This is the 10th or fifteenth Wish List I’ve done with Art Teacher Sue Silverstein, my dear friend, a living Saint, and a brilliant teacher at Bishop Gibbons Catholic School in Schenectady, N.Y. This is a sneak preview. The list is officially going up tomorrow, but you can get it for her right now.
It’s one of the most important lists we’ve done. Sue has stirred the hearts and minds of dozens of her students, but neither she nor the school has the funds to give her the tools to keep 80 children engaged. They have done beautiful work all year, as so many generous people in the Army of Good know: They have sent hundreds of boxes of discarded items she has turned into beautiful art.
She has more friends online than I do, and hundreds, if not thousands, of students love her and credit her with improving, sometimes saving her life. I could not begin to count the number of children, including many refugee children, that she has helped guide and send off to college or trade school.
She is a saint to me, one of the most deserving humans I have known, an inspiration, friend, and light for us all. She is what every teacher and every human should be. Please take a look at the Wish List. There are 24 items on it, and everyone will stimulate children’s imaginations and show them the power of art to do good. Many schools have abandoned art teaching completely; Sue is bringing her program to life. She needs our help.
You can see the Sue Silverstein Bishop Gibbons Wish List Right here. I’ll post the link on my blog daily until the list is sold out. Whatever you buy will be automatically sent by Amazon to Bishop Gibbons. School starts next week.
The official Wish List goes up tomorrow, but I have promised some of her many friends a sneak peek so they will not be shut out of the chance to help her do the most beautiful work with 80 students in her school, many of whom now believe that art is a lot more meaningful than social media.
I’ll officially post the list in the morning around 10’clock.
Sue only asks for what she desperately needs and looks for the lowest prices. Here requests from $6 to $18.99. She needs every item on the list and will use it extensively and creatively.
Please help her launch her now-famous art program by checking the list and donating an item or two of your choice. Thank you.
Sue has many friends and admirers. I wanted to make sure all of you got a chance to help her, and I will post about it every day until the list is all sold out. We haven’t missed it yet. Sue is well worth it, and so are her very dedicated students. And so is the very future of art education in America.