Earlier this month, I interviewed a few students in the Penn Treaty after-school clay animation class. I was curious to know how the students perceive their art as expressive communication, a connection to their friends and the world beyond their middle school. Below is an abridged transcript of our interview. Keisha: 8th grade, …
Thank you to ASI teachers Ning Zhang, Alex Becher, and Destiny Simmons for teaching and Lauren Glavin for your wonderful photos. We are so grateful to the Penn Treaty Special Services District for providing funding to help us continue this program!
“There are a number of students in the class who really do a good job coming up with an idea, rounding it out, and then creating it. They are enthusiastic, they grasp the concepts of the assigned projects, and they are persistent in the execution of the ideas they have. …
Homeless Person Corner I wanted to share one of the things that happened during our claymation class today. I was helping the students brainstorm ideas for their project to see what they could come up with. We were talking about education and how the world has changed through our increasing understanding about …
Hello Again, It has been a while since I’ve posted and I’m excited to share what we’ve been doing lately. With the help of Ning Zhang, I am teaching a wonderful group of middle school students from the Penn Treaty Schools during a program after school on Fridays. We began a …
Experiential learning is important for preschoolers. They are just learning to identify shapes, letters, words, and to ways to articulate their thoughts and experiences. Investigating tactile materials and various forms of mark making is really important for this age group, as they develop fine motor skills, interact with their environment, and …
We have kicked off a new project with Penn Treaty’s middle school and high school students in the after school program with Joseph Brand and a wonderful, ever-changing group of creative and enthusiastic students. To get our kids comfortable with making clay projects and starting transitions, we asked them to …
As a recipient of the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant, we were featured on the Knight Foundation Blog. Visit the announcement on the Knight Foundation’s site here!
