sister-cities sketchbook project

San Jose (USA) and Yekaterinburg (Russia)

Sister-Cities Sketchbook Project

American Center in Yekaterinburg

Russia Notre Dame High School in San Jose

California, USA Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Library in San Jose, CA

Presents a product of unique collaboartion: High-school students from

Yekaterinburg and San Jose created a joint sketchbook, depicting their own

impressions of the respective hometowns via variety of techniques: pensil and

watercolors, collages, and mixed media.

“The spirit of Yekaterinburg” by Yekaterina Yakovleva (Yekaterinburg)

“St. Joseph’s” by Jamie (San Jose)

“A quiet street of Yekaterinburg” by Yana Bobrova (Yekaterinburg)

“Clock Tower” by Veronica (San Jose)

“Art of Living” by Daria Berdysheva (Yekaterinbnurg)

“Bicycle” by Bunny (San Jose)

“Birds Outsite” by Vlada Pozdnyakova (Yekaterinburg)

“Book Club” by Nila (San Jose)

“Drawing the City” by Polina Smotrina (Yekaterinburg)

“Golden Gate Bridge” by Deepika (San Jose)

“Temple-On-Blood” by Daria Yarkova (Yekaterinburg)

“Our Chapel” by Katie Burton (San Jose)

“Yekaterinburg Lights” by Elena Sporsheva (Yekaterinburg)

“Cafe” by Isabel Damberg (San Jose)

“Park of Pioneers” by Artyom Bizyaev (Yekaterinburg)

“Backyard Tree” (San Jose)

“Yekaterinburg Twilight” by Sofia Kordzaya (Yekaterinburg)

“The Creek” by Alexis (San Jose)

“Lovely Bright City” by Irina Gritzai (Yekaterinburg)

“My Friend” by Marissa Padilla (San Jose)

“Holy Day” by Anastasia Nevzorova (Yekaterinburg)

”Contemplationate St. Josephs” by Alexis (San Jose)

“Sleepy Yekaterinburg” by Timur Kharintsev (Yekaterinburg)

”Courtyard” by Sophie (San Jose)

“With Love, Yekaterinburg” by Anastasia Polovkova (Yekaterinburg)

“Censerat St. Josehs” (San Jose)

“Central Park” by Yekaterina Pilikina (Yekaterinburg)

“School Gate” by Alexis (San Jose)

“Old Yekaterinburg” by Daria Mansurova (Yekaterinburg)

“Manley Hall” by Lexi (San Jose)

“Returning from the English lesson” by Yulia Paramonova (Yekaterinburg)

“St. Josephs” by Sophie B (San Jose)

“My Beloved Yekaterinburg” by Alena Fyodorova (Yekaterinburg)

“City Lights Theater” by Vi Van Nguyen (San Jose)

“Vladimir Vysotski and Marina Vladi Memorial” by Anastasia Dobrovol’skaya

(Yekaterinburg)

”St. Michael” by Danila (San Jose)

“The Cat Watching The City” by Maria Vyalykh (Yekaterinburg)

”My Back Yard” by Deepika (San Jose)

“Rastorguev-Kharitonov’s Palace” by Daria Kuleshova (Yekaterinburg)

“Pardini Park” by Nila (San Jose)

“My Favorite Place in Yekaterinburg” by Angelina Babich (Yekaterinburg)

“Landscape” by Reeds (San Jose)

“Flight” by Sofia Ryzhkova (Yekaterinburg)

“St. Josephs Cathedral” by Katie Burton (San Jose)

“Reflections” by ElizavetaVasilieva (Yekaterinburg)

“In Prayer” (San Jose)

“School # 15” by Elena Sumina (Yekaterinburg)

“Student Life Building” by Sophie (San Jose)

“A Small Part of Yekaterinburg” by Anastasia Khanaeva (Yekaterinburg)

“The Stage” by Veronica (San Jose)

“Place to Dream” by Anna Guseva (Yekaterinburg)

“Manley Hall” by Elizabeth (San Jose)

“The House of Simakov” by Maxim Makhnyov (Yekaterinburg)

“My Classmates” by Veronica (San Jose)

“Grey Weekdays” by Georgii Neshov (Yekateirnburg)

“Statue in Park” by Daniela (San Jose)

“Temple-On-Blood” by Anna Shulgina (Yekaterinburg)

“Baptismal” by Jamie (San Jose)

“Pardini Park” by Madison (San Jose)

“St. Joseph” by Krystal Espinoza (San Jose)

“St. Joseph Collage” by Veronica (San Jose)

“Alter” by Bunny (San Jose)

“St. Joseph Cathedral” by Elizabeth (San Jose)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

American Center in Yekaterinburg would like to acknowledge and express a

heartfelt thank you to our partners in San Jose: 2-D Art Teacher Darla McKenna

and her class at Notre Dame High School and Martin Luther King Jr. Library

staff member Nancy Buckles.

We also would like to extend gratitude to Yekaterinburg teachers for their great

enthusiasm and support: Tatyana Katkovska (Lyceum # 3), Angelika Vladyko

(Gymnasium-School # 13), Irina Makhnyova (School # 76) and Maria Yarkova

(Lyceum # 110).

Our special thanks goes to Suhita Shirodkar for taking part in Digital Video

Conference for Yekaterinburg students and leading the skethcing session in San

Jose as well as providing great inspiration to all project participants.