4th Annual New Day Art Auction
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4th Annual New Day Art Auction
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Life Enrichment Coordinator, Joyce Rinkevicius, along with college intern, Colleen Pratl, organized and held the 4th Annual New Day art Auction during this year’s Spring Fling. This annual event was incorporated in with the Spring Fling event to give more families the opportunity to see and purchase their loved one’s artwork. The last 3 years, the New Day residents, those living with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s, have created beautiful umbrella art using plain umbrellas and different art techniques to embellish them. This year, it was decided to go a more person route and create artistic photos for each resident to auction along with otehrs to sell at a set price. The money from this and all previous auctions, goes to the New Day activity fund, which Rinkevicius has been using to create not only the New Day Bell Choir, but a band, New Day Live, as well!
Rinkevicius discovered a unique, fun and therapeutic art from using cardboard lids, paints, construction paper and marbles. She put a piece of construction paper in the bottom of each cardboard lid, squirted globs of different paints inside and then added a marble. The residents were instructed to tilt the lids to make the marbles roll back and forth, through the paint and across the paper. Not only was this project fun, but it helped focus on eye/hand coordination and flexibility. The finished pieces were then used as backdrops to the resident’s special photo. With the help of Program Director, Angie Garbaczewski’s daughter, Scout, each residents photo project was personalized in several ways. Scout took black and white photos of each resident, which she superimposed on to their art work. She then added special, personal details to each one. One example, was the added silhouette of a dancing couple for one resident who loves to dance. Another one showed the image of an airliner as the resident was a former flight attendant. The photos turned out amazing and was auctioned off, along with separate marble art their loved ones had done. In addition, Rinkevicius and Pratl created little shadow boxes, using cut out of some of the artwork to sell at a set price. "This way, family members can bid on the special photo of their loved one, but everyone has the chance to get some artwork as well.
Shadow box sells started bright and early and then at the end of the event, the winning bids were called out. Once the sells and raffles were totaled up, New Day had raised over 0!! We are all excited to see what Rinkevicius has planned with this year’s earnings.
We would like to thank Rinkevicius, Pratl and Scout Garbaczewski for the amazing job they did in creating such a wonderful experience and such beautiful art for everyone to enjoy.
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