Art that will rock you

| 15 Apr 2013 | 12:33

This is Warwick Valley High School teacher Jordan Church's Ocean design for one of the chairs that will be auctioned during the district wide art show on May 3.

Bridget DeHaan created this bird cage chair for the district wide auction on May 3 to raise scholarship funds for graduating high school seniors.

Kristen Geary: Walking Dead called "Zombie Kitty."

WARWICK — The Warwick Valley School District Art Department will sponsor a gallery-hopping art show on Friday, May 3:

The elementary and middle school art show will be held at the district office from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Then hop up to the High School lobby for the Rock-n-Roll Art Show and Chair Auction, beginning at 6 p.m.

The young artists have been working for several months to transform an ordinary chair into a work of art. The chairs will be auctioned off to the public with all proceeds going to graduating seniors in the form of art scholarships.

The chairs are painted in a style of an art movement, style or a particular artist. The 20-plus chairs range in style from The Avengers and The Walking Dead chair to a beautifully rendered Fairy Chair and a Star Wars Imperial Speeder Bike chair.

The junior and senior portfolio class and a few other juniors and seniors as well as art department faculty members will be participating in the event. The chairs will be on display before the auction in the high school lobby.

Essential information
The district wide art show will consist of works from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

There will be finger food, music and fun.

The chair auction will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

To view this year’s chairs, visit www.warwickartauction.weebly.comand as well as www.Facebook.com/warwickHSchairauction.

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