The
West Catholic Art Club is a group of students who assemble on the first Thursday
of each month to plan an activity or service project for the month. Although
the Art Club is generally comprised of art students, students need not be enrolled
in an art class.
Membership requires a love of the arts.
The Art Club meets every first Thursday of the month at 7:40 AM and 2:45PM, in the Art room. All Art Club members are required to attend before or after school.
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Art
Club 1999-2000
Post Office Window Painting
In late
November 1999, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office with a scene depicting of holiday cheer. The scene was designed
by students and the project was the subject or an article in the Advance,
a local Grand Rapids paper.
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Art
Club 1998-1999
Face Painting
In early
August 1998, the Art Club painted faces, and
arms, and hands, and shoulders. . .
at the company picnic for the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel.
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Post Office Window Painting
In late
November of 1998, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids'
Northwest Post Office with a scene depicting the greeting "Happy Holidays"
over an array of Christmas ornaments.
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Art
Club 1997-1998
Post Office Window Painting
In late
November 1997, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office with a scene depicting a Christmas at the North Pole. The scene
was designed by student Elizabeth Sanders and the project was the subject
or an article in the Community News section of the Grand Rapids Press.
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Art
Club 1996-1997
Post Office Window Painting
In early
December of 1996, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office with a scene depicting a winter wonderland. Their project was
featured in a photo in the school's newspaper, the Westword.
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Art
Club 1993-1994
Post Office Window Painting
In early
December of 1993, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office with a scene depicting a wreath of brightly lit candles.
The 90' x 15' mural
covered 30 panels of glass.
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Art
Club 1992-1993
Post Office Window Painting
In early
December of 1992, the Art Club painted the
windows of the
Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office with a scene depicting the Twelve Days of Christmas.
The 90' x 15' mural
covered 30 panels of glass and was featured in the
Grand Rapids Advance local newspaper.
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Art
Club 1991-1992
Post Office Window Painting
Due to
the success of the Christmas mural last year, the Grand Rapids' Northwest
Post Office asked members of the Art Club to painted the windows at their
center for Christmas which is located just down the street from West Catholic.
It took the students three days after school to complete the project. The
first painting depicted the bottom of a Christmas tree with ornatemens hanging
down. It would be the beginning of a yearly tradition for
WC Art Club and the Grand
Rapids' Northwest Post Office.
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Art
Club 1990-1991
Post Office Window Painting
In the
December 1990, members of the Art Club painted a huge mural for Christmas
on
the windows of the Grand Rapids Post Office downtown.
It took the students the better
part of a week the paint the scene after school. The first painting was
over 60 feet long
and 12 feet high. It would be the beginning of a lengthy relationship between
the
WC Art Club and the GR Postal System
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The
early years
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Projects and murals from the early Art Club days. . .
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