Congratulations to the winners of our first Annual Shield Benefit in December 2009. We raised $6,100! Special thanks to the artists who shared their great talents in transforming the wooden shields and to the volunteer committee: Greg Baartz-Bowman, Yvonne Cseko, Patricia Lynch, Anne Mavor, Neriman Sagar and Pat Wojciechowski.
For this imaginative fundraiser, 30 hand-made, blank wooden shields were given to selected artists within the PWS community and the greater Portland area to be decorated through a variety of artistic mediums. The shields were exhibited at Portland Waldorf School and auctioned and raffled off from Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009.
Why shields?
Interwoven throughout the Waldorf curriculum are stories and festivals around legends, historical figures and their shields. Our most recent example was Michaelmas, held at the end of September. In Celtic tradition, St. Michael represents the unconquered hero, fighting with his sword and protecting with his shield against the evil powers of darkness. The experience of nature during autumn, that of a “passing away” illuminated by brilliant color, belongs to the Michaelmas festival. In celebrating Michaelmas, we strive to stimulate the children’s will to do good; for not even the smallest good deed is ever lost, whether it is noticed or not.
Participating Artists
- Francine Adams
- Laura Barston
- Alex Bravo
- Nina Churchill
- Cameron Cseko
- Tripper Dungan
- Jennifer Finn
- Mark Gamba
- Susan Harlan
- Gary Hirsch
- Martie Kilmer-Accuardi
- Susan Lake
- Mariama Loos-Diallo
- Patricia Lynch
- Steve Matthews
- Anne Mavor
- Tom Myers
- Lisi McCarthy
- Sheryl Murray
- Katherine Pomeroy
- Valerie Pufahl
- Mari Purdie
- Amy Ruppel
- Neriman Sagar
- Fred and Tara Schwoebel
- Brett Superstar
- Akari Uchiyama
- Victor Hugo Garza
- Pat Wojciechowski
- Maria Zink
