s clean), and dshe will turn it into gold, and her students to joy.

Sue turns them all into art. If you have any found objects you wish to send – from jewelry to vintage clothes to fabrics and old toys and lamps – please send them to Sue Silverstein, Bishop Gibbons High School, 2600 Albany Street, Schenectady, N.Y., 123o4.

Batik is usually made on a fabric surface (such as cotton, silk, linen. Batik is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth.  Sue is breaking all kinds of new ground in her remarkable art program; her classes are full, and her students are engaged. No TikTok in Sue’s workrooms. Thanks for the donations, and please keep them coming.