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Art From The Heart

Artwork of younger Hillel students
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Parents of Hillel students help ready the artwork for the show; they included

Lezlie Mostyn of Wixom, Lisa Naftaly Brown of Franklin, Karen Diskin of
Franklin and Marilyn Chandross of West Bloomfield.

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rt From the Heart, an art
Hospital and by displaying the beauti-
show featuring "master-
ful artwork of our students, we will be
pieces" from students in
brightening the halls of the hospital
grades K-4 at Hillel Day School of
and the faces of patients and visitors,"
Metropolitan Detroit, will be displayed said Steve Freedman, head of the
at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, in
Farmington Hills school.
the South Tower lobby
Art From the Heart
from Dec. 4-Jan. 3.
also involves parents,
A special opening
who lovingly matted
reception for Hillel
and covered with spe-
students, families and
cial acetate film each
friends will be 2-4
piece of art for the
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in
display at Beaumont.
the South Tower. Brief
Parent co-chair Lisa
welcoming remarks
Naftaly Brown said,
will begin at 2:30.
"No art experience
Kindergarten water-
was required by par-
colors inspired by
ents. We had so much
Wassily Kandinsky,
fun preparing the art-
second-grade mod-
work for display and
ernistic alphabet art
- Hille l's Steve Freedman connecting with other
modeled after Stuart
Hillel parents at the
Davis and fourth-
same time."
grade whimsical jungle collages
Hillel parents Orly Kennet and
inspired by Henri Rousseau are just a
Eileen Sherman, also parent volunteer
few of the creative samples in the stu-
co-chairs, helped bring the event to
dent art show
fruition, too.
Working with Hillel art teacher
Carla Schwartz, Beaumont Hospitals'
Janis Segal, each student will have one
community affairs manager, said the
piece of artwork submitted for display. tie-in between Hillel and Beaumont
One of Hillel's core values, tikkun
"was a perfect match that celebrates
olam, speaks to making the com-
student accomplishments in the arts
munity a better place. "We believe
and Beaumont's designation as a
that by reaching out to Beaumont
Children's Hospital." 11

"We will be
brightening
the halls of the
hospital and the
faces of patients
and visitors."