Week 2...Art Workshops at Kasota Primary School

On Monday, we began the second part of Renewing Material, the Talking Mural Exchange and art workshops. Nine schools in total were involved, split into two locations - Kasota and Buyoga. This is an image of a promo poster that was given out to the community.

Five schools convened at Kasota Primary School, ready to participate and create. When we arrived, there were over a hundred children ready and waiting. (As a side note, we asked that 20 students be selected from each participating school. We learned that Kasota P.S. has over 350 students and 7 teachers!)

As for the day's activities, Fred and Amanda were involved in communicating and executing the creation of a Talking Mural on bark cloth that will be taken back to Rasor Elementary, Becca's school. Also, Amanda was engaging with the students to understand what they were learning from the experience for her thesis. Ivan, Becca, and I were manning the 3 art activity stations inside - printmaking on barkcloth, drawing on canvas, and paper bead making.