tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82341556534939824202024-02-07T00:03:21.122-05:00ARCK BlogARCK ignites the imagination of under-resourced students through creative programs that ensure equitable education for all.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10906390383200712499noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-5782812408569472002021-05-17T13:38:00.001-04:002021-05-17T14:16:49.882-04:00Celebrating 10 Years of Igniting Kids' Imaginations<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtdDK6CW70kLEl3ojSQdqfVesgi0yZqNdSwl-PaVbzw5EaU-G0EFLtKQGRyQ5aHuyw9E4j5Cx5nu7SiRkKZsl8NOKXF31xKKpQ5AVTEWMf3MrckhvQzZFSl09r13_0-begCOBD2H9bq6r/s2048/1080+x+1080+Newsletter.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2048" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtdDK6CW70kLEl3ojSQdqfVesgi0yZqNdSwl-PaVbzw5EaU-G0EFLtKQGRyQ5aHuyw9E4j5Cx5nu7SiRkKZsl8NOKXF31xKKpQ5AVTEWMf3MrckhvQzZFSl09