July 2008 Visiting Art Educator: Meet Peggy Powers

Students enrolled in the Elementary Art Education ARTS305 course explored methods of collage with visiting artist Peggy Powers! Students enjoyed the concept of nature and linked art making to the science curriculum (SOLs). Art Education methods were based on the work of distinguished illustrator Eric Carle. Studio methods were then applied during the service-learning project held at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia.

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My visit to the Lab School of Washington was amazing. Founded by Sally Smith, in 1967, the Lab School demonstrates daily, the Power of Art to teach all of our students; especially students with learning disabilities. This image is me with visiting artist Christopher Rauschenberg.

The artwork fountain was designed by the students at the Lab School.

Patty Edwards has recently been selected to participate in the “Power of Art” workshop hosted by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Edwards will join fellow arts educators at the Lab School in Washington DC. May 2008.

Art Education Service Learning Project: Youth Art Month 2008

This spring semester 2008, Art Education Students enrolled in the ARTS305 course at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center; completed a service-learning project.

Artwork on display at the Rosemont Youth Library in Virginia Beach thanks to the Friends of Virginia Beach Library and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia.

Through an initiative with our partners-in-education; the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Virginia and the Rosemont Youth Library, ARTS305 students gained the opportunity to design and implement art education lessons which students taught during Youth Art Month. Visiting young artists were able to create meaning through art making. Student artwork was based on the concept of “Place”. The art lessons included links to literacy and SOLs using art materials of paper collage, origami and painting.

This special project was supported by the Friends of the Virginia Beach Library.
The mural paintings are currently on display at the Rosemont Youth Library at located at 1503 Competitor Court in Virginia Beach.

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Spring 2008 Art Education: Projects

This painting was created by David and Otavia and is all about imagination and dreaming big…

Serving as Art Lecturer at Old Dominion University, I taught ARTS 305: Elementary Art Education at our Norfolk campus, this past spring 2008. This course was particularly exciting because I had the privilege to initiate a project in our community with ODU alumnus, Rob Wetherington of ForKids, inc., a Norfolk based non-profit organization. (visit: www.homesforkids.org.)

Facilitating a service-learning component provides meaningful experiences for my students. Students meet the challenges of designing and implementing art lesson plans for elementary level students. This particular service learning project strengthened their ability to develop art curriculum based on the concept of Place: My Home is My Castle. The project allowed for the application of their research in creative, meaningful ways. Students provided free art lessons held during “Youth Art Month”.

Gallery Exhibit: The finished children’s artwork was hung by my college students at the Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries on our campus. The children’s artwork will be auctioned as an upcoming fund raiser hosted by ForKids, inc. as part of their annual art auction.

I am very proud of the hard work, planning and creative problem solving accomplished by my college level students and visiting young artist participants. Our program seemed to have a positive impact by providing quality teaching and learning experiences through arts education. Because the process was authentic and relevant, I look forward to additional programs with our partner-in-education, ForKids, inc. in the near future.
– Patty Edwards, MFA

Creatively Yours

Dreaming… the relms of possibilities - only through imagination will change take place…today is for the imagination -pe

Community Service Project: Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

During the fall 2007 semester, students enrolled in the ARTS 305 course at the Virginia Beach Higher Education Center worked with visiting young artists and created on a forty foot large-scale mural directly on the walls at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center in preparation for “Restless Planet”, an upcoming exhibit. Students in the ARTS 305 course designed curriculum linked to Art SOLs and Science SOLs. The artwork developed was based on the concept of place: Coastal Desert, Volcanic Mangrove, Red Sea and Peat Swamp.

studio visit… welcome to my studio

watch out - don’t step near that wet paint! -PE

The current paintings are based on the concept of GroupThink and tranformations; the works are four x five ft. and acrylic, chalk and mixed media on canvas. - PE