This fall high school students at Prairie Phoenix Academy were joined by middle school students from Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School to finish beautifying the last side of the building. Students worked on mosaic sections reflecting prairie flowers and painted landscapes with inspirational sayings. Students also did much of the power washing of the building to prepare the walls for paint and mosaic. This phase of the project was funded by Dane Arts’ Power 2 Give.
Play and Learn is a drop-in program for parents and their children who are age 5 and under. It is designed to offer kids who are not attending structured pre-school the opportunity to have fun while preparing for kindergarten success. Participants left ideas for the jungle-themed mural in a “drop-box.” Suggestions included monkeys, a waterfall, and a Sri Lanka – looking jungle. All the animals in the mural are animals found in Sri Lanka – except maybe the butterflies!
Students in UW Office of Educational Opportunities College for Kids program make collages, soft sculpture figures and found object creatures in “Arts of the Americas” with Shadayra Kilfoy-Flores.
Students from UW Office of Educational Opportunities Technology & Arts program make 3 exterior mosaics at Centro Hispano during the 2012 heat wave.
During the “We Rise Like the Phoenix” mural project, students from all 6 alternative programs helped create murals on 3 sides of the school building. The student-designed murals include important activities that happen at the school, inspirational slogans and mosaics. Funding for this phase of the project was provided by American Girl Fund for Children.
These collages were made in Guadalajara and San Pancho, Nayarit Mexico while I was painting “GO BIG ART: Madison to Mexico Mural Project” in early 2012. Most of the items in them were purchased or gathered in Gadalajara. Included in each collage is a paper boat made by a second grader at the Drexel Bilingual School where the first artist-in-residency was held.
UW Office of Educational Opportunities Art & Techology and College for Kids students help paint a cart to be used to provide produce to underserved neighborhoods, create action paintings, soft sculptures and found art sculptures in “Arts of the Americas.” Students also visit the Chazen Museum of Art.
The Williamson Street Art Center partners with the Respite Center to help children and their families create “Good People” badges at Overture Center for the Arts International Festival.
Students in UW Office of Educational Oppotunities College for Kids program create action paintings that grace the hallways of Center for Families Respite Center program.