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Holiday Window Paintings Galore in Port
Jervis
By Sherry Mohan
Courtesy Tri-State News
Nov 11, 2002, 12:47am
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The scene on upper Pike Street Sunday
afternoon found lots of kids busy decorating store windows for the holiday season. Busy at work on
their painting are, left to right: PJ 7th graders Julie Hennion and Tiffany Smith, and 6th grader
Kristen Hook.
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| Volunteer project manager Elaine Tedesco,
left, with PJ 7th grade window artists Heather Culver, Rebecca Gawenus and Brianna Cramer in front
of their winter scene. |
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| Port Jervis 7th graders Jonathan Greydanus
and Adam Conklin finish up work on the snowman they painted on the window of Mataport
Bicycles. |
PORT JERVIS -- This past weekend marked the revival of yet another
fun tradition for Tri-State area youth -- autumn window painting. Years ago, it took the form of a
Halloween window painting contest, and after a long hiatus, it has been retuned to life in the form
of a Holiday Window Painting Contest.
Spearheaded by Sharon and Stan Siegel, the program is being run by Elaine Tedesco, owner of Heart
&Hands Art Center in Port Jervis. According to Port Jervis Councilman-at-Large Stanley Siegel,
the idea to revive the event started with a Halloween goal, then grew to include Thanksgiving, and
then, at the request of city businesses, was expanded to cover the entire holiday season. Latex
paint was donated by Sherwin Williams and Neversink Lumber, with dropcloths and brushes donated by
the Family Dollar store. Other supporters include Mayor Ross Decker, Dick McKeeby and Dick
Roberts.
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| The Nationwide Insurance office on West
Main Street gets its holiday painting from Port Jervis 7th graders Giovanna Steinhaus, Marissa
Corcoran and Beth Schneider. |
At first, teams were to be formed with at least
one member being a student in the Port Jervis or Delaware Valley school districts, but due to the
enthusiastic response by area businesses, the event is now open to anyone who would enjoy
participating. Subject matter must be appropriate to the holiday season, and all paint and supplies
will be provided by the committee.
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| Completed works of art adorn the front
windows of the Book Nook on Front Street. A team of eight students from Heart &Hands Art Center
contributed to these appealing images. They are Jenny Bradley, Andrew Grieves, Anna & Peter
Schaeffer, Nicole Pagano. | |
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