Opening Reception: June 2, 2008
Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5:00-7:00 PM
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At the P.S Arts Week Opening Reception, more than fifty works of art created by New York City public school students will be exhibited at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition will showcase the extraordinary talent and teaching that resides in the arts capital of the world. This exhibition will remain on view until August. 
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOMEJoel I. Klein, Schools Chancellor OPENING REMARKSEmily K. Rafferty, President, The Metropolitan Museum of Art REMARKS
Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor AWARD PRESENTATION2008 Spotlight Award in the Visual Arts SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION
"The Daniel Surak Memorial Scholarship" CLOSING REMARKSFaith Ringgold 
Schools are Listed in the order of their appearance in the P.S. Art 2008 catalog. PS 84, Magnet School for the Visual Arts, BrooklynPrincipal Stefanie GrecoPS/IS 180, The Homewood School, BrooklynPrincipal Gary WilliamsPS 161, The Arthur Ashe School, QueensPrincipal Jill HoderPS 347, A.S.L. and English Lower School, ManhattanPrincipal Rebecca MarshallPS/IS 66, BrooklynPrincipal Joel RubenfeldPS 50 Frank Hankinson School, Staten IslandPrincipal Sharon Toby FinePS 9, The Sarah Anderson School, ManhattanPrincipal Diane BradyPS 170, The Lexington School, BrooklynPrincipal Suzanne BrownPS 116, The Elizabeth L. Farrell School, BrooklynPrincipal Anna SantiagoPS 35, The Nathanial Woodhull School, QueensPrincipal Mark DempseyPS 295, Studio School for Arts and Culture, BrooklynPrincipal Deana MarcoPS 232, Lindenwood School, QueensPrincipal Lisa JosephsonPS 48, Police Officer Michael J. Buczek School, ManhattanPrincipal Tracy A. WalshPS 226, The Nadia J. Pagan School, BronxPrincipal Gloria DardenPS 234, QueensPrincipal Thea PallosPS 32, Samuel Mills Sprole Elementary School, BrooklynPrincipal Deborah Ann FlorioPS 859, Special Music School, ManhattanPrincipal Jennifer BonnetPS 107, The Thomas Dooley School, QueensPrincipal James S. PhairPS 40, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, ManhattanPrincipal Susan FelderPS 130 The Parkside School, BrooklynPrincipal Maria NunziataPS 196, The Grand Central Parkway School, QueensPrincipal Mary HughesPS 156, Waverly School of the Arts, BrooklynPrincipal Beverly LoganPS/IS 268, QueensPrincipal Lissa Grant-StewartPS 40, Samuel Huntington School, QueensPrincipal Adrienne LloydIS 230, QueensPrincipal Sharon TerryIS 392, Waverly School of the Arts, BrooklynPrincipal Shirley Wheeler-MasseyPS/IS 266, QueensPrincipal Nicole ScottPS 164 Queens Valley, QueensPrincipal Anne AlfonsoMS 821, Sunset Park Prep, BrooklynPrincipal Lola PadinMS 53, Brian Piccolo School, QueensPrincipal Claude MonereauIS 73, Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School, QueensPrincipal Patricia ReynoldsIS 347, Magnet School of Humanities, BrooklynPrincipal John BarbellaMS 67, The Louis Pasteur School, QueensPrincipal Zoi P. McGrathIS 239, Mark Twain School for the Gifted and Talented, BrooklynPrincipal Carol MooreMS 539, New Explorations in Science Technology and Math, ManhattanPrincipal Dr. Olga LivanisBronx High School for the Visual ArtsPrincipal Dr. George YorkJames Madison High School, BrooklynPrincipal Joseph GogliormellaJuan Morel Campos Secondary School, BrooklynPrincipal Howard FinemanBayside High School, QueensPrincipal Judith TarloCurtis High School, Staten IslandPrincipal Aurelia L. CurtisPort Richmond High School, Staten IslandPrincipal Timothy GannonLong Island City High School, QueensPrincipal William BassellHigh School of Economics and Finance, ManhattanPrincipal Michael StanzioneGrace Dodge Career and Technical High School, BronxPrincipal Craig ShapiroDiscovery High School, BronxPrincipal Rolando RiveraLeon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, BrooklynPrincipal Joseph ZazaJohn Dewey High School, BrooklynPrincipal Barry FriedThe Door Art Access Program, ManhattanPrincipal Robert ZweigTottenville High School, Staten IslandPrincipal John TuminaroLouis D. Brandeis High School, ManhattanPrincipal Dr. Eloise MessineoP.S. 811, The Academy of Career and Living SkillsPrincipal Caron MartinThe Richard H. Hungerford School 721, Staten IslandPrincipal Dr. Mary McInerney
Tony Bechara, Artist, Board of Directors, Studio in a School Rena DeSisto, Arts and Culture Executive, Bank of America Barbara Gurr, Former Director of Visual Arts, NYC Department of Education Caroline Kennedy, Vice-Chair, The Fund for Public Schools Anne Strauss, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art John Welch, Museum Educator in Charge of Youth Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Meet Our HostNew York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hosts the P.S. Arts Week Opening Reception. Celebrating ExcellenceOn June 2nd, Caroline Kennedy, Vice-Chair of The Fund for Public Schools, was honored with the Spotlight Award for Visual Arts Education. 
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