monsters

Residency at Donnegan Elementary. Bethlehem PA

I spent 8 weeks in the winter of 2018 working with the third grade students of Donnegan Elementary to teach them wet felting, needle felting and 3-D fiber sculpting. The students were learning about greek mythology and the many monsters who form it so I worked with their art teacher, Tiffany Anderson, to create a program that tied their lesson together with my visit. Over the course of eight classes the students learned three dimensional wet felting, needle felting and textural design to create their own personal mythical monster. The residency culminated with a student show held at The Banana Factory in the Lehigh Valley. The students finished pieces were displayed in the building during First Friday where they and their families could see their work on display. The students monsters were accompanied by a narrative written by the students detailing their monsters name and their story, a necessary component to any mythical monster.

This residency was made possible through ArtsQuest