Philly

This is my favorite artwork by Philadelphia born artist David Guinn.

This weekend I took a much overdue trip to Philadelphia. Philly is such a cool city, I had an amazing time touring murals, seeing museums and making random friends along the way. 

Did you know Philly has over 3400 murals? The Mural Arts Program is the largest public art program in the country. Better yet many (not all) of the murals engage in social justice, promoting themes of equality and painted by incarcerated individuals and other marginalized groups. Here are some more photos

And no trip would be complete without seeing the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

Can you spot the Mondrian? Hint: there is only one.

"Oh my God, can you believe we made this?"

The 8th graders are amazed at how their hard work is paying off.  We still have a few final steps to go but they are certainly impressed with themselves. 

One Million Bones: TODAY!

One Million Bones public art exhibit opens TODAY!  Some CCPCS students and teachers are going down to the mall today to install the bones.  The exhibit will be up all weekend and you can find a schedule of events by going to the website.  Go down to the mall to support peace and celebrate the work of my students!

You can read by previous post about this project here.

One Million Bones

Over the past two days, one section of 7th grade students participated in the national project One Million Bones.  One Million Bones is a social justice public art project which displays one million handmade bones to bring awareness to lives lost to genocide.  People from all over the world are submitting bones to this project which will be installed on the National Mall in June.  We are shipping our bones off later this week.

Below is a video promoting the project.

And of course, here are some pictures of our bones.  It is a mix of bones pre- and post- paint.  We made our bones out of clay and then painted them with acrylic paint.