|
remarkable women
|
|
together, during the 2021 art residency "remarkable women" we will investigate the contributions of 39 women who have made an impact on american history and who have inspired generations to pursue their dreams.
helen keller
touch & see
Helen Keller
|
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in Alabama to an affluent southern family. Born healthy, she was a very bright baby and started talking at 6 months. Helen became deaf and blind due to an illness when she was 19 months old. She became frustrated acting out with tantrums as she grew; Helen's world changed when the family hired Annie Sullivan as her tutor who taught her to associate words spelled into her hands with actually objects the words represented.
Helen was a quick learner attending a school for the deaf and the college with Annie at her side. Helen dedicated her life to encouraging and inspiring others with disabilities; traveling to over thirty-five countries and changing the way that the world viewed blind and deaf people as well as the way disabled people are treated. |
NOTE:
HML has a copy of the 2001 remake of The Miracle Worker - I will check it out and drop it off for a matinee for the Peeps.
HML has a copy of the 2001 remake of The Miracle Worker - I will check it out and drop it off for a matinee for the Peeps.
Touch the art
|
Materials:
canvas panels scrap paper & masking tape large brushes acrylic paints matt medium old gift/credit cards gift bags & silk flowers REALLY tacky glue (or glue gun) vase templates pencils and scissors aprons for Peeps |
class session two
note: please watch/listen to the Women in science (below, on left) first
patricia bath
|
|
before you begin"getting messy"
Mac Davis sings "stop and smell the roses", sharing that we should slow down from time to time and engage another sense of wonder in our lives. With the textured canvas boards, smooth bags and fluffy flowers with their stiff stems laying out on the workspace, take a few minutes to close you eyes and run your fingertips lightly across the surfaces (and maybe sing or hum a few lines).
TOUCH THE ART
TWO CLASS PROJECT PART two
image above from: http://blog.mayflower.in/eight-basic-flower-arranging-designs/
