Colorful Greetings!!!
My name is Lonie Yuschik and I feel honored and blessed to be part of the St. Matthias family for my second year . I have taught art in Catholic Education for 23 years. Prior to becoming an art teacher , I was a fashion designer in New York City, designing prints on clothing and home furnishings items, in the textile industry.
. I have always loved art and art has always been my passion!!! It energizes me and always keeps me in a positive place. I am appreciative that I have been given the opportunity to share my creative talents with your children. It is fulfilling for me to bring out the creative talents of your children...talents that will progress. I look forward to bringing out the creativity of each and every student at St. Matthias School in 2023-2024.
I love baking ,gardening, bicycle riding and day-tripping. Some of my favorite places to go are Cape Cod, Bucks County, Lake George and Jim Thorpe. Aside from their scenic beauty ,there is always an artistic adventure in these eclectic towns, to see as you are passing thru.
Looking forward to a creative year at St. Matthias School in 2023-2024. Let the creativity begin.....
Colorful Blessings,
Email...lyuschik@stmatthiasnj.org Lonie Yuschik
October 2023- During the months of September and October, the creative energy of the SMS artists was ever so high. The projects they are creating or created are as follows....
PK3........Popsicle Stick Jack'o'Lanterns
PK4.......An Apple a Day
Kindergarten.........Boxed Jack 'o' Lanterns
Gr 1A/1B........Autumnal Still Life
Gr 2B.........Mosaic Candy Corn
Gr 2A........Ghosts in the Night
Gr 3............Kaleidescope of Harvest Fruits
Gr 4............Jack Skellington Cartooning
Gr 5A/5B......Native American Indian Rugs
Gr 6A......Autumnal Sunflower Still Life
Gr 6B.......Autumnal Textured Landscape
Gr 7A/7B....A Spot of Tea
Gr 8A/8B......Artist's Palettes
Aside from their class projects, many of the grades are creating for "Keep Christ in Christmas "poster contest sponsered by the Knights of Columbus . Each student will create an ORIGINAL idea and create it on larger paper , outlining in black sharpie and coloring it in. Winners in different age categories will be chosen. Remember to finish creating your poster because the deline is fast approaching....you need to be in it,to win it!!!
Grade 4 is also creating for the "Fun Things To Do Instead of Drugs" poster art contest. Each student is working on creating an original drawing for their anti drug message. Once the sketch is approved they will create their final drawing, outline in black sharpie and color in as neatly as possible. Last year we had several winners and we are hoping we will be blessed with winners this year as well.
Keep the creativity going and remember what is most important is not perfection but progress!!
November 2023- The creativity for November continued throughout the month, with many of the younger grades concentrating on seasonal projects. Projects for the classes were as follows....
PK3-Beaded Turkeys
PK4- Popsicle Stick Turkeys
K- Triangular Turkeys
Gr 1- Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ Oversized Leaves
Gr 2-Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ Falling Tree Leaves
Gr 3-Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ Kaleidescope of
Harvest Fruit.
Gr 4- Fun Things to Do 4th Grade Folder Contest
Gr 5- Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ American Indian
Rugs
Gr 6- Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ Fall Silhouettes
Gr 7- Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/Christmas
Silhouettes
Gr8- Keep Christ in Christmas art poster contest/ Christmas Silhouttes
The students have been working very diligently on the Keep Christ in Christmas Art Poster Contest, that is due the beginning of December. These students in Grades 1-8 have create an ORIGINAL idea that has been hand drawn on large paper and colored in. Their idea represents what the Keep Christ in Christmas theme means to them. They have worked on creating a themed picture endlessly during their art periods ,that would catch the eyes of the judges. Students are judged in certain age groups depending on certain categories. We look forward to seeing who the winners will be in each age category before we go on Christmas break.
The students in 4th grade have also been diligently working on their art contest Fun Things to Do Instead of Drugs. These students have created an anti- drug message through a picture. Developing an idea for a contest involves a lot of thinking and creative work. The students have put a lot of time and effort into their creativity. After their poster sketch is approved, they draw it on their final paper, paying a lot of attention to accuracy and neatness, after outlining it in black sharpie marker. They have all come up with a lot of creative ideas that should be eye - catching to the judges. We are hoping that we will be blessed with some winners, as we have been in the past.
What continues to be most important is that each and every student has made progress from the prior month in their creative thinking and artistic skills. Remember to never give up and just to keep on trying!! Art is a process that gets better the more you do it..it takes time to develop, one step at a time!
December 2023- The Christmas season is upon us and some of the classes are busy creating seasonal projects. They are enjoying creating either advent candles, Santas, silhouettes for winter or Christmas or cartooning projects for the season on Mickey Mouse/Minnie Mouse, Kermit the Frog, Snoopy, the M and M character or the Grinch. Grade 1 has drawn pictures of Baby Jesus and they are ever so precious. The 4th Grade Folder contest and the Keep Christ in Christmas art contest have been handed in and we are awaiting the results. The students created such beautiful images and I thank everyone who entered it. Remember , you can't win if you are not in it!!! Wishing everyone a blessed Christmas and New Year.
January 2024- The students are busy creating projects related to the season in the younger grades. Some will be creating snowflakes from materials such as Q-tips or popsicle sticks, while others will be creating snowmen out of paper doilies and other materials. Lastly, other grades will create for the Valentine's Day holiday, creating a heart medley or creating heart projects ,related to Picasso's Petite Fleur or Robert Indiana's Love Sculpture. I am looking forward to seeing what they will create with their artistic hands.
We had six winners in "The Keep Christ in Christmas" art contest sponsered by the Knights of Columbus. They are as follows by grades...
K-2- 1st place-Jeffray Liu / 2nd place-Emery Jimenez
3-5- 1st place-Kinley Sias/ 2nd place-Loraine Coloma
5-8- 1st place-Casey Lynch/ 2nd place-Isabella
Matusalem
Congratulations to all!!! They will all advance and compete in the next level of the contest. We wish them well as they advance to the next level of the contest and hope we are blessed with winners as we continue on with the next levels of this contest.
We had many beautiful entries and I appreciate all who took the time and effort to create for this religious art contest.