Chloe Stoddard: Professional Artist in Training
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Chloe Stoddard, a senior at Scarsdale High School, is a rising artist with a special talent for finding the soul in her subject's eyes and using eye-popping colors to catch her viewer's attention. Although she has drawn landscapes, she prefers to capture the life inherent in humans. For Chloe, art is all about articulating certain human feelings. "I draw to make people feel a certain way, to understand a certain something. I try to capture real-life feelings and send messages of human emotion," explained Chloe.
In order to send those messages of human emotion, Chloe draws or paints realistic images of human faces. Wielding regular pencils, drawing pencils of varying hardness, charcoal pencils, and acrylic paint, she creates the eyes of her subjects with precise accuracy. Although pencils do not allow much in the way of color, when she works with paint, she uses a multitude of vibrant colors that make her work visually jump at the viewer. One need only look at her landscape piece in order to observe how her colors create a riveting image
Chloe's art is a solitary endeavor that defines her as a person. "Being alone is a key component," revealed Chloe. "I need to be totally calm and in the zone one hundred percent. Drawing is therapeutic as well as a pleasure." She prefers to draw in the comfort of her room or in the calm of nature, where the passions of human life may only be seen in the emotions that play across her paper or canvas. Certainly, art has implications in Chloe's personal life as well as in her drawings. As Chloe said, "Drawing makes me happy and confident in my abilities as a person."
Although it was apparent that Chloe had an raw talent for art from the time she was an elementary school child, she had yet to learn the essential techniques of drawing, which were taught to her by her housekeeper Luciana Do Lago. "She gave me all those ground techniques," said Chloe. "She taught me how to shade and how to translate my mental image onto the paper. I would just watch her draw. I would pick up her little art tools, and really just study her drawing." Later, Do Lago Alvarenga, who always seemed to know what to do, would watch Chloe draw and give her pointers. "Eventually, we were two artists giving feedback to each other," explained Chloe. Chloe's early frustration due to her inability to execute the picture she envisioned in her mind diminished as she trained her eye with at least an hour per day of practice. Mirroring the way her babysitter trained her, Chloe now teaches seven or eight girls in the form of hour lessons.
Chloe's artistic career, which will surely start full-swing when she attends a college specifically for artists, has many different paths. "I have considered animation, but I think I'd be more suited for something in advertising or working for a magazine. There's a bunch of different ways I can go," said Chloe.
Beautiful Saturday Following Rainy 4th
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Village residents piled into the Scarsdale Municipal Pool on Saturday July 5th to enjoy a fun-filled day in the sun. Following the disappointing rainout of the fireworks spectacular and pool carnival on the 4th of July, families had to change their plans but were able to celebrate Independence Day on a beautiful afternoon of activities at the pool.
Children had their faces' painted with vivid designs, participated in swimming races, and played in the pool. The Cookie Monster also made an appearance and thrilled the younger swimmers. Scarsdale mother Jodie Beane commented, "we were hoping that we would get to see the fireworks, but they were cancelled, so other than that we are trying to do the best we can and it turned out to be a good holiday." Another village mother said that "we were initially planning on having a picnic and barbecue but we came down here and we are enjoying the pool, so it turned out to be a nice time." The day after a thunder and lightning filled 4th, July 5th delivered a clear sky and warm breeze. It was a relaxing afternoon for all.
Here are the results of the races and the games from Aquatics Director Dan Walczewki at the Scarsdale Recreation Department:
Freestyle Races
6 yr old: Alissa Marvin
7 yr old: Ilana Paris
8 " " : Halle Jakubowicz
9: Zoe Maidman
10: Jacqueline Joyce
12/13: Sophia Verelli, Daniel Lemisch, Ryan Hunt
Kickboard Races
5/6 yr old GIRLS: Lori Jiang
7 GIRLS: Alexa Handel, Kate Kattan
8 BOYS: Kevin Jiang
8 GIRLS: Hall Jakubowicz
9 GIRLS: Zoe Maidman
10-12 GILRS: Joy Jiang
10-12 BOYS: Hudson Jakubowicz
Parent/Child Relay Races
5/6 GIRLS: Jom Jiang, Lauri Jiang
7 GIRLS: Emma Kornfeld, Lana Kornfeld
8 GIRLS: Halle Jakubowicz, Pamela Jakubowicz
8/9 BOYS: Jom Jiang, Kevin Jiang
9 GIRLS: Ian & Zoe Maidman, Tim & MaryJane Callahan
10 GIRLS: Ashley Jakubowicz, Pamela Jakubowicz
10-12 BOYS: Joy Jiang, Jom Jiang
Basketball Foul Shooting Contest
10 & Under: Ryan Feldman
11 & Up: Aaron Reich
Carnival Games On Today at the Scarsdale Pool
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The activities originally scheduled for Friday July 4th at the Scarsdale Pool will be on today, Saturday July 5th at the Scarsdale Pool from 11 am to 4 pm. Here is the note from the Rec Department:
"Carnival activities and picnicking will take place on July 5th between the hours of 11:00AM and 4:00PM. We hope that you will join us on Saturday!"
Scarsdale's Got Talent
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Here are three local talents: a filmmaker, an artist and a storyteller. Take a look at their work:
Young Filmmaker Wins PSA Video Contest about Skin Cancer: Film and visual media in general have always interested Quinn Murphy. When she came across a video contest co-sponsored by the Jeff Dulude Melanoma Foundation and Edgemakers.com, there was no question she had to enter. The contest challenged teens to create a PSA warning the danger from tanning beds and to spread awareness of skin cancer. Her mom is a melanoma survivor and she knows firsthand how scary and serious the disease is. She hopes her award winning video helps build awareness about this very serious form of skin cancer. Quinn resides in Hartsdale and will be a senior at The Ursuline School in New Rochelle. She plans on being a film major in college. Watch her video here and share it with your teens.
Artist Rachelle Gage: Rachelle Gage, a 2012 graduate of Scarsdale High School has recently put up an exhibit of her artwork in a private office in New York City. Rachelle is a student at Skidmore College, majoring in Communication Design. She has experience in drawing, printmaking, fiber arts, and graphic design. Her work has been exhibited in the Pace University "Small Works Exhibition" and the Katonah Museum of Art "Young Artist's Exhibition." She is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science Degree.
Performance at the Moth Story SLAM: Storyteller Sandi Marx participated in the New York City Moth Story SLAM contest. Marx, a former talent agent and Greenacres resident discusses her journey from Queens to Manhattan and ultimately to a house in the "Dale" and a country club membership. See what she has to say about our town here:.
Lampooning Astorino: And finally - he's not from Scarsdale, but he sure is funny. Rob Astorino would like your vote for governor. Watch this hilarious lampoon of the County Executive,his family and the race for governor here: http://vimeo.com/97744906
Summer Reading Game Kicks Off with Circus Performance at Scarsdale Library
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The Scarsdale Public Library's widely popular annual Summer Reading Game kicks off on Friday, June 27, between 11 a.m. and noon with a performance by the National Circus, a center ring extravaganza packing a panoramic presentation of circus skills into a bundle of comedy and variety routines with audience interaction and participation. The theme this year is Science Circus.
The Summer Reading Game encourages children from infants through 4th grade to read or be read to during the summer months. Awards are given based on the number of books read or listened to. After two books, the participating children receive a sticker, after five books, they can dig into the "Treasure Chest" for a fun prize and after 20 books they receive a book. As an incentive to come to the library, children will receive a raffle ticket each visit for a drawing for day passes to WeeZee World of Chappaqua, a play, fitness and learning facility for children 0 to 12 of all abilities. WeeZee is also donating toys for prizes
"When the children come to the library, we like to have them discuss the books they have read with a librarian or have someone read a book to them," says Karen Zielinski, head of Youth Services. "The program has also become family event with older children reading to their younger siblings."
Online registration begins on June 27. Parents or children should go to the library website, www.scarsdalelibrary.org, and click on the Summer Reading Program link.
Last year, 317 children participated in the program. They read a total of 6,899 books, just shy of 22 per child. In 2012, 267 children read 4,799 books, or about 18 per child.
