2015 Community Projects :: Athens, GA & Madison, GA (US)

September - October 2015
MADISON, GA (US): Steffen Thomas Museum of Art outreach program Creative Teens Earning Green
Ages 13-18

This program is one of many in STMA's Arts Outreach efforts. In collaboration with Morgan County's Crossroads Alternative School, STMA brings local artists and instructors to engage students in weekly art programming that would otherwise be missing from their curriculum. A large part of the program encourages students to sell work that they make, involving many in art festivals and markets each year. STMA and Crossroads also partner with local organizations in the community for which students create collaborative public art installations. 

UP CLOSE: INSIDE OUT PROJECT

Link to project via Inside Out Project site 

 

 

PRESS: Local Athens paper Flagpole 

PRESS: Global Street Art project debuts in Madison (local Madison paper) 

September 2015
BUCKHEAD, GA (US): Steffen Thomas Museum of Art field trip program A Day @ STMA
Ages 9-14

A Day @ STMA is part of the Museum's arts outreach programming. STMA hosts over 750 2nd-12th grade students each year from Morgan, Putnam, Greene, Walton, and Oconee County Schools. Students are guided by docents on an interactive tour of the Museum's galleries and engage in an art project inspired by Steffen Thomas works.

PORTRAIT COLLAGE PROJECT

Inspired by works on exhibit in the museum by Susan Pellam & Steffen Thomas

June - July 2015
ATHENS, GA (US): Lyndon House Arts Center summer program

STUDENT WORK

AtheFest Educates grant - Stop-motion animation workshop with filmmaker Mary Scherer

Ages 9-11

 

Students at the viewing of their stop-motion animation films at Ciné (local independent movie theater)

Stop-motion animation teen workshop

Ages 13-17

 

STUDENT WORK & EXHIBITION

Papermaking & Book Arts

Ages 9-11

 

 

 May 2015
ATHENS, GA (US): Lyndon House Arts Center ("A is for Art" school field trip program)
Ages 9-11

STUDENT WORK

Creating images with light (photograms/"Rayographs"& sun prints)

April - May 2015
ATHENS, GA (US):  Pinewoods Library 
AthFest Educates program grant recipient in collaboration with Athens-Clarke County Regional Library System  
Ages 5-16

Shadow Puppetry program & touring bilingual production of "Cada Heroe Tiene Una Historia" ("Every Hero Has A Story") based on children's books El Biblioburro & Niño Wrestles the World & an interpretation of Shakira song Ojos Así 
 PRESS: Article in local Athens paper about project 

 

February - May 2015
MADISON, GA (US): Morgan County Crossroads Alternative School (collaborative outreach program Creative Teens Earning Green through Steffen Thomas Museum of Art)
Ages 13-18

This program is one of many in STMA's Arts Outreach efforts. In collaboration with Morgan County's Crossroads Alternative School, STMA brings local artists and instructors to engage students in weekly art programming that would otherwise be missing from their curriculum. A large part of the program encourages students to sell work that they make, involving many in art festivals and markets each year. STMA and Crossroads also partner with local organizations in the community for which students create collaborative public art installations.

Students visit with sculptor Blue Chilton in his studio

 

Students work on building sculpture for Humane Society of Morgan Co.

 

Students learning how to weld with Blue Chilton in his studio

Students with sculpture installation at the Morgan Co. Humane Society for program reception

Students receive positive community recognition in local paper

Weekly student projects

(fish prints & clay)