“I was also able to give the students an opportunity to participate in a unique and fun art program.” Continue reading
Forest Grove Art Literacy
Project Topic: art
Creativity for Kids
“I saw the children learn and begin to apply creative skills that helped them develop personal skills over time.” Continue reading
Cosplay and Community
This student was involved a community of people who participated in cosplay, or costume-play, and noticed that many members of this community lacked the ability and/or resources to create their own costumes. This student addressed this problem by organizing a cosplay workshop that enabled members of her cosplay community to work together and collectively create their desired costumes. Continue reading
World Awareness Club
This civic engagement project centered on starting a club on campus that would focus on global justice issues. To jump start the club, they organized an art show and auction to raise awareness on global hunger and raise money for Action Against Hunger–an organization that focuses on ending child malnutrition by providing clean water and sustainable food solutions. Continue reading
Palestine
One part of this project organizing a panel discussion with a political science professor, a philosophy professor and two community activists–one Jewish and one Palestinian–discussing the political situation in Palestine. The second part was an art project for which students painted and then displayed a “wall” to raise awareness about Palestine. Continue reading
Art with Kids
Three students worked together to raise money and art supplies for the kids in Banks School. They also taught three classes in the school; after preparing lesson plans that met with the local teacher’s enthusiastic approval, they taught the little kids some drawing, composition, and coloring techniques. Continue reading