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The Stretched Fabric Painting Project
No full textOne of the first things children will experience is that it feels completely different to paint on fabric stretched over a frame, rather than on a piece of paper lying on a hard floor. The fabric has give to it, and texture. Most significantly, I use patterned fabrics, which is to say, before a child has even made a mark, there is something for them to consider and respond to. The heart of this project lies in the dialogue between the pattern the child encounters and the marks the child makes.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1013/thumbnail.jp
Black and White Painting with Colored Tissue Paper
No full textCombining materials that have very different properties can heighten a child’s sensitivity to those properties and to the possibilities they offer. In this project, instead of the usual cups of paint containing red, yellow, blue, and white, the children are given only black and white paint.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1001/thumbnail.jp
The Tube Construction Project
No full textThere is much learning by doing in this project. Children test out ideas and continuously adjust their thinking as they gain more knowledge about the material they are using. The sculpture is the material evidence of that back-and-forth process of evolving thought.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1007/thumbnail.jp
The Cut Up Painting Project
No full textWith some projects, it is the mischievous allure of a suggested action that draws children in. The Cut-up Painting Project uses this idea to open the door onto a valuable experience: take something which you thought of as whole, complete, finished, then literally cut it to pieces, and then reassemble it to discover a completely new set of possibilities.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1009/thumbnail.jp
The Vertical Blind Project
No full textThis project began with a parent donating the very flexible white slats from their vertical window blinds. In the first part of this project, the children were simply given one of the slats to physically experiment with: to explore what was possible with this new, flat, white, flexible material. In addition to getting a feel for its surface texture, weight and floppiness, they explored its capacity to bend and twist. The engagement with their bodies inspired unexpectedly inventive aspects of dance and performance. After a time, we asked them to think about the blind as a material for a sculpture and to bend it into one shape that they wanted to keep.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1012/thumbnail.jp
The Venetian Blind Sculpture Project
No full textThe slats from venetian blinds are quite stiff. When combined with cardboard tubes and glue, they allowed for new, and at times remarkable, solutions to the question of how one slat might be joined to another.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1015/thumbnail.jp
The Puzzle Painting Project
No full textIn this project, each child is given a single sheet of cardboard that has been cut to form a useable puzzle. These puzzles can be as simple or as complex as suits the age of the child. Older children may be able to draw the shapes they want. A teacher can then use a mat-knife to cut the shapes out.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/partners/1003/thumbnail.jp
Long Trip 1948 Photo 8
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Long Trip 1948 Photo 7
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Long Trip 2003 Photo 7
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