Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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Young artists qualify for national contest Keystone Club
By Darcy Wallace
IVN Staff Writer
After qualifying for a regional fine
arts contest back in March, two I.V. Boys
and Girls Club members took first place
in their age groups in the Pacific division
and now qualify for nationals in Atlanta,
Ga.
Illinois Valley club members Lilee
Arias, Silas Arias and Seth Hammersmith
displayed their art at the Grants Pass club
in February, where they earned the highest
marks in their categories and advanced to
the regional level.
In the Pacific division, Hammersmith
and Silas Arias both advanced yet again,
their work qualifying for the National
Fine Arts Exhibit at Boys and Girls Club
headquarters in Atlanta, Ga.
“This is a first not only for the Illinois
valley, but also for the clubs of the Rogue
Valley,” said I.V. club arts coordinator
Summer Chatham.
Silas’ oil painting shows a lone
evergreen highlighted with a brilliant
sunset of orange and rose, a distant
forest in the background. Hammersmith
submitted an unusual mixed media self-
portrait, using oil paint and duct tape.
“He is always using duct tape:
wallets, backpacks; he decorates all sorts
of things,” Chatham said. “In a thousand
years I would have never thought of
that.”
As arts coordinator, Chatham said
she wants Boys and Girls Club members
to have an activity they enjoy, not just
something to fill a few hours after school.
She said she has already noticed the in-
creased enthusiasm from students putting
in the time in after-school programs, such
as fine arts and culinary arts.
Younger students in the culinary
program are learning to apply skills from
the classroom to cooking (relatively)
healthy meals such as pasta primavera.
Math skills learned in the classroom are
put to the test measuring out ingredients
for a new recipe.
“It’s paid off for these kids,” Chatham
said. “It’s important they have something
they’re not just involved in, but they look
forward to.”
According to the Boys and Girls Club
of America website, the fine arts exhibit
culminates in the National Conference,
which tours the U.S. for a year.
The program involves youth ages
six to 18 in categories of oil and acrylic,
pastels, printmaking and seven others
to encourage creativity and personal
expression.
Boys and Girls Club clean up
conference enlightens
I.V. members
By Darcy Wallace
IVN Staff Writer
Five members of the I.V.
Boys and Girls Club joined
Grants Pass club members in
attending the 2011 State Key-
stone conference Friday, April
22, and Saturday, April 23, in
Lebanon, Ore.
The conference unit-
ed Keystone Clubs from all
over the state for a dinner,
trip to Oregon State Univer-
sity (OSU) and a clean-up at a
nearby park.
According to I.V. key-
stone team coordinator Pete
Austin, it was the first time Il-
linois Valley club members at-
tended the conference, giving
them a chance to meet other
Boys and Girls Club members
and learn about their projects.
“One of the core areas [of
Keystone Club] is character
and leadership development,
giving kids ownership from the
standpoint of what they want
to accomplish,” Austin said.
“We talked with other team
leaders and programs they run
to develop a better [plan] for
us in the future.”
On Friday night, Austin
said group members ate dinner
together and woke early Sat-
urday morning for a pancake
breakfast, followed by a tour
at OSU.
Rob Lowden, Keystone
President Seth Hammersmith,
Alex Nguyen, Taya Stewart
and Kimberly Crowe repre-
sented Illinois Valley at the
conference.
Lowden recently won
Youth of the Year for the
Rogue Valley Boys and Girls
Club, moving on to compete in
Portland against other Oregon
winners. Though Lowden did
not win at state level, he suc-
cessfully represented the Illi-
nois Valley in the contest.
“They came back [from
Lebanon] really enthused,”
Austin said. “Now they’re
excited and fired up about
it. They want to start having
weekly Keystone Club meet-
ings. For those of us who are
relatively new…they gained
experience and knowledge of
what other kids do.”
Austin said Keystone
members expressed interest in
learning how to manage mon-
ey, inspiring Austin to start a
Money Matters course where
they discussed budgeting,
balancing a checkbook and
related topics. On Saturday,
April 30, Keystone members
planned a clean-up on River
Street as part of their commu-
nity service efforts.
“[Our goals] are twofold:
providing a safe environment
where they will want to be,
but also making a model for
younger kids,” Austin said. “It
gives [younger students] an
idea of what they will want to
be when they are teens.”
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