Saturday, May 26, 2007

May 2007: Infusion Campus "ME-tamorphosis" Workshop

On Friday, May 25, I led a workshop at the Infusion Campus in Springfield, Ohio (http://www.artsinterface.org/infusioncampus.html). About 16 youth from 1st-7th grade attended to participate in a "ME-tamorphosis" project. The kids each created a piece of art in which they began with a self-portrait that they then transformed into something new, like an animal, plant, or object. Above is the example that I showed the kids to give them the general idea (it's a piece I created back in high school). They also used a hand-out (taken from http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/create/tech_proportion.html) to help them learn about the proportions of the face. In the end, each participant created a unique piece, and the kids seemed to have a good time - and so did I.