| Digital Art Residency |
Playing Card Portraits – Students begin by drawing portraits on paper, and scanning them into the computer in this 4-6 day residency. Using Photoshop, students then manipulate their image, adding color, patterns and possibly text. The final result is copied, flipped and placed to create a “playing card” with the student’s imaginative image. Grades 4-12 Salvador Dali Dreamscapes – Students will download images from the internet, learn about composition and put together the images using Photoshop to create a surreal scene in this 4-6 day residency. They will be taught to use a variety of tools, enhancements and filters to construct their images. Grades 6-12 & Adult
|  | Kids Write Now Residency | Students are encouraged to think, write and talk about the social issues and ethical dilemmas they encounter in their lives. This innovative residency is customized to meet the needs of individual schools, while addressing a wide variety of issues including Bullying and Bystanders; Subtle Exclusion; Cliques and Gossip; Family Dynamics; Academic Pressure; and Cheating and Stealing. Each day begins with the presentation of original, realistic fiction written in the first person voice of a child, in which the main character faces a challenging situation. The story stops just as the narrator must make a difficult decision. The students are asked to assume the first person voice of the narrator and write the story’s ending. This exercise helps students develop critical thinking and writing skills as they analyze the character’s situation and devise an ending that offers a resolution. All students are invited to share their individual endings with the class and any personal experience they have with the themes for each story. The class then becomes a forum for lively discussion on a variety of topics of concern to the students and their communities. Kids Write Now can also bring stories in script form, allowing students to write and act out their endings, or custom written stories reflecting units of study - such as Greek Mythology. Grades 5-8 |  | Mosaic Residency | Under the guidance and instruction of artist Donna Conklin King each student will design, glue and grout an original mosaic tile artwork. This 5-10 day residency encourages creativity and exercises higher level problem solving skills, as children select and use shapes and colors to build a design. Each child’s vision will be realized in a mosaic creation to take home, or to be installed at the school as a lasting piece of art. Created to reflect a specific theme, the tiles can be permanently placed as an archway border, a frame around a door, a decorative ledge, etc. For schools undergoing construction, they may even be placed in the foundation. Students will learn the history of the art and gain a better understanding of the magnitude of the undertaking in covering entire walls and ceilings with these beautiful works of art. Grades 6-12 |
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