Late Gunn Excessive Faculty artwork trainer John Robinson can be remembered by means of two new awards that can be introduced at a memorial service in Palo Alto later this month. The occasion can be held on the Spangenberg Theatre on Gunn’s campus on Sept. 10 from 1-3 p.m.
John Robinson, who taught artwork at Gunn Excessive Faculty in Palo Alto, can be remembered at a memorial service on the Palo Alto campus on Sept. 10, 2022. Courtesy picture.
The primary award is the John Robinson Award of Excellence within the Visible Arts for an artwork pupil graduating from Palo Alto Unified. The award will assist future artwork college students in 2D mediums, the topics that Robinson taught, till sufficient cash is raised to assist college students in 3D artwork fields, in line with a press launch. To donate, go to Gunn’s net retailer, kind “John Robinson” into the search bar and choose the primary hyperlink that seems on the outcomes web page.
The second award — the John Robinson Fund for Visible Arts — is a fundraising initiative for the California State Summer season Faculty for the Arts to assist artwork college students in this system. The fund will present the required artwork provides for college kids, in line with the press launch. The college was created by the state Legislature in 1985 to make sure potential artists stayed in California and contributed to the humanities and leisure trade, relatively than transfer to different states, in line with its web site. Donations to the fund could be made at csssaf.org.
The award recipients can be picked in 2023 close to the top of the college yr.
A portrait of Robinson may also be unveiled on the occasion. The art work was created by 9 of Robinson’s former college students who every labored on a bit of the art work with totally different supplies and methods. The memorial may also function a gold-plated stapler created in honor of Robinson, who usually stapled bulletins, art work and different paper onto partitions. The stapler and knowledge on the excellence award can be on show in an award showcase at Gunn.
