Re-Store Student Packet

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If you’re a rising Senior at Roxbury Central School, you have an opportunity to get wildand crazy this summer!

The Re-Store Design Challenge is coming to YOUR town this summer and you're invited to be a part of an award-

winning creative design team. Build your portfolio for college! Hang out with incredibly cool and smart designers,

architects and artists and build “links” to incredible opportunities in the future . . . And even earn a scholarship or grant!

This design challenge is only available to THREE students from the RCS Class of 2011 who are very serious about

design, art or architecture. Here's how it works: Three design teams, led by Andrew Williams, Sean Scherer and Donald

Hill (we've included their bios so you can check them out), will have a few weeks to come up with a fantastic “Re-Store”;

a creative retail venture in an empty Roxbury storefront… and only TWO DAYS to install the entire project! (It’s like

Chopped, Top Chef, Project Runway or those HGTV reality shows with radical makeovers, only this one will transform an

empty store.) The store doesn’t have to have real goods, but whatever we’re selling has to be represented in some creative

way — donations or “recreations.”

To help them, the Design Team leaders will choose a fellow artist, designer or architect, a contractor or builder … and a

talented, artistic, committed RCS student to join their team. That’s where you come in — and here's what's expected:

You will participate in the concept and project development and have your ideas heard. You live here full-time, so you

might be expected to get on the phone, talk to team members on conference calls, shop hardware stores — whatever. In

other words, be able to think on your feet and take initiative. Then you will help build and install your team’s dream store

in just TWO days (August 19-20).

Then, every weekend from August 21 to September 18, you will represent your team by staffing the store and explaining

the concept your team has brought to life — actively trying to help your team WIN. If you aren’t already, you will learn to

be comfortable talking to people from all walks of life, from your long-time neighbors to celebrity design judges. On Sept.

18, there will be a big party to announce which team won the design challenge!

What you get: enormously valuable connections with designers who will understand and foster your artistic ambitionsand abilities, but who will also expect you to commit and deliver — time, energy and the top of your creative bent.

You’ll experience real-world design challenges and earn an impressive credential to add to your portfolio, college applica-

tion or resume. You’ll learn whether a design career is a good fit for you. All three students will receive a modest

stipend, and, at the awards ceremony September 18, if your team is the winner, you’ll be awarded a scholarship or grant

from The MARK Project in recognition of your contribution to the future of our region and your hometown.

What we require: read the bios and project info, then tell us WHY you are the student for the Re-Store Design Challenge.

If there is a particular team leader whose work or bio speaks to you, explain why (no guarantees that he would be your

team leader if you are chosen, but speak your mind). Tell us about yourself and what unique qualities you bring to the

team and how you see this experience informing your future and helping you reach your own goals.

Your application must consist of a 250-500 word statement (typed, double-spaced in TImes or another standard font), and

a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Submit your application via e-mail to

[email protected] or mail it to ReStore Design Challenge at the address below. We do not require any portfolios at

this time. We want to make sure you’re not shy about your artistic abilities and that you can put that into words. If you

need more information check out our Re-Store page on Facebook or contact Karina at the Roxbury Parks Department

(607 326-3722).

Three amazing design teams… two days to install … one Catskills village (yours!)Ready, set, design: your deadline is July 5!

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!7&*+8'9$++Donald Hill, owner of Donald Hill Interiors, LLC (DHI), received

formal training in architecture at Parsons School of Design in

New York, Italy and France. In tandem with architecture,

Donald studied French and Italian decorative arts. He has

guest lectured at Altos de Chevon School of Design in the

Dominican Republic and been a featured guest on WNBC “Weekend Today” in New York.

At Donald Hill Interiors, Donald has specialized in high-end city, residential and commercial interiors

since 1989. DHI has designed homes for a varied clientele including: David Bowie, Donald Fagen,

Steve Martin, Mrs. Charles Bludorn, actress and producer Victoria Tennant, Time Warner Chairman

and CEO Jeff Bewkes, Tishman Construction CEO Dan TIshman and screenwriter/playwright

Marshall Brickman.

Donald draws on a broad understanding of architectural and decorative arts styles and applies

them in ways that reflect the individuality and functional needs of his clients. He believes that in

good design, function comes first. His projects demonstrate an ability to integrate period elements

with today’s conveniences and often feature furniture of his own design. The finished project is aharmonized blend of elements that

look as if they have always belonged

together. His projects upstate include

faithful restoration of an Arts & Crafts

house located in the historic Byrdcliffe

community in Woodstock.

While upstate, Donald has contributed

his talents and energy to several multi-

cultural arts organizations andfundraising efforts, and serves as a

volunteer designer each year for the

Roxbury Arts Group’s Over the Top

Tabletops gala fundraiser. A collector

of early American furniture and deco-

rative arts and of Americana, Hill

periodically donates a flag from his

extensive collection of pre-1912

American flags to raise funds for

Delaware County charities.

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Sean S7he8e8 Since completing his studies at the School of the Art

Institute of Chicago and the Independent Study Program

of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sean Scherer

has exhibited extensively in North America and Europe.

Scherer moved to the region in 2002 and shortly soon

after opened Kabinett and Kammer, a contemporary

curiosity shop of antiques, natural wonders and art.

Kabinett and Kammer is the expression of Sean Scherer’s

ethos and vision. A prolific artist, educator and collector,

Scherer’s aesthetic extends through all aspects of his

life. The store functions as a curated gallery space,

the culmination of years of collecting and a passion-

ate pursuit of the extraordinary.

In October 2009, The New York Times featuredScherer’s home

outside Walton

NY in a cover

story for its Home

Section. Scherer

continues to work

as an artist and

designer as well

as a Professor of

Art at the State

University College

at Oneonta.

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2&78e9':$++$*;#Andrew Williams joined Cooper, Robertson & Partners (CRP) in

1997 as an architectural designer and project manager and

soon developed his position to help pioneer the use of computer

systems as a design and presentation tool within the firm.

Williams was made the Director of Information Technologies in 2000 and became a

Principal of the firm in 2001. As Director of IT, Williams is responsible for managing all

aspects of the firm’s computer system and software in its application to design work

including advanced 3D modeling and visualization, site studies using GPS and analysis

tools, and developing new ways for clients and architects to work together to realize their

vision. Williams is well known in local and national IT roundtables and conferences.

Williams is now spearheading CRP's outreach to upstate communities as a source for

contemporary, sustainable design and architecture.

Williams and his partner Juan Teran, also have deep ties to the Catskills and own a cabin retreat

in the Margaretville area. They

have an infant son, Benjamin. In

2005, Williams founded the

Public Lounge in nearby

Roxbury, a contemporary, gay-

friendly nightspot. Public was

and remains an active partici-

pant in Roxbury’s heritage

tourism programs. Williams sold

the Public Lounge in 2007, and

it continues to thrive as a

restaurant and lounge, active in

community and tourism events.

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