Rainforest ArtLink Introductory Workshop

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:15 AM
Our Rainforest ArtLink program is launching! Miguel Barreto has been conducting introductory workshops in schools in our area.  This photograph is featuring Miguel in a school in the Bronx.  He is preparing this class for their journey into exploring the culture in the rain-forest region of Guatemala. This innovative program asks the question, how does the environment affect one’s culture? Partner classes exchange art on an environmental theme and then have the opportunity to question their partners in a live video conference. Given the unique location of the international partner classes the dialogue focuses on the impact of environment on culture. This proves to be both an exciting adventure and a profound experience for all the students.


Video Conferencing is Underway!

Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:26 PM
Many of our participating ArtLink classes have been and continue to video conference with one another.  This is a very exciting component to our programs.  Today there was a video conference between a class in Glastonbury, CT and a class in St.Petersburg, Russia. This is a live, real time, video conference.  The students meet and ask questions about one another's art work and cultures.  In this case, both classes spoke in their partners native languages. It was inspiring!
This image is a split screen of the two classes. USA is on the right and Russia is on the left. The video conference brings the students on a brief but extraordinary journey into one another's class room, one another's country and one another's culture. 

Art Exchanged - Discovery Continues!

Monday, February 6, 2012 9:39 AM
By now, most of our 2011-2012 ArtLink participants should have their partners art and should be enjoying the journey of discovery! This art work was created by a student from a class in Japan at Hiroshima Nagisa Senior High School who is partnered with a class at the Center for Global Studies located here in Norwalk, CT.
  

The name of the art piece is titled "Woman's Pose" by Maya S. age 15. It is a type of art form called ukiyo-e or “pictures of the floating world” this art form originated in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo). The paper cutouts are from Chiyogami, a type of Japanese paper decorated with brightly colored, wood-block printed patterns.

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