Spring 2017

Friends of the Arts

CELEBRATING THE ARTS AT DCDS Our school has seen all programs within the arts curriculum flourish over the years, and this year is no exception. The continued dedication of our top-notch art faculty and last year's additions of the Digital Media Space and the Eisenberg Theater have helped sustain the growth and excellence that is expected from a DCDS education. Several new heights were reached this year. The regional Scholastic Art & Writing Award recipients were at a record high of 109. Included in these awards were one Best of Show, eight Gold Key portfolios, more than 50 percent of the bestowed film awards, and the most awards received at the middle school level. The Filmmaking Program has continued to expand. What first started as a club, is now a fully developed program of more than 10 class sections ranging from introductory level to college-level coursework. The Upper School Concert Choir was honored to perform at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, and the Middle School Choral-Aires performed beautifully in the high school level of the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Solo & Ensemble Festival. Our Upper School orchestra and band students enjoyed success, with 37 performances qualifying for state competition at the district Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association Solo and Ensemble Festival. One small ensemble and three outstanding soloists were nominated for the all-state Michigan Youth Art Festival (MYAF); two students were invited to join the MYAF Honors Orchestra and Band.

Being part of this exciting trend as a parent and president of Friends of the Arts (FOA) has been a joy and honor. Fulfilling the FOA mission to support and promote the fine, performing, and communication arts at DCDS is made possible by our members. Your continuing generosity enables us to look to the future and determine how best to support the tremendous artistic potential of our students. I am thankful for all our members’ support and their trust in the FOA board to continue promoting the arts at DCDS. Janine Rinke President, Friends of the Arts

ART AFTER HOURS MAY 18 Join us for Art After Hours on the evening of Thursday, May 18 and enjoy an immersive art experience in the family garden of the Karmanos residence. The event, open to all DCDS community members, features a special wine tasting, delicious hors d’oeuvres, and pop-up performances showcasing the talent of DCDS students. This is an exceptional evening you will not want to miss!

Space is limited—RSVP by May 13 at www.dcds.edu/aah

JOIN FOA TODAY AND YOUR DUES CARRY OVER TO

2017-18

www.dcds.edu/foa

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

activities and programs for students attending Detroit Country Day School.

Friendships made through FOA continue throughout your student’s time at DCDS and beyond graduation, thanks to the involvement of our

parent and alumni board representatives.

MEMBER EVENTS

FOA BOARD 2016-17

PRESIDENT: Janine Rinke

VICE PRESIDENT: Laura Hanna

SECRETARY: Susan Bai

TREASURER: Christine Sims

MEMBERSHIP: Mindy Richards

MEMBERSHIP - ALUMNI PARENTS: Kristin Nichols MARKETING: Julianne Bossert, Meredith Meyer

US LIAISON: Michelle Gallette

MS LIAISON: Melissa Ashcraft

JS LIAISON: Selam Sanders

LS LIAISON: Ami Antonucci

CELEBRATE THE ARTS: Sangeeta Mehta, Talbot Payne SPECIAL EVENTS: Amy Erjavac, Julie Sosa

SPECIAL EVENTS - ALUMNI PARENTS: Joann Gordon

ART FROM THE HEART: Raminder Rai, Angela Spencer

ART AFTER HOURS: Tracy Nystrom, Danialle Karmanos

PAST PRESIDENT: Gail Van Cleave

Membership in FOA has so many benefits! When you join FOA, you not only support the arts programs at DCDS, but you also enjoy events held exclusively for our members throughout the year.

BEDROCK TOUR

Friends of the Arts experienced firsthand the renaissance of Detroit during a guided tour of the revitalized Central Business District and lunch at Central Kitchen, overlooking the vibrant Campus Martius Park.

VIP THEATER EXPERIENCE

This year, FOA members enjoyed a VIP experience at DCDS theatrical performances, including member receptions and reserved seating for Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Fiddler on the Roof.

MEMBERS-ONLY ART

CLASSES

During a three-session course, FOA members handcrafted silver jewelry under the direction of Upper School metals instructor Jiro Masuda. We also threw some clay with Upper School ceramics instructor John Schwarz.

ART FROM THE HEART

Last fall, 38 DCDS students participated in Art from the Heart – a collaboration between Friends of the Arts and Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The hospital selected DCDS student artwork that best supports its mission to provide a family-centered, healing environment. The artwork was framed by FOA and donated by the student. Over the last 14 years, more than 400 pieces of DCDS artwork have adorned the walls of Children’s Hospital. The following students were honored at a reception held at Children’s Hospital:

Meilan Antonucci Andrew Bossert Sakina Boxwalla Preston Cook Alicia Cornuelle Michael Curis Adalyn Erickson Julia Fliegner Jared Freeman Skylar Garn Hannah Hansen Tino Haratsaris Justin Holder Zade Kazziha Ishaan Khanna Margaux Kohn Alexander Lee Christina Lin Alexander Marsh

Philip Mateer Alaina McKeen Harshavardhan Narayan Silvia Negrut Patrick O’Callaghan Aalaya Preetham Mei Li Quinn Natasia Raphtis Zara Rehman Jenna Shaban Isabel Stanton Angie Suo Natalie Trerice Jack Tynan Maja Uzieblo Shyla Vakhariya Olivia Wiegers Dane Wilhelmi Yurui Zhang

