Hey Peeps! Connie asked me to share a bit about a project she saw on my personal blog. I got to do an artist-in-residence project this May. So freaking cool. I swear it was a blast every day. You know you hear the sappy stuff people say about these things - stuff like how they get more out of it than the kids? Well......true that! It was really a rewarding thing. This project had about a billion examples of why it is so important to support the arts in schools. A LOT of these kids were special needs kids. The vast majority of them were around 12 or 13. They worked their tails off to get this accomplished and it was fabulous. I highly recommend it if you ever get the opportunity to share your gifts with kids......or whoever.
Anyway, I did a short little video of the month that I was at this school https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf4DZJDAq6g about 30 seconds in the music will start. Ovuca -Awesome music and YES, I got permission from the artist to use his work legally. All my videos have legal music.
The school set up a site to explain our intentions with the project.http://www.wrsd.org/district.cfm?subpage=1279031
I have a little wrap up about it in my blog too. http://lindabillet.blogspot.com/2011/05/warrior-run.html
.....and if you're really into it, we made their local paper. http://dailyitem.com/danvillenews/x1759378153/Warrior-Run-students-create-mosaics
