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
Just as President Obama dedicated a statue of Rosa Parks to be placed in the Capital’s National Statuary Hall Collection, fifth grade students at Mills Lawn started a large scale contour drawing of… Continue reading
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the fantastic show, Art for Social Change, at the Yellow Springs Arts Council, it’s worth a visit! Project Peace has a display as well… Continue reading
Fourth and fifth grade students are focused on drawing self-portraits that celebrate their strengths and goals for being peacemakers. Starting with carefully drawn self-portraits, students are reflecting on their personality and ways that… Continue reading
Fourth and fifth grade students at Mills Lawn started self portraits using contour (simplified line or outline)drawings with words layered on top. Students will create these self-portraits with the goal… Continue reading
