4.29.2024

Monster Project Art Show! #207Now #digitalart #collab @mainewestfab

 

Advanced Digital Art students joined forces with students in the Educational Life Skills (ELS) program to make collaborative artwork. The project afforded Advanced Digital Art students the opportunity to work with a client - taking direction and inspiration from the ELS students' sketches and leading client conversations to create and revise designs until the client was happy with the product. 

Thank you to Maine West's digital art teacher, Ms. Natalya Kljajic, on her vision for this wonderful collaboration!

Please enjoy some of the student artwork that resulted from this project below:


4.26.2024

Guitar Rock Concert 2024 #207Now #guitar #rockon @mainewestband @mwactivities @mainewestfab

 

Tonight, students in Guitar 2 classes performed in a Rock Guitar Concert in the Lower Commons. The house was PACKED with family, friends and fans - all there to cheer on our musicians!

A HUGE congratulations to all of the students who performed tonight! 

Thank you to Mr. G for making tonight's concert possible, and for Mr. McManus and his tech crew students for handling all of the lights and sound!

HERE are MANY more pictures from tonight's show!

HERE is the program from tonight's concert.

4.23.2024

Addie Webb Named a Scholar Receiving the Golden Apple Scholarship to Study Music Education #207Now #goldenapple #scholarships #excellence #musiceducation @mainewestband

We recently learned that Addie Webb has received a Golden Apple Scholar Scholarship to study music education

Out of the over 3000 pool of applicants, Addie was selected as a recipient of this prestigious scholarship. This scholarship is offered to students who express interest in teaching in schools of need post-college graduation.

Scholars Receive:

  • Up to $23,000 in total financial assistance for college, inclusive of paid Scholar Institutes
  • Extensive classroom teaching experience
  • Academic and social-emotional support
  • Job placement assistance
  • Mentoring from our award-winning teaching faculty

We are so proud of you, Addie! We know that you are going to be an EXCELLENT music educator in the future!

4.22.2024

Maine West Visual Artists' Work Exhibited at ArtConnectED Northern Regional Show #207Now #art @mainewestfab @lahartanddesign2

 

The 11th Annual Illinois High School Art Exhibition brings the best student artists from 100 Illinois suburban, public and private high schools to compete and celebrate the power of art in their lives. Six Maine West students will have have art in this prestigious art exhibit and competition. The students representing Maine West this year are: 

Mirela Music, Painting
Nathan Velasco, Photography
Abby Gomez, Design
Alexander Oropeza Oceguera, Design
Anne Marsh, Ceramics
Shylina Mendez, Drawing


These students' works were on display, along with the works of over 500 students artists from across the Chicago region, at the Bridgeport Art Center (1200 W. 35th Street, Chicago, IL 60609).

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION

Four Maine West senior artists submitted portfolios to the Senior Scholarship Exhibition, an exhibit of some 300 senior artworks and a scholarship program that offers college tuition scholarships totaling over $119 million dollars. 

The students from Maine West who were offered art scholarships for a combined amount of $556,000 are: 

Asher Carmichael, Digital
Grace Vana, Drawing & Painting
Weronika Kmiec, Drawing & Painting, Digital


We are so proud of these students and their tremendous achievements in the visual arts! Please enjoy some of their work below:

4.19.2024

CSL Art Show at The Art Center of Highland Park #207Now #CSLartshow #art @mainewestfab @lahartanddesign2

 

Last night, several Maine West visual artists' work was featured at the annual Central Suburban League (CSL) Art Show Reception at The Art Center of Highland Park. This curated art show, features some of the best student work from all of the school in the CSL: Deerfield, Evanston, Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, Highland Park, Maine East, Maine South, Maine West, New Trier, Niles North, Niles West, and Vernon Hills.

The Maine West visual artists who had work selected for this show are:
PAOLA ALVAREZ, Ceramic Pottery & Glass Mosaic Mixed Media
ARIANA ARZOLA, Glass Mosaic
SAVANAH AUGUSTOWSKI, Silver Gelatin print
NORA BROWN, Sculpture
ASHER CARMICHAEL, Digital
CINDY CASTLE, Digital
OIANA DANSARUNOVA, Acrylic
JRIS DELA CRUZ, Paper Collage
DANIELLE ESCOBAR, Color Pencil
MARITZA ESPINOZA, Silver Gelatin Print
MEI FERTIG, Silver Gelatin Print and Drawing
LIVIA FILLICARO, Pencil
JACQUELINE FLORES, Digital
ALAINA FRACEK, Mixed Media Mosaic
MCKAYLA GARNETT, Ceramic Sculpture
GWEN GILBERT, Glass Mosaic
ANTONIA GOMEZ, Acrylic
ABBY GOMEZ, Digital
VIANEY GONZALEZ, Ceramic Sculpture
KAYLE GRIFFIN, Digital Photography
NATALIA HABCZYK, Ceramic Sculpture
ISABELA HENRIKSEN, Digital
VICTORIA HERNANDEZ, Digital
WERONIKA KMIEC, Acrylic
WERONIKA KMIEC, Digital
SAVANNAH KRZYWDA, Chromogenic Print
MARIA LEANOR MURILLO, Acrylic
LETICIA LEYVA, Chromogenic Print
DIONE LOYOLA, Color Pencil
KATHRYN MAAG, Digital
ALINA MITHANI, Chromogenic print
ELIA MURIEL, Chromogenic Print
MIRELA MUSIC, Watercolor
ALEXANDER OROPEZA OCEGUERA, Digital
AMANDA PEREZ, Ceramic Pottery
ALEXANDRA PRZYBYLKO, Chromogenic Print
NICOLAS RAYA, Digital
DONOVAN ROWLAND, Digital
SABEEN SALEH, Digital
ASHLEY SCHREYER-MILLER, Marker
ABIGAIL SCOTT, Color Pencil
ARAI SHARSHENALIEVA, Sculpture
GABRIELA SZEWCZYK, Digital Photography and Mix Media
DUONG THUY AN NGUYEN, Watercolor
GABRIELA TRZPIOLA, Watercolor
DANA UM, Color Pencil
GRACE VANA, Marker
NATHAN VELASCO, Silver Gelatin print
VERONICA WASILWESKI, Glass Mosaic
CALLIE WEINERT, Mix Media Wintergreen Transfer
MAYA WOROSZYLO, Ceramic Sculpture
JAYDEN WOZNIAK, Pencil
RIDA ZABI, Ceramic Pottery

Congratulations to all of the visual artists whose work was selected for this year's CSL Art Show! We are so proud of you!

More pictures of Maine West student pieces in this show can be found HERE.