Photos by Elizabeth White, Julia Sherman, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Susan Sakash and Rob Crowley
Further musings on the July 1st presentation can be found here.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Armadillo Project has a new mobile home!
Some avid RISD | Public Engagement blog readers might remember the Armadillo Project, an MIT-sponsored repurposing of a FEMA trailer, from the Tricks of the Eye exhibition earlier this spring.
Last week, MIT professor and Armadillo project coordinator Jae Rhim Lee, passed off the keys to the trailer to an AMAZING arts group based out of Pasadena, CA called Side Street Projects. In a nutshell Side Street Projects is a completely-mobile artist-run organization that helps visual artists with a wide array of unusual programs and practical services that help artists roll up their sleeves and do things themselves.
Each year, more than 1,000 children age 5-11 participate in SSP's renowned Woodworking Bus program, which teaches kids how to use tools and create unique objects out of wood. For the grown-ups, they also provide a host of practical support services designed to meet the needs of working artists.
You can follow the Armadillo's journey back to California here. Once it returns the Armadillo will become newest addition to Side Streets fleet of mobile art education classrooms for kids in LA County.
A happy ending to a great piece of public art!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Project Open Door DEEP DOCUMENTATION
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 FROM 5-8PM
at the RISD | Public Engagement Gallery
IN RISD’S CIT BUILDING, 169 WEYBOSETT STREET, 2ND Floor
Project Open Door and RISD | Public Engagement invite you to the opening of DEEP DOCUMENTATION, a multimedia installation by local teaching artist and documentarian Jori Ketten resulting from Ketten's participation in a year-long RISD Project Open Door classroom.
Deep Documentation is funded by the Surdna Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Contrasting with standard evaluation projects by resisting reduction and simplification, the installation instead provides a textured look at student learning via interactive exhibits, video, and the pairing of text and still images.
What are students really taking away from my classroom?
At the end of the school year, educators around the country are asking themselves this question as summer vacation approaches. Tests, papers, standardized tests, and rubrics help school teachers analyze what students have learned, but questions remain: What did my students deeply absorb? What changed or shifted for them this year? What do they really think about their work, and what are they taking away for the experience of being in my classroom?
The same questions apply for teaching artists working in schools and after-school programs. It's easy to say arts learning is visible. We know when a student enjoys the arts and we can see his or her skills improve. But what else is he getting out of it? What will she remember? What were the bright moments, what stood out? Why? And how do the arts fit into students' lives when they're not in an arts classroom?
A year-long research and documentation project at RISD’s Project Open Door.
During the 2008-2009 school year, teaching artist and documentarian Jori Ketten was invited to RISD's Project Open Door. Ms. Ketten came to class weekly and piloted participatory observation practices in the program's Portfolio 1 class with the goal of helping program staff understand why students come to Project Open Door and what they get out of the experience.
Project Open Door is a free after school art education and college access program aimed at students from low income families attending Rhode Island’s struggling public schools.
Featuring students' own work and words, the installation is the culmination of Ms. Ketten’s research and investigation. Ms. Ketten will also lead a workshop on June 19 as part of Plugging In: Connecting Teaching Artists with New Media and Technology, a conference at RISD sponsored by the New England Consortium of Artist Educators (www.artisteducators.org).
at the RISD | Public Engagement Gallery
IN RISD’S CIT BUILDING, 169 WEYBOSETT STREET, 2ND Floor
Project Open Door and RISD | Public Engagement invite you to the opening of DEEP DOCUMENTATION, a multimedia installation by local teaching artist and documentarian Jori Ketten resulting from Ketten's participation in a year-long RISD Project Open Door classroom.
Deep Documentation is funded by the Surdna Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Contrasting with standard evaluation projects by resisting reduction and simplification, the installation instead provides a textured look at student learning via interactive exhibits, video, and the pairing of text and still images.
What are students really taking away from my classroom?
At the end of the school year, educators around the country are asking themselves this question as summer vacation approaches. Tests, papers, standardized tests, and rubrics help school teachers analyze what students have learned, but questions remain: What did my students deeply absorb? What changed or shifted for them this year? What do they really think about their work, and what are they taking away for the experience of being in my classroom?
The same questions apply for teaching artists working in schools and after-school programs. It's easy to say arts learning is visible. We know when a student enjoys the arts and we can see his or her skills improve. But what else is he getting out of it? What will she remember? What were the bright moments, what stood out? Why? And how do the arts fit into students' lives when they're not in an arts classroom?
A year-long research and documentation project at RISD’s Project Open Door.
During the 2008-2009 school year, teaching artist and documentarian Jori Ketten was invited to RISD's Project Open Door. Ms. Ketten came to class weekly and piloted participatory observation practices in the program's Portfolio 1 class with the goal of helping program staff understand why students come to Project Open Door and what they get out of the experience.
Project Open Door is a free after school art education and college access program aimed at students from low income families attending Rhode Island’s struggling public schools.
Featuring students' own work and words, the installation is the culmination of Ms. Ketten’s research and investigation. Ms. Ketten will also lead a workshop on June 19 as part of Plugging In: Connecting Teaching Artists with New Media and Technology, a conference at RISD sponsored by the New England Consortium of Artist Educators (www.artisteducators.org).
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Design*Sponge Interview with Peter Hocking
A couple of weeks ago, Peter was interviewed on behalf of New Urban Arts by the editors at Design Sponge.
The guest blog article was published over the long weekend:
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/05/peter-hocking-new-urban-arts.html
The guest blog article was published over the long weekend:
http://www.designspongeonl
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Summer Jobs at Riverzedge
RiverzEdge Arts Project (Woonsocket) seeks:
Landscape Design Project Supervisor
and Mural Project Supervisor
Start Date: 6/22/2009 (temporary summer positions)
Must have BA or BFA. Ideal for recent graduates in Landscape Architecture and Painting.
For more information, contact the Office at 401-427-6906.
Landscape Design Project Supervisor
and Mural Project Supervisor
Start Date: 6/22/2009 (temporary summer positions)
Must have BA or BFA. Ideal for recent graduates in Landscape Architecture and Painting.
For more information, contact the Office at 401-427-6906.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Year of Providence Initiative
Last Wednesday, a group of RISD staff, faculty and administrators gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the Nelson Mandela: Honoring His Legacy initiative.
2008-2009 marked the first attempt to build a cross-campus dialogue around a specific theme, working with students, faculty and staff to integrate these conversations into the classroom and extracurricular activities. A full report of the activities contained within the initiative can be accessed here, including the Free Food 4 Thought dinners (with creative cuisine by RISD Catering), cross-programming with Foundation Studies, English Department, the RISD Film Series, Brown's John Nicolas Brown Center for Public Humanities, and more.
At the closing reception on Wednesday, the co-sponsors of the Nelson Mandela Initiative, the Office of International Programs, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and RISD | Public Engagement announced the launch of the 2009-2010 initiative: The Year Of Providence. This year-long acknowledgement of place and concept will kick off next September with an exhibition of Latino(a) artists at the Ewing House. Featuring work by three RISD students, three RISD faculty and 3 local artists, this exhibition encapsulates the spirit of the initiative, to connect RISD to the rich diversity of the larger Providence community, giving voice to lesser known histories of this city and its residents.
To find out how to get involved in this initiative, feel free to contact RISD | Public Engagement over the summer at 401-427-6906.
2008-2009 marked the first attempt to build a cross-campus dialogue around a specific theme, working with students, faculty and staff to integrate these conversations into the classroom and extracurricular activities. A full report of the activities contained within the initiative can be accessed here, including the Free Food 4 Thought dinners (with creative cuisine by RISD Catering), cross-programming with Foundation Studies, English Department, the RISD Film Series, Brown's John Nicolas Brown Center for Public Humanities, and more.
At the closing reception on Wednesday, the co-sponsors of the Nelson Mandela Initiative, the Office of International Programs, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and RISD | Public Engagement announced the launch of the 2009-2010 initiative: The Year Of Providence. This year-long acknowledgement of place and concept will kick off next September with an exhibition of Latino(a) artists at the Ewing House. Featuring work by three RISD students, three RISD faculty and 3 local artists, this exhibition encapsulates the spirit of the initiative, to connect RISD to the rich diversity of the larger Providence community, giving voice to lesser known histories of this city and its residents.
To find out how to get involved in this initiative, feel free to contact RISD | Public Engagement over the summer at 401-427-6906.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Manifesto Project - Photos
Micaelan Davis ( MFA ‘09 FURN)
Currently on view in the RISD Public Engagement Gallery: The Manifesto Project
Artwork by 11 RISD grad students from the Furniture, Textiles and Jewelry + Metalsmithing departments explore their personal creed as they pertain to being makers of things.
Here are some photos from the exhibition which will be up through Friday May 15th:
Sooyeon Kim (MFA ’10 J&M)
installation view
(l-r) Peter Hedstrom (MFA ’10 FURN), Mary Gagne (MFA ‘10 TX), Erin Scully (MFA ’10 J&M)
foreground Martin Goebel (MFA ’10 FURN)
(l-r) Peter Hedstrom (MFA ’10 FURN), Mary Gagne (MFA ‘10 TX), Erin Scully (MFA ’10 J&M)
foreground Martin Goebel (MFA ’10 FURN)
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