Aug 31, 2009

an installation... a collaboration... a tradition.


It all started two years ago as I pulled streams of giant brown paper from the fleet of boxes delivering supplies. "This could be great for something," I thought. And, from those recycled packaging materials grew a tree -- a giant paper sculpture bearing leaves designed by each student in the school. Last year, we moved to the animal kingdom, creating a tremendous dragon, featuring scales designed by each student.


And this year...


... our installation will don feathers. 


All 437 students will create a feather in their favorite color. As a result, this new plumy pal will double as a sculptural pictograph, using feathers to represent our statistical data. ... And ... silently promote recycling.

Aug 29, 2009

podcast premiere

... with the help of Garageband by Apple, I plodded and podded away...
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Aug 26, 2009

welcome.


Hundreds of students spill in and out of this giant creativity lab, making all kinds of discoveries, and all kinds of art. Kids naturally plunge into the creative process, understanding first-hand what it means to be an artist.

Philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy said,




" The artist is not a special kind of person; 


rather each person is a special kind of artist."