IMAGIN-ATLAS MAPS, PART 2

A few more maps from the Imagin-Atlas project - these are from the 5 - 6 year old ART BRAINS group. Lookin' good.

shirt twins!

ART AFTER SCHOOL AT BLOOMBARS

The last class of the Early 2012 Art After School session at BloomBars took place on March 14th, and I wanted to write a little note here to honor its happening. In my opinion, the session was a total success. I had the opportunity to work with a great group of kids in the unique second-floor space of BloomBars, which really is a strong creative force in the community with so much to offer (seriously - check it out). I'm very grateful to BloomBars founder and magic-maker John Chambers for working with me on this program, to the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for making it possible, and to the creative kids and supportive parents who made the whole thing worthwhile.  Thanks, guys!! I hope to see more of you in the future.

IMAGIN-ATLAS

detail from Jasper's map

IMAGIN-ATLAS.

Youth will be asked to invent their own country or land, filling it in with drawings of the landscape, wildlife, people and history it holds. 

We did this project with my Art Brains classes (this session being co-taught with me by the talented  Rachel Schmidt), and my two Art After School classes.  I loved seeing what the kids came up with, especially some of the narratives that were born from it. We looked at a bunch of different maps, both factual and fictional, for inspiration. As it turns out, there is much turmoil in these imagined lands (snake pits! tar rivers! mine fields! rotten banana forests with viscious trash can creatures!) but also some rather lovely places anyone might like to visit, like Rainbow World and Cloud Island, a peaceful paradise with soft cloud beds. Check out a selection of images from the older Art Brains class below, and a few videos of the kids explaining their maps.

Sam's map

 

by Sasson

Andrew

Click below to see more maps!

SHADOW MACHINES AT COMET PING PONG

Here are the results of the "Shadow Machines" project (first debuted at Artisphere) at Comet Ping Pong. Not too shabby for having an hour less art-making time than the 3-hour Art Brains class!

by Ethan

Helena with one of her "machines"

Juliet with her work

Ethan's rocket with tree

Havana with her work

Anika, with a shadow machine made for Mom!

 A short, silent film by Ethan