Well we did it, we actually did it… we the 9th Ward group actually went to the community. Not a big deal, you say? But since this is a community arts class and we had no community, it is to us. We ventured out across Claiborne into the 9th Ward to the House of Dance [...]
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9th Ward 4: One for the Team
Posted in Lower 9th Ward on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
9th Ward 3: Invisible Community
Posted in Lower 9th Ward on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With less than a month of classes to undergo, my group is changing assignment. Due to the standardizing testing and problems with the art teacher and faculty we have not been able to go to the school. Its rather disappointing, after planning the activities for the children and never getting to follow them through. But [...]
9th Ward 2: MLK plays in clay
Posted in Lower 9th Ward on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Still unable go to MLK, the students met in the ceramic studio to learn more about the new medium they would be working in; clay. For the basics there 3 different types of clay bodies: stonewear, earthenwear, porcelain. Our class will work predominately in stonewear. We also learned that clay is used more than we [...]
9th Ward 1: MLK Project
Posted in Lower 9th Ward on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Lower 9th Ward project consists of implementing artistic activities into the curriculum of restoring Bayou Bienvenue around Martin Luther King Jr Elementary. With the help from Rasheida a clay artist from the ninth ward the our student will focus on clay bodies and ways to restore the bayou while enriching there students. The Community [...]
