Douglas High School Art Program Gets Donation
WINSTON, Ore. (KPIC CBS 4 News)—The Douglas High School art department got a big gift Monday morning, when they received a donation of art and books from Park West Gallery out of Southfield, Michigan. It was all thanks to the friendship that was struck between Winston Mayor Rex Stevens and a renowned artist.
Art students and faculty members from the high school were on hand to see the donation, which included 20 works created by Park West artists.
Mayor Stevens says they told the founder and CEO of Park West, Albert Scaglione, about the successful art program at Douglas High School, and of the fiscal challenges facing the school district. Scaglione was impressed that a small, tight budgeted district would still place an emphasis on the arts.
Artist Dominic Pangborn, who represents Park West, was on hand to present it to the school. Pangborn also created a special painting of a tiger to present to the city, and is also creating a new logo for the City of Winston. He says they hope to inspire the students. “We wanted to introduce diversity in terms of style, technique, artists and so on, so you’ve got a really good mixture here,” said Pangborn.
Art teacher Deborah Cusack says the donation will be a big boost to the art program at the school. “This is an art teacher’s dream, usually we have to get the money, put them all on a school bus, get chaperons and haul them to Portland or Ashland. Here, it was brought right to our city of Winston, and it’s just a wonderful, wonderful event,” said Cusack.
Stevens told KPIC News, “The value is how much these young and aspiring artists here in this community can take and benefit from this.” The art has an estimated value at up to $40,000 for the 20 pieces that were donated.
Pangborn presented the 4×4 foot painting of the tiger to the Winston City Council at their meeting Monday night. Thanks to Pangborn, the city will soon be showing off its new logo, that features the cheetah with Douglas Fir trees behind it.
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