Photographs by Alfonso (St Paul’s), Erin (Rowe), Kennedy (Corbett) and Kody (Corbett) from last week at Namanu ODS on photography recreation.
6th grader Alfonso from St Paul’s School took this of me last week during photography recreation at Namanu, I am definitely keeping it to show off. Thanks Alfonso!
Tomorrow the installation of the Pizza Hut will come down from Field Work and Hannah will go away back to Toronto. So in case you were not able to see it, there are some pictures of the installation here.
PS, Hannah has been involved with this project called The Pedagogical Impulse working with Helen Reed for a woman named Stephanie Springgay at University of Toronto’s teacher education program. The panels and workshops that they did at Open Engagement were SO NEAT. Today they made a human concept map with 1-inch buttons pinned on everyone’s clothes, and a bunch of blaze orange nylon twine. And in Toronto, they have been making an edition of chocolates with a class of 6th graders. GOODBYE HANNAH I’LL MISS YOU
For Immediate Release! From Hannah!
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Howard Huts is/was a series of embedded art-works and experiments produced in the woods near Corbett, Oregon in collaboration with 6th graders, high school students and staff of the Multnomah Education Service District’s Outdoor School. This project was initiated in parallel to ArtODS, a pilot project that began to incorporate the arts and creative practices into the existing curriculum and community life at Howard Outdoor School during the Fall of 2011. Both of these initiatives have been generously supported by; Friends of Outdoor School, the Gray Family Fund, the Wieden Family Public Fund and The Starseed Foundation.
Also, thanks to all of the organizers of Open Engagement!
I’m not sure why I haven’t done this already, but I made an online slideshow of a selection of student photographs from Fall 2011 at Howard ODS. I’m hoping to put together a printed book of them so each student can have one.
Additionally, Kim Silva acquired 8 digital cameras for ArtODS, and I made a cue card so that any staff member could teach with it. Cosmos, a PL at Howard, has already taught several photo recreations this session, and I’m so glad.
Anyway, Old News! But now it’s on the internet.
Just written on Namanu Plants Field Study this morning
I am soft like a pillow
I am green like a shamrock
I am tall like a giraffe
I am subtle like a winter wren
I am skinny like a pen
I am feathery like a quillBRACKEN FERN
This upcoming weekend, get ready for Open Engagement!
“Open Engagement is an international conference that sets out to explore various perspectives on art and social practice and expand the dialogue around socially engaged art making.” It’s a function of PSU’s Art and Social Practice program!
It’s happening in Portland this weekend! I will be there, Hannah “Minty” Jickling and her partner Helen Reed will be presenting about their art and education pedagogy, it will be amazing.
SIDE NOTE: You must register to attend but guess what: REGISTRATION IS FREE
This is a brilliant recreation that has been going on at Howard this session. All you need is string, some sticks, and a name for your vessel. And water to set sail upon!
Weasel leads students from Faulconer-Chapman school through this session’s water introduction. She asks them to think of what they already know a healthy body of water looks like and sounds like. Then they write these things down. Weasel then asks them to make a drawing of that healthy body of water using those things.
Once they are done drawing, she asks them to share with one another the similarities and differences in their drawings, and uses them to connect to what they’re about to experience learning in the field.
(Source: vimeo.com)
These are some better photos of Week 3’s contributions to Karma’s Soil project. Each week of this session, Karma’s soil student leaders will collect each class’ soil origins on a certain color of paper. She ends up with four different colors, one for each class, tied to a branch. Then, she will display this branch with the other branches for the rest of the session, as she collects more. Is the final plan to burn them all together? Maybe.
I like how simply it works, and I like the collaborative long-term aspect of it. I wish I could see what everyone wrote! Maybe when it all comes down we can untie them and read them. Or not! It is up to Karma.
