Clinton Middle School students painted their impressions in a special atmosphere. Two talented musicians – Phil Faconti and Dino Vasilakos – one a guitar player and the other a piano one, played a variety of genres from jazz to blues to bossa nova, struck the kids. The students were asked to “paint their soul” (a
Artist Mary Giancoli accompanied Clinton Middle School students to The Associated Press on January 24th. The kids were challenged at first with questions about their views on photography. Here are some of the things they said: “Photography, it’s a way to catch reality…”, “It’s a way to express myself in a different manner…”, “It’s a
Clinton Middle School students took a field trip to the FLAG Art Foundation on December 20th. First they learned from art handlers how you pack, protect, ship, and install works for a show, then they saw the installation “Fallen” by Jane Hammond, where she created a special leaf for each soldier who died in Iraq.
Last week, the students at Clinton worked on preparing for their costumes: clothing and masks. The “clothing” will be made of Japanese Mulberry paper, which is crumpled to emanate a softer, cloth-like texture. Zoe, Kat, and Audrey crumpling the sheets of Mulberry. The children used plaster to make masks by dipping plaster strips into water
Continuing with the project of “Lunar Rabbit, 2011” the children will be creating and making their own costumes, props, script, masks, and hats. Last week, they began making masks for each character: Old Man, Quetzacoatl (god), Bear (narrator), Rabbit, and Moon. oan and the children are looking through a book about traditional Mexican masks to
As an introductory to the upcoming project regarding symbols and myths, Joan Jonas shows the children her latest book that tells the Japanese story of the Rabbit and the Moon. The story entails a rabbit who sacrifices himself as food for a weary wanderer. As a token for his exceptional proof of love, the wanderer,