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 its inaugural Conservatory Scholars Recognition Program, celebrating seniors graduat-ing with a Conservatory Designation:

Ammar Akhtar Lee Alexander MacCall Appleby Abishek Arumanla Rachel Barra Wesley Bertschy Aiman Boxwalla Carolyn Chen Larah Diab Stephen Dinka Brendan Dolan Noah Eisenberg David Emmela Tiffany Harris Olivia Heppard Dagny Hill Kameron Johnson Noreen Khan Annie Kurnick Yoo Jung (Kayla) Lee Will Lethemon

Arnav Mahajan Rishuv Mehta Missy Morgan Michael Parrish Stephen Riesen Samina Saifee Sneha Shankar Jacob Shenkenberg Justin Smith Sofia Spencer Isabel Stanton Michael Stebbins Christopher Trerice Brendan Van Cleave Jacqui Wachol Olivia Wiegers Amanda Williams Grace Winters Helen Yang Ben Yared

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious awards program. In 2017, DCDS students were awarded eight gold key portfolio, 18 gold key individual, 31 silver key individual, and 44 honorable mention awards.

Twelve students were recognized with National Scholastic Awards:

Silver Medal Portfolio: Aiman Boxwalla, Grade 12 Gold Medal Individual: Aidan Khaghany, Grade 7 Rishuv Mehta, Grade 12 Jiwon Yun, Grade 12 Silver Medal Individual: Larah Diab, Grade 12 Sophia Gallette, Grade 10 Aneesha Gummadi, Grade 12 Olivia Heppard, Grade 12 Kiana Sadri, Grade 12 Anushri Radhakrishnan, Grade 9 Samina Saifee, Grade 12 Arnav Shah, Grade 8

Senior Rachel Barra’s fashion design portfolio won the Regional Scholastic Best of Show award.

2016-17 FRIENDS OF THE ARTS MEMBERSHIP (AS OF MARCH 1, 2017)

Life $5,000+ Dr. Todd Aho and Ms. Carla 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.

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Ms. Elizabeth J. Kuhn

Mr. John W. Kuhn

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Ovation $500+ Dinka Dental

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Drs. Anand C. Thakur and Neeraja T. Ravikant

Dr. Rennard B. Tucker and

Ms. Daphne McDuffie-Tucker

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Van Cleave

Benefactor $250+ Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ableson

Drs. John V. and Ami S. Antonucci

Dr. and Mrs. Steve Bai

Ms. Julia E. Cooney

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Han

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Hanna

Dr. and Mrs. Steven M. Korotkin

Dr. and Mrs. Wassim Nona

Dr. Christa Norlander and

Mr. Adam Norlander

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nystrom

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene N. O'Callaghan

Mr. and Mrs. Derron Sanders

Patron $100+ Dr. and Mrs. Bradley Ahlgren

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Appleby

Ms. Mary C. Aviles

Drs. Gerold and Tracey Bepler

Dr. Gina Bewersdorf and Mr. Ryan Bewersdorf

Dr. and Mrs. Mark Bouchillon

Dr. and Mrs. Mustufa Boxwalla

Mr. Salam Chaudhary and Ms. Meredith Meyer

Dr. Maribeth Knight and Mr. Robert Conway

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Darby

Mr. and Mrs. Himanshu J. Desai

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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fragnoli

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Dr. Holly Gilmer and Mr. Eldridge Ryans

Mr. and Mrs. Steven G. Gordon

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Grenadier

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Haratsaris

Mr. Robert R. Henderson Jr. and

Ms. Dorothy L. Appleman

Ms. Deb Herndon

Ms. Sarah Howey

Ms. Una C. Jackman

Dr. and Mrs. Duane Kreil

Dr. Jennifer L. Foley and Mr. Patrick D. Lee

Mr. Ian B. Lyngklip and Ms. Julie A. Petrik

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Lyngklip

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mihalich

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Munn

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mylod Jr.

Mr. Rajaguru N. Nalliah and

Ms. Geetha R. Ramasamy

Mr. and Mrs. William Obermaier

Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Olson

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Owens

Mr. and Mrs. Antonino G. Paciocco

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Porter

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Ptasznik

Dr. Mark Redman and

Ms. Rachel Ippel-Redman

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ross

Dr. and Mrs. Julio Sosa

Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Stebbins

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Trerice III

Mr. and Mrs. L. Steven Weiner

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Artisan $50+ Mr. and Mrs. Derek Ashcraft

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Dr. and Mrs. Fernando G. Diaz

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Mrs. Nathalie C. Garrett

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Mr. James B. Hayes

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Mr. and Mrs. John Parks

Drs. John and Miriam Samani

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Simon

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sims

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Dr. Patricia Town

Faculty/Student $25+

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin DuRoss

Ms. Denise Liberty

Mr. and Mrs. James Morgan

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reid

Ms. Anna T. Sun

Ms. Nikol Uribe Guiza

Honorary Mrs. Marcia Bearden

Mr. and Mrs. Alton C. Coleman

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Suomela

Mr. and Mrs. Reese C. Zantop

Join FOA today & your dues

carry over to 2017-18

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.

Join today at www.dcds.edu/foa.