Ms. Kronas

I'm a mom of two beautiful daughters, and an art teacher. #futureready204 IPSD204, NIU Alum

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@MrCookSchool @Starbucks What a let down Chris! Have you been to Sugar Milk Cafe in Naperville? I'm obsessed with their raspberry chai and they have a Frida Kahlo gallery! Love!

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Are you an @MWwolverines parent? We are looking for more parent volunteers to curate another culturally diverse Artist of the Month board. Contact me if you are interested in choosing our next artist for display! @ipsd204 Here are some examples from this school year.

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Love is in the air @MWwolverines. Hoping to hand out some Kindness Hearts today! Loving our heART! #artsed #KindnessMatters @ipsd204 @JennSimios

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Some Winter Art at @MWwolverines #artsed Hopefully this is the last of the snow we see. :)

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Congratulations to our @MWwolverines for having their artwork displayed last year on 95th Street! Our artists were so excited to see their artwork blown up to such a large size! @ipsd204 #artsed

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Way to go Alfiya! @MWwolverines @Artsonia #artsed

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Please vote for my 5th grade student Alfiya!!!
@MWwolverines #arted

https://t.co/TFkiI3KTdp

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@AlishaSmith1230 @YNSingers So Cute! Tell the twins I said, "HELLO!"

[Indian Prairie 204 @ipsd204]

Feliz Día de los Muertos. Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Latin America and honors the dead with festivities filled with color, music, and food.

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Miming for my students today! @MWwolverines Fall hallway displays! #Arteducation

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Day of the Dead hallway displays!

[Indian Prairie 204 @ipsd204]

We will never forget.

[Gifted. @wggifted]

“2e kids, as they’re called, have a unique set of issues that need addressing.” https://t.co/4KvBATPhCd

[CATH Simard @cathsimard_]

I left the fashion industry 9 years ago because I didn’t feel fulfilled, I was depressed, and I didn’t align with the values of the industry. I was not happy making a living off my physical appearance.

I was also severely underweight to fit the industry standards back then (about 98 pounds for 5’7, lost my period for a few years) and knew I had to get back to a healthy place.

So, I sold all my designer clothing, broke the lease of my apartment, and bought a one-way ticket to Australia. Over there, I worked at a cherry farm then a banana farm. The job was very physical, my health improved a little bit, I had a routine, a job to do every day, I had no pressure to look a certain way and I could escape in my mind for hours while working. It was, in a sense, peaceful with very little stress, but I still felt a deep emptiness.

Once my farm work was done, I took a 2-month solo trip to Indonesia, Hawaii and the Canadian Rockies. The Canadian Rockies were where I found my passion for hiking, backpacking and landscape photography. For 3 weeks, I slept on the passenger’s seat of my rental car and photographed the area at the best of my ability. (I had only started photography a few months before). Little did I know that this would be the start of my carreer.

Over the next few years, as my passion for landscape photography grew, my physical and mental health got better. I learned to treat my body with respect and be thankful for it. The emptiness was still there, but would disappear when I would spend time in the mountains and create.

Climbing up a mountain gives you the ‘’illusion’’ to fight for something that’s worth fighting for. When you do it enough times, this illusion becomes a reality and you heal. Creating art gives you the ability to express your deepest emotions and process them. Together, they healed me and still are. (A forever work in progress)

For many of us artists, art is our therapy. It is sacred.

This is why, at least for me, web3 can be hard to navigate at times. Floor prices, supply, selling out, 1/1s, editions, ROI, utility, airdrops … All of this can sometimes feel a little bit soulless however important to consider if you want to make a living in web3. It is a harsh and conflicting reality.

That’s why empathy towards each other is important. You never know what art can mean to someone. It can range from a fun hobby to an absolute survival mechanism. Photography and hiking personally saved my life and I’m sure art saved many lives.

Hope you enjoyed this read.

[IPEF 204 @ipef204]

IPEF is proud to have supported the Fine Arts Festival in @ipsd204 since 1988, and is grateful to SECA and its art grants for helping the Foundation to continue to fund the program! Check out what @NapervilleIL is doing with some of our student art! https://t.co/25pZpiPZSn

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Loving all these mural pics with our students! I had to get in on the fun too! @MWwolverines #aWolverineWelcome

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#aWolverineWelcome

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All the students were posing with the megaphone as I intended but, this creative soul asked if she could be photographed holding the butterfly instead. #thinkoutsidethebox @ipsd204 #arted @MWwolverines

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Everyone is Welcome Here! More mural fun! @ipsd204 #arted @MWwolverines #aWolverineWelcome

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@MWwolverines #aWolverineWelcome #artsed