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Steve Forgette’s business management class collaborated with
Debra Zare’s art studio class to create a year-long project
that graces the hallway entering the business department wing.
The two teachers asked their students to develop a theme that would
showcase how business works. The theme of the beautiful mural is
The Evolution of Business and is a visual aid showcasing how invention
and industrialization has helped make society a global community.
Mr. Forgette said the mural “enhances the area of the school
where business is being investigated while inspiring curiosity
to know more about business.” It readily illustrates how
business has changed over the century as new technologies and industry
emerges.
The art students worked as “providers” to the business class “customers.” “It
brought students together giving them a taste of what a live project is like
in the advertising industry today,” Ms. Zare stated. The students developed
important skills in collaboration and project management that will prepare them
in future careers. They learned to work in groups and respect each others ideas
as they achieved a common goal. The painting serves as a tool to enliven and
educate using an artistic timeline that is thought provoking and artistically
brilliant. “We are thankful to have the support of the Foundation and
encourage the community to see the mural in person.”
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This project was funded by the Lake Forest High
School Foundation in 2006-2007. Steve Forgette’s business
management class and Deb Zare’s art studio classes collaborated
to create the concept and drawings. The art studio class then painted
the mural second semester, finishing it at the end of the year.
The mural visually depicts globalization and the positive contributions
made by businesses from the turn of the twentieth century to the
present. Painters include: Jackie Draper, Cecilia Cunningham, Stacie
Wolf, Hillary Spencer, Rachel Poltermann, Jesse Dorman, Anna Turner,
Melissa Piazza, Danielle Orrell and Annaka Olsen.
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