BOWLING FOR DOLLARS (AND AUTISM)

Ai New York City SFS officers Sherie Spriggs and Cekina Dilligard participated in a bowling night at Brooklyn Bowl on Sunday May 22. The event was held by their group LNBC to raise funds for Autism Speaks and their upcoming walk on Sunday June 5, 2011. The bowling event raised $210 for autism research. If you wish to support these women in a great cause or find out more about how you can help, please read the information below and click on the link:

"Walk Now for Autism Speaks is a fun-filled, event and is our single most powerful force to fund
vital research that will lead us to the answers we need. Experience the power of thousands united by a single cause by joining Walk for Autism Speaks.

Distance: 1.5 miles through the streets of lower Manhattan. The Walk Starts and ends at the south Street Seaport Walk Date: 06/05/11

Registration begins at 9am- Stage Program begins 10am Walk Begins at 10:30am "

Click on this link to donate: http://givenow.autismspeaks.org/ladiesofnbc

Some photos of the ladies appear above.

As you may have read in an earlier post, the same club also participated in the March of Dimes Walk for Babies.


You go girls!

IT'S A WRAP -- PART TWO

Cashawnna Harris

Sarah Williams





Adam Spieler

Dalin Rowell

Daniel Gonzalez

Gregory DiGiacomo

Crystal Nunoo

Adam Forman

Brian Grant

Daniel Arena

Michael Salas

Ai New York City President Tad Graham-Handley addresses the group

Len Carter addresses the group

The Tribeca Film Festival officially wrapped on Friday May 13 with a celebration in the Gallery for all of the digital filmmaking students who worked the long hours editing and working the many events at the Festival. Tad Graham-Handley, Ai New York City's president and Len Carter an Ai New York City Alumnus and producer of the Tribeca Film Festival Kids Access were on hand to welcome all who participated and commended the students for a job well done. A DVD was shown in which the budding filmmakers shared their feelings about being selected to work at the prestigeous festival and the experience they will remember always.

"I could not have done it with out you" exclaimed Mr. Carter who then handed out award certificates to those present. He shared anecdotes that described each student's contributions. Both Tad and Len gave a special nod to the veterans in the the crew thanking them twice ... once for their service to our country and a second time for applying their military precision to the arduous task of editing footage from the festival and meeting the very tight deadlines. Len and Tad gave special praise to those Ai New York City staffers who worked "behind the scenes", ensuring "Team TFF" had space to work, equipment to work with and food to feed them.

Photos of Friday's awards presentation appear above. Great job everyone!

EDIBLE ART SHOW

Sara Kadosh

Keyan Smith

Dante Payne

Anthony Trinidad

Alexandria Sorto

Second Place Winner - Wendy Caberone

First Place Winner - Qutashia Lee

On May 4, boxes and bags of fruits and vegetables arrived at the Ai New York City Gallery, not to be consumed by hungry crowds, but to be molded and shaped into beautiful fashion by Ai New York City Fashion Design students whose drawings were selected to participate in the "Edible Art" competition organized by Vikki Nulman.

The gallery was alive with activity as the selected students pinned leeks, kiwi fruit, grapes and all kinds of edible greenery (generously donated by Bay Area Produce) to dress forms. The result was a stunning (not to mention healthy and delicious) collection! Check out the photos above.

Congratulations to the winners and kudos to all who participated to make the show such a success ... great job all!

DESIGNING WOMEN - AI NEW YORK CITY STYLE

The winners of the Leron D&D Window Competition were announced recently and Ai New York City Interior Design Students Alexandra Winokur, Terressa Maisonet and Tamara Belgrave were awarded the top honor! Ai New York City Interior Design Chair Anthony Caradonna said of the win:

"We celebrate another impressive performance and success of our students this quarter! I am very proud of all of you and honored to be serving such a talented and promising group of designers, students and educators!"

The competition was open to all ASID New York Metro students and contestants were asked to submit a sketch outlining their idea for a lobby window display featuring Leron bed linen products that were displayed in Leron's (suite 1521) in the D&D (Decoration & Design) building. Contestants were also asked to provide a written explanation of their idea along with swatches of materials to be used for the window.

The team will install their idea in the D&D building's ground floor lobby display window and it will be on display for a period of three months, with the team names and school affiliation. A cash award of $750 is also awarded for the winning display. The D&D building is located at 979 Third Avenue (between 58th & 59th Streets) for those wishing to view the display.

CALLING ALL STUDENTS

Would you like to be the new face on Ai New York City’s Street Banners….?

If so call or see Jean Lapinski (3rd floor) 212-625-6028 to register and submit a photo release form. Date of photo shoot is June 2nd from 11-1 p.m.

WALKING FOR BABIES

Photos Above - Baby "Bear" & "Bear" @ 4

Registration Crowds

"Team LBNC"

Ai New York City SFS Planners Sherie Spriggs and Cekina Dilligard recently participated in the annual March of Dimes' Walk for Babies which was held on Sunday, May 1 in New York City and was one of the many national walks planned nationwide. Cekina's group Ladies of Business Networking & Charities (LBNC) raised a total of $359 for the cause.

The two women share their stories of why they participated:

Sherie:

"As a mother of a premature baby and having worked for March of Dimes as a work-study, I decided to walk again this year. My daughter Anisa (also called Bear) was born 5 ½ weeks early. I was fortunate to have a baby whose birth weight was 5lb and was breathing on her own. Bear only spent one night in the NICU and was discharged with me after three days. Today she is a vibrant 4 year old"

Cekina:

"Being a premature baby I decided to march along with my group members Ladies of Business, Networking, and Charities in support of March of Dimes. On September 13th 1983 my mother gave birth to twin girls born at 3 ½ and 4 LBS. Walking in the March of Dimes walk in support of Premature babies was a great experience for me and being able to raise funds to help another family whose child was born prematurely is the icing on a cake. I’m just glad I was able to support such a great cause."

For more information on the March of Dimes and how you can help, visit http://www.marchofdimes.com/default.html or http://www.marchofdimes.com/newyork/2706_8389.asp

Both women deserve high praise for participating in this very worthy cause!

Sherie's pride and joy as well as photos from the May 1 walk appear above.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL - IT'S A WRAP!

Ai New York City "Team TFF"

Bottom row: (l/r) Philip Maniaci, Kristina Siska, Ronald Giameo, Chris Conaway, Adam Forman, Len Carter
Middle row: (l/r) Rob Rivera, Brian Grant, Dalin Rowell, Victoria Harrington, Esther Brooks, Bennu Smith, Crystal Nunoo

Top row: (l/r) Michael Salas, Ann Falsarella, Sarah Williams,Kristen Alicea, Daniel Gonzales, Adam Spieler, Gregory DiGiacomo, Daniel Arena

(Not pictured are Sam Mena & Cashawnna Harris (but very much a part of "Team TFF"))

As quickly as it began, the Tribeca Film Festival wrapped this past weekend (although student interns are wrapping up their work this week and next.). Tribeca Film Festival Kids Access Producer/Project Manager Len Carter responded to all the students (a group photo appears above) who worked on the festival with the following note:

"Hi all,

I just wanted to take a moment and thank all of you who participated in this year's Tribeca Film Festival's: Tribeca Kids Access. From the students who worked diligently to capture moments in time on the red carpet and street events, to those who have worked behind the scenes to ensure we had rooms booked, food delivered, equipment checked in/out, extended hours and security during the two-week period. it was truly a collaborative effort for which we should all be very proud!

We most certainly could not have done it without each of you giving of your time and dedication.

This year the bar was raised and I'm proud to say that I think that we reached that bar and in some ways surpassed it. The review from Tribeca has thus far been very positive and Sandy cannot say enough about working with all of you.

As we look back on the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, we can all be confident that we created and delivered upon the wishes of our clients both internal and external and we can be proud of our final product. The work that we have produced thus far is being posted to the TKA websites and can be reviewed at the following links listed below:

http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/events/family-festival/kids-access/
http://www.youtube.com/user/TribecaKids#p/u

With that being said, I just want to remind you all that we will be having a wrap party on May 13, 2011 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Gallery at Ai New York City for those who have worked on the production.

I look forward to seeing you all there and perhaps even working together in the industry down the line.

Best,
Len Carter
AiNYC - Producer & Project Manager"

If you see the following students in your travels around the campus community, don't forget to tell them what a great job they did:

Ann Fasarella (Alumnus & Team Captain)
Adam Speller
Rob Rivera
Philip Maniaci
Dalin Rowell
Kristen Alicea
Chris Conaway (Team Captain)
Gregory DiGiacomo
Bennu Smith
Daniel Gonzales
Cashawnna Harris
Kristina Siska (Team Captain)
Sarah Williams
Sam Mena
Daniel Arena
Michael Salas
Crystal Nunoo
Ronald Giameo
Esther Brooks
Adam Forman (Team Captain)
Victoria Harrington
Brian Grant