“I want my art to change people’s perspectives.” – Jennifer
Archive for January, 2010
ART 180 calendar
Monday, January 25th, 2010Download the ART 180 calendar for your desktop wallpaper, to hang in your office, or in your kitchen. Each month has another inspiring quote from one of our many artists. Thank you to Chris Milk Hulburt whose artwork decorates each month. A new monthly calendar will be posted on the first of each month, so check back to see what the kids have to say.
January
Here’s jan2010.
Open Studio at Sacred Heart
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Open Studio, 1.14.2010
what we do
ELKHARDT MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Elkhardt Middle School was there.
Elkhardt girls did several mixed media projects
Elkhardt Girls describe their culture through texture.
Texture collage from Elkhardt girls
ELKHARDT MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS
The Elkhardt boys learned about puppetry
They also created alter ego hand-and-rod puppets.
One funny character!
BOUSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Boushall students how to us digital photography to express themselves.
The Boushall photographers focused on several different ideas, including 'purpose' and 'surrender'
Boushall artists worked together and use photography to send a message and express their emotions.
One of the artists from Boushall Middle School with some of her work.
Photography based on 'purpose'
SOUTHWOOD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
Southwood Boys & Girls Club worked on sculpting planters and studying the idea of community. This semester they will create a community garden to utilize their pea pots and planters.
This planter has brighter colors than the one shown above. The artists explained that they wanted this one to by uplifting, while the other is calm and mellow.
Southwood artist Lateria Keene
What Lateria has to say....
One Southwood artist's feelings about their project
Southwood created pea pots to be used in the community garden they're building this semester
Southwood student Nelestra Bell
What Nelestra has to say...
Section of the scupture called 'Purple Thunder'
Have a Dream
Monday, January 18th, 2010On a day when we remember a great man, we must not forget his dream. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned better tomorrow and continues to inspire those to make that day a reality.
This Fall, 5th graders from the I Have a Dream Foundation-Richmond at Broad Rock Elementary shared their own dreams for the future through our songwriting program led by Maurice Jackson, Josh Scolaro and Qasarah Bey. The Dreamers recorded their song about a week ago at Rainmaker Studios.
We hope you take this day not only to reflect on the struggles and sacrifice of great leaders like Dr. King, but to also think forward about how you can make a positive difference in your own community and your own life. Share your dream and make it a reality.
I Have a Dream (mp3)
(Right click and select “Save link as…” to download the song.)
Ashley and Kianya in the recording studio
Change through art.
Monday, January 11th, 2010“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
That’s what we do. ART 180 uses the talents of many Richmond painters, crafters, musicians, photographers, writers, and dancers to change the lives of student in Richmond Public Schools by providing the children with the possibility to imagine something different. ART 180 believes that these young people are transformed by the power of self-expression and the ability to communicate their own ideas. Our Program Leaders instruct the local youth on how to produce art with a certain medium, like printmaking or puppetry. Throughout the process, the children are encouraged to use their imagination to convey their own thoughts and emotions through this newly learned medium, and once they have given a voice to their ideas, ART 180 provides the platform for them to be heard. This week, that platform is Open Studio.
We had 14 amazing programs in the fall of 2009 and what the youth have come up with is impressive: dance, prose, photography, and a mixed media tapestry! There are three opportunities (see the schedule below) to see what these kids are saying. Come, listen/see/experience, and see what these kids’ imaginations can teach you.
Tuesday, January 12, at 6 pm
Gallery5 • 200 W. Marshall St. • (804) 644-0005
(in Jackson Ward between Adams & Madison)
Comics by Friends Association for Children
Mural by Henderson Middle School/
Communities In Schools of Richmond
Mixed media tapestry by Southside Boys & Girls Club
Prints by St. Andrew’s School
Wednesday, January 13, at 6 pm
The Robinson Theater • 2903 Q St. • (804) 562-9133
(in Church Hill at 29th Street)
Music by I Have a Dream–Richmond at
Broad Rock Elementary School
Writing by Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School/
Communities In Schools of Richmond
Drumming and dancing by The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
Theater by Youth Life Foundation of Richmond
Thursday, January 14, at 6 pm
Sacred Heart Center • 1400 Perry St. • (804) 230-4399
(in Manchester between Commerce & Cowardin/Jeff Davis Highway)
Photographs by Boushall Middle School/
Communities In Schools of Richmond
Mixed media quilt by Elkhardt Middle School/
Communities In Schools of Richmond
Puppets by Elkhardt Middle School/
Communities In Schools of Richmond
Sculpture by Southwood Boys & Girls Club