2008-09 School Year Spirit of Elma Lewis Graduates
Mary Chmura: The Show Must Go On
This intensive 5-week musical theatre audition workshop at Sacred Heart Church in Roslindale taught students how to audition, about appropriate repertoire, how to work with a partner, learn monologues, and experience musical theatre.
Sakina Cain and Taylor Oliviero: Fulfilling Dreams
This nine day art program for students at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing taught students about Kenya, East Africa, and exposed students to the deaf community in East Africa through art.
Jay Cottle and Amaly Miranda: Operation Awake
This week-long intensive workshop at the Pilot School Network’s Art is Action Conference helped teens deal with adolescent issues and promoted awareness of social justice issues. Students expressed their experiences through musical and theatrical mediums.
Taylor Duross and Dawn Salmons: Fermata Music
In this four-week program, children at the Condon Elementary School in South Boston created their own instruments and learned how to express themselves through music. Taylor and Dawn created a promotional DVD that was sent to members of the local school board in order to raise awareness of affordable ways to keep music in schools.
Chris Juris: Art, a Higher Education
This documentary showcased the four majors at Boston Arts Academy. It was sent to school districts in the Northeast United States, reaching out to passionate middle and high schools students to have them discover the advantages of attending an arts high school.
Rachel Klein: Intergenerational Communication
This program, held at Brookview House, a shelter for women and children, exposed mothers and daughters to contemporary dance and improvisational movement as mediums for building intergenerational communication.
Catherine Perakis: Mending through Music
This project helped uplift the spirits of cancer patients at Children’s Hospital and helped them relax under the stress they experienced. With the help of the group Mickey SOS (soap or shampoo), Cara made a CD to put into the group’s gift bags for children.
Kiara Thomas: Jump In
This community arts and wellness fair was for teens from ages 13 to 17 who wanted to learn more about the arts opportunities available in their communities. This fair took place in mid-April, giving teens the opportunity to find summer programs.
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