Past projects 3
Twisteez Wire for Gee's Bend Quilts
Funded Apr 10, 2017Thank you so much for your support! Students loved learning about the Gee's Bend quilts and, with your donation, they were able to make colorful wire versions of their own collaborative quilts.
The Gee's Bend quilters are an African American quilting community in the rural south. Students learned about this important art collective and bent, twisted and cut wire to put their own quilts group together. This sort of collaboration is crucial to the social and emotional growth of middle school students. Furthermore, the act of manipulating wire was a wonderful exercise for students' motor skills.
Thank you again for your donation!”
With gratitude,
Ms. McKendrick
Happy Homes for Art Materials
Funded Mar 12, 2017Thank you so much for your generous donation. Our new bins have made a tremendous difference to the art program at our school!
Our school is overcrowded and we unfortunately do not have the space for an art room. Before having these bins, I kept students' work and materials in folders, cardboard boxes and plastic bags--this was unsightly and ineffective as things were always getting lost or accidentally thrown out. These bins help me keep students materials and artwork organized as I travel from room to room to teach. Students spend less time looking for work and materials, and more time creating. Thank you again for donating to our art program!”
With gratitude,
Ms. McKendrick
Paint On! High School Portfolio Prep
Funded Mar 7, 2017Thank you so much for your generous donation to our after school portfolio prep club. My students were so excited to see receive their new supplies, and got busy painting right away. With their new paints, my students have been making portraits, still lives and works from imagination--all of which can be added to their high school portfolios.
Applying to high school in New York City is a very demanding process. My students in the portfolio prep club are interested in applying to competitive specialized art high school. Their experiences working with paint, and the beautiful paintings they've made, will help them tremendously with the application process.”
With gratitude,
Ms. McKendrick