Wisconsin School for the Deaf - The Wisconsin Times Vol. 133 No. 3 Spring 2012 | Page 6
Middle School News
by Brian Lievens
Art Museum Trip
Being Artistic!
All middle school students toured
Chazen Museum of Art which
is located on the campus of the
University of Wisconsin in Madison.
The group visited the newest addition
of the museum which was first opened,
last October. The interior architecture
was magnificent. The students were
awestruck by its expansive design
and materials. The museum provided
a docent, an art expert and guide,
as well as an ASL interpreter. The
students and staff explored various
art exhibits. The students studied
Modern, Contemporary, Pop, and some
international art works. However,
the group was not able to explore
additional exhibits due to insufficient
time. Being hungry, the students and
staff went to Subway for lunch then
to Babcock Dairy Store, a University
of Wisconsin fare, for ice cream that
was produced by the University of
Wisconsin students. Susan Dupor and
her intern, Alison Stow, wanted to
expose the students to real art works
that were made of different materials,
periods, styles, and movements in
art. For additional information on the
museum, visit www.chazen.wisc.edu.
Earning their privileges for exemplifying the Firebird Promise
in school, the students from middle school attended a trip to
two places in Madison. “Fired Up Pottery & Glass” required the
students to use their creative juices to design pretty and unique
artwork on either pottery or glass. The students were given a
choice to paint a pottery piece or to make a glass fusion decoration.
Halina Kangas chose a pottery piece that was a bank that had a
moon on one side and a sun on the other side. Malia Christenson
painted a bowl that looked like Mickey Mouse while Andy
Coppola designed a mug. Being a dog lover, Katelyn colored up a
small figure of a dog.
Zachary Henry decided to show his University of Wisconsin pride
by putting glass pieces on a base that showed the University of
Wisconsin logo. Showing his love to his mother, Daniel Orizaba
made a pendant while Briana Robertson designed a pretty glass
piece made up of cubes of different colors. The workers at Fired
Up were very resourceful in helping the students decorate their
works of art.
After the completion of the artistic part of the trip, the students
bowled at Dream Lanes, also in Madison. The owner of Dream
Lanes turned on glow in dark capability so that the students could
enjoy bowling with all neon lights. Zachary Henry showed that he
was the best bowler by achieving a turkey of three strikes in a row!
Other students showed that they still need to keep on improving
their bowling skills.
Andy Coppula enjoys the artwork at the Chazen Museum.
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Clockwise: Malia paints a Mickey
Mouse bowl while Katelyn paints
a dog. Zach shows his UW spirit.
Halina bowls for a strike!