PAYC Sping 2007
View PAYC's Chalk Day Event at CRLS
PAYC created the Chalk Day event to promote public art within the CRLS community. The night before, PAYC decorated the school grounds in order to surprise students for the event. Colored chalk was given to students, inviting them to participate in expressing their ideas about the meaning of public art. PAYC also used this event to promote WIND, WATER, LIGHT & SOUND their temporary public art project for River Festival.
View PAYC's temporary public art project for River Festival 2007
At the 2007 River Festival PAYC created WIND, WATER, LIGHT & SOUND a temporary public art project that highlights four elements of the festival atmosphere. PAYC developed a mission to educate the community, especially the youth, about public art. With their project they connected the four elements of the installation to public artworks throughout the City, hoping to draw attention to Cambridge’s public art and spark the interest of a younger generation.
Contact the Public Art Youth Council: PAYC@cambridgema.gov
Bios
Aliza Chimene-Weiss is 17 years old and a junior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School. She was born in Cambridge and has lived there all her life. Aliza has always shown a great deal of interest in art and is excited to take both ceramics and studio art next year in school (as she has been doing since her freshman year). She is also involved in her school’s Modern Dance Company. Aliza is excited by public art and enjoys being part of the first ever Public Art Youth Council. She hopes to get even further involved in her city, and in the development of the youths understanding and appreciation for public art!
Eliza Cohen is a freshman at Cambridge Ringe and Latin School. She is interested in dance and visual arts.
She is a part of the CRLS modern dance company. She is really excited to be part of the Public Art Youth Council,
and hopes to see art continue to be such an important part of Cambridge! Never before have high school kids had
the opportunity to be involved in the Cambridge Arts Council and come together to talk about Public Art in Cambridge.
She looks forward to seeing the council evolve and try new things!
Veasey Conway is a junior in school L at CRLS. In addition to being
very active in his school's community, he has a strong interest in the
arts. Photography and graphic design are two of his passions. He has
taken many of the traditional black and white photography courses
offered at CRLS. Additionally, he works out of school on photography,
with a strong emphasis on environmental portraiture.
Melanie Jaffee is a junior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. This year she made the transition of moving from her small, rural hometown in Northern Vermont to Cambridge. She loves the liberal, artistic atmosphere of the city and the new hobbies and opportunities she's developed. Public art is something she enjoys working with and around, as well as encouraging others to take an interest. Her ultimate artistic ambition is to go to Parsons School of Design to pave the way for a career in fashion design. When she has a goal, Melanie makes it her top priority to achieve it while enjoying herself and making the most out of life.
Elizabeth Lerret is a 17 year old attending the Cambridge Rindge and Latin
School as a junior. She does sailing and diving but also works at a summer
environmental art camp, Farrington Education Center, as the assistant
director with Kelley Mowers, an art teacher at the King Open. She has
worked there for many years teaching kids about their role in the
enviroment through art projects using the natural surroundings.
In addition she has taken several semesters of ceramics at Rindge.
Overall, she loves art is excited to serve on the PAYC.
Becca Schofield is a senior at Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school. She became involved in art through Jon Baring-Gould’s ceramics class her sophomore year, and has continued her interest in ceramics at both CRLS and Mudflat studios in Somerville. Becca’s involvement in public art stems from collaborative ceramics projects around school and a regard for the contribution public art has made to Cambridge neighborhoods. Some of her other interests include biking and rowing.
Meeting Schedule for January-June 2007:
February 2007:
Monday, February 5th 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday, February 28th 6:00-8:00 PM
March 2007:
Wednesday, March 14th 6:30-8:30 PM
Wednesday, March 28th 6:30-8:30 PM
April 2007:
Wednesday, April 11th 6:30-8:30 PM
Wednesday, April 25th 6:30-8:30 PM
May 2007:
Wednesday, May 9th 6:30-8:30 PM
Wednesday, May 23rd 6:30-8:30 PM
June 2007:
Wednesday, June 6th 6:30-8:30 PM
Wednesday, June 13th 6:30-8:30 PM
Monday, June 25th 5:30-7:30 PM
Contact Kaity Macy: kmacy@cambridgema.gov or 617-349-4388
Cambridge’s Public Art Youth Council is a program of the Cambridge Arts Council and a collaboration with Cambridge youth. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Cambridge Arts Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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