Project Peace is a collaboration between Yellow Springs Schools and Yellow Springs Arts Council. Generous support is provided by the YS Village Human Relations Commission and the Yellow Springs Community Foundation.
The Opening Reception of Project Peace at Antioch University Midwest was a success! Despite the snowy weather, the event was well attended. We were thrilled to celebrate the unveiling of the final Peacemaker… Continue reading
Project Peace was featured on Channel 7 News. If you missed it, take a look! http://www.whiotv.com/videos/news/yellow-springs-schools-promote-anti-bullying/vt4cd/
One last after school session with sixth grade students and the help of additional community artist volunteers resulted in a great amount of progress toward the finished hero/peacemaker portraits. Thanks everyone! Mrs. Paul… Continue reading
Students met with Ms. Paul and Ms. Housh for an after school session for Project Peace this week. Our first task together was to decide on a statement that each student… Continue reading
Check out this beautiful example of an indigo dyed textile brought in to share by one of our sixth graders! This large cloth looks very similar to some of the Japanese Shibori examples… Continue reading
Second and third grade students not only stamped their peacemaker symbols on the canvases that make up the hero/peacemaker artwork for Project Peace, but students created their own print to take home as… Continue reading
Check out these stunning results from sixth graders’ folding, binding, and knotting fabric and dyeing in our indigo vat! These lovely fabric pieces will be cut into strips and added to the fabric… Continue reading
Indigo dyeing has a tradition that goes back thousands of years. Indigo textiles have been found in China, India, and even the pyramids of ancient Egypt. What common clothing item can you think… Continue reading
Second and third graders continue by stamping and printing their symbols to create a beautiful blue border on the hero/peacemaker canvases. Have you started to notice lots of blue in the artwork that… Continue reading
Students are learning about Adinkra symbols from West Africa and designing their own peacemaker symbols. Stamping on fabric to create patterns or areas of contrast is a popular decorative technique on textiles, and… Continue reading
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, dedicated his live to promoting peace and justice and ending segregation. Today, fourth and fifth grade students… Continue reading
Fourth grade students came to their second session of Project Peace with research on hero/peacemakers Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks. Students voted as a class to start sketching on… Continue reading
During the final Project Peace session with first grade students, we made it our goal to brighten as many messages of peace as possible with different shades of blue.The students used sky blue,… Continue reading
