Friday, January 13, 2012

Hope Town School

Friday January 13th, was our first day with the students. We started our day working with pre-school, then 1-2 grade, 3-4 and lastly 5-6. Classes are small in numbers so they are combined into one. Today's objective was learning students names and getting a hold of the skill sets of each grade. We first talked about warm and cool colors, to shapes, and then to collaging. Older students worked on collaging their names, while the younger students worked on developing warm colored letters.

Our plans for future classes are to next work on color wheels, getting to know opposites and complimentary colors. Then will work on an ongoing mural on one of the outside walls of the school. Making t-shirts for the students, where they draw themselves picking up their environment, which will then lead into creating a mobile of ocean-life.

Examples of Student Work


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Name Change

We have joined up with Island Waves Community Center in Marsh Harbor, teaching the art program. Our program is evolving to encompass both Bahamian and Haitian students on the Island of Abaco, we are changing the name of the program to Abaco Integrative Art Program.

Link to Island Waves Community Center- Island Waves Page

Monday, January 9, 2012

Monday January 9th-

Met with the local Hope Town primary school leaders/teachers today. We are going to be teaching art on Fridays during the school days. They do not have art at the moment, and the children seem very excited!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

First Class-

Sunday January 8th-

Started our first class today. It was a success, had 15-20 students in total. Ages ranging from 6-14. We worked our simple shapes and colors while creating our own name tags!



                                               John working on his Name tag.
                                                Jessica working with students.
Jaclyn with students showing finished work.