The North Plainfield Twentieth Annual District Arts Festival was held April 8, 2016 at the North Plainfield High School. The event featured Fine, Practical and Performing Arts and was a collaboration of the Visual Art, Music, Speech and Theatre, Dance and Family and Consumer Science Departments.
“…we are delighted to bring you the creative and innovative accomplishments of the students throughout the district, and provide the opportunity to talk with our young artists and their teachers,” said Tom Mazur, Supervisor, Fine, Practical and Performing Arts.
Ongoing displays and demonstrations featured K-12 Visual Art Exhibits, Child Development, Creative Clothing, Living Theatre, Drama Workshop, Winter Guard demonstrations and fresh baked goods – as well as instrumental, choral, singing, jazz band and dance performances.
“I like to see the children year to year create and share their different and evolving art pieces,” said Sonya Larado, K-4 Visual Arts at Stony Brook School, West End Kindergarten Art and North Plainfield High School Digital Photography teacher.
North Plainfield High School Art, Visual Arts and Photography teacher, Kim Nydick, said, “This is a wonderful community event showcasing the talent of students in all grades and across many art forms.”
(above) North Plainfield High School Senior Fred Lopatosky, Living Theatre actor, said of his character featured in the famous “Young Union Soldier,” “He speaks of his feelings about the war. It is an accurate description, since art is not always about the positive. It is sometimes about the dark experiences in the past from which we can learn.”
(above) North Plainfield High School Sophomore Noran Zaher, Living Theatre actor, wrote her own lines, performed them live to illustrate this well-known piece of art, “Scream.” Two in the scene liked the view of the bridge, lake and mountains. The main character called the view, “The infinite scream of nature.”
(above) North Plainfield High School Ceramic and Somerset Intermediate School Art teacher Kathie Fry pictured with from left to right sixth graders Farah Baijnath and Nicole Lindemeyer – as they view the 3-D art forms called “Wizards.”
(above) West End School Kindergartener Marissa Yannetta was invited to the Arts Festival, since her artwork, “Bugs” was on display. There she visited the fresh baked area and met North Plainfield High School Juniors Kam Slaughter and Andy Amaya and NPHS Family and Consumer Science Teacher Clare McEnroe.
