Our January edition of ArtsReach went off without a hitch! I think that we are really hitting our stride with the way program is designed and it is so great to see ArtsReach start to catch on with the kids.
We've matched the kids up into mentor/mentee pairs to promote collaboration and joint discovery. These kids were great about this new aspect of the program and our mentors did a fabulous job of taking ownership over their important role.
This month we made artwork that responded to the work of Karie O'Donnell who is our gallery artist this month. As a Brant Rock native, Karie creates artwork that is inspired by the sea.
After we were finished making artwork everybody brought their piece back into the gallery space to share the decisions they made with the group. We got into discussion about what "mixed media" means as well as what it is to create artwork as a response to another piece. "Is it copying?" "Is it tracing it and then coloring it differently?" It can be both of those things and more! A lot of the work made that day had a bit of a tropical feel to it, which you can't blame them for with these bitter days we've been having. Even though their art seems as though it is from the tropics, and Karie's work is based more firmly in Marshfield, it is still the sea no matter where you find it.
Thanks for coming ArtsReach participants!! Hope to see you again next month for the February edition of ArtsReah where we will be looking at artwork made from artists from the group called SNAC.
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