Kristin is spearheading an effort to bring artists Jeanne and David Aurelius to the district next fall for an artist-in-residence program with the goal of rendering a large tile mural in the Winnequah cafeteria. The project is meant to enhance the environment at Winnequah and mark the transition to an elementary school.
The project involves the artists working with the elementary students to select a theme, create the artistic elements and merge them into the overall design, manufacture the individual tiles (one per student) and then install them as a mural. The result is a unique and permanent creation that is an expression of the students and the school community.
More details of the process can be found on the Clay Bay Pottery website.
Kristin has been working with Ann Schroeder, Peter Kuzma, the PTO and several members of the community on this project. A big fundraising event is being planned for early next school year, hopefully to be supplemented with grants from area arts organizations. Volunteers will be needed to help both with the fundraising efforts and the art project itself, send me an email at sobol_p@yahoo.com if you would like to help!
Kristin is planning a brief presentation at next Wednesday's board meeting to introduce this project to the community.
3 comments:
This is good stuff!
There are HS students who have taken the advanced ceramic classe in the art department - it would be nice to invite them be involved. Always good for these kids to see what is out there in the real word, art-wise.
That is an excellent suggestion. I will pass that on!
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