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To the Editor:
I read with great interest Bill Chenevert’s report on the tapestry art project recently completed at the Southwark School (“Silkscreening selfies,” March 19) collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and partly funded by the Coby Foundation, a New York-based organization that supports textile and needlework projects for nonprofits like schools.
What was particularly impressive was the comment by Southwark art teacher Aaron Kalinay about how art transcends language. This is especially valuable in a diverse school like Southwark, where many languages are spoken. Art, as Kalinay attests, is a universal language similar to mathematics. With budget cuts depriving schools of so many resources, this was indeed a great opportunity for teaching many skills through art to children from different backgrounds. Using natural dyes to color their prints, for example, was both a science and a social studies lesson.
I was also happy to read how the perspectives of students from different cultures are incorporated into the arts program at Southwark, and how this particular project was a blend of many talents.
Kudos to the art students at Southwark and their innovative teacher, Mr. Kalinay, for producing this splendid portrait tapestry. Well done.
Gloria C. Endres
South Philadelphia
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