Art Club

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.











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

Members of the first West Catholic Art Club



Projects and murals from the early Art Club days. . .












 

 

 

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