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a place to remember…..the Arc de Triomphe

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The Place Charles de Gaulle, once known as the Place de L’Etoile, was laid out in accordance with Baron Haussmann’s plans of 1854.  Twelve avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe, located at the center.  Access to the Arc is only safe through tunnels that go under the streets.  The Arc is  the world’s most famous triumphal arch, promised to the troops by Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805.

Pictured left is our entire group, tour group leader Sandra Reicis, Davis Reicis, Jillian Schultz, Kim Ewing, Katelynn Hanners, Ginny Gallersdorfer, Savana Czekalski, Danielle Bishop, Liz Iwanski and adjunct faculty in Interior Design Geraldine Liquidano.  The monument stands 164 feet high, and is the customary starting point for victory celebrations and parades.  As we exited the Metro on Sunday evening we heard an American military band playing the Star Spangled Banner in honor of the Memorial Weekend. The scale of the monument can only be appreciated when one can see people in place. Students pictured to the right are standing infront of the J.P. Cortot’s high relief of Triumph of Napoleon.  This celebrates the Treaty of Vienna peace agreement of 1810. The Tomb of the Unknown soldier contains the remains of an unknown French soldier from World War I. Napoleon commisioned Jean Chalgrin to build the triumphal Arc in 1806, but the downfall of Napoleon in 1815 brought work on the Arc to a halt.  It was not until 1836 that Louis-Philippe completes the Arc.

hello Paris……..

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On Saturday, May 26, 2012 an adventurous group from the Villa Art Department travelled to Toronto to board an Air Canada jet to Paris.  Six Interior Design students, one Fashion Design student, one full time faculty, one part time faculty and one guest……travelled together for nine days.  Upon arrival, our first activity was a scenic bus tour of Paris with our tour guide, Ceceile…..and first on our stops was the Eiffel Tower. Pictured are the students, Kim Ewing, Jillian Schultz, Savana Czekalski, Ginny Gallersdorfer, Liz Iwanski, Danielle Bishop and Katelynn Hanners.  First we had a view of the tower from a distance, and then we boarded our tour bus for our first tour destination.  Usually a tour group would have special consideration at the tower, but this summer, one elevator was scheduled for regular maintenance and a second was broken!  This meant that our dedicated group of travellers would choose to climb 700 stairs to the observation level of the tower.  It certainly got our blood pumping after a seven hour overnight flight.  But we all agreed that the view was worth it. Weather was perfect and we had ample time to walk around the observation decks on the first and second levels.  Paris is not at its peak tourist season, but there were many other tourists from many different countries.  Some stood in line for several hours to take the lone working elevator, but others were as adventurous as we were, and we had lots of company on the stairs. A view of the River Seine shows the tour boats and some of the sites that we will be seeing in the next few days.  Now back down 700 stairs…………

a conference first for Villa students……

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For several years Interior Design Studio 5 has collaborated with the Early Childhood Education program and Bethel Head Start to re-design a Bethel Head Start Early Childhood Education Center located in Buffalo, NY.  This outcomes from this project have been received with high acclaim from many educators. As a result this year the interior design students from Villa were the very first non-discipline specific participants at the New York State Association for the Education of Young Children (NYSAEYC), presenting their completed projects at both the student poster display and as a workshop presentation.  This ground breaking event was well received by all those present.  The students were kept busy at the poster table answering questions and offering fabrication suggestions to fellow students and education professionals. Savana Czekalski and Ginny Gallersdorfer set up the poster display and were pleasantly surprised at the immediate attention that the Villa table received.  Joining them was Meghan Ebert.  Our hosts were extremely gracious and presented the Villa students with certificates of participation and appreciation pins. The workshop presentation was held later in the afternoon with students Therese Smith and Sandra Zygaj joining the group.  The student work was once again very highly received and the presentation received excellent assesments.

Student Exhibit at Villa……

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Friday, March 23 an awards presentation and reception was held for the opening of the Spring 2012 Interior Design Student Exhibit.  Earlier in the day, a prestigious panel of judges assessed the student work displayed in the Paul William Beltz Art Gallery and the Distinguished Students of the Year were selected.  The three top students were presented tasks chairs from our Awards sponsors, MidCity Office, Buffalo Office Interiors and Millington Lockwood. Pictured from left are 1st place award recipient Charles Gattie, 3rd place award recipient Michelle Wild and 2nd place award recipient Harrison Walsh.  The judging also identified several students in the Honorable Mention category.  Those students were Jason Cole, Savana Czekalski and Allysa Gozdziak.   To the right, pictured in the gallery are junior level students Ginny Gallersdorfer and Savana Czekalski.  The reception also provides an opportunity to feature the work of freshman level students and identify a ‘Best of Show’ freshman rendering.  The award is sponsored by Seneca Blueprint and the generous prize this year was a drafting table.  The recipient was Heather Heusinger, pictured to the left with her green chair rendering in the background.  The reception was organized by the ASID chapter student club, the IN club with the assistance of faculty advisor Prof. Natalia Albul and Prof. Paul Brinkworth.  Guests at the event included the Interior Design industry partners, alumni, Villa Maria College faculty and administration, students, family and friends. Pictured at left are Todd Piotrowski BFA ’10, from Carmina Wood Architects, Sara Gleason BFA ’10 MidCity Office and Jack Sciuto BFA ’11 Mid City Office.  Proceeds from a Basket Auction and 50-50 raffle benefit IN club service learning projects.  Entertainment was provided by Villa Maria College Music Program faculty member Michael Rieman.  The evening was a wonderful success.  The exhibit will be on display until April 13.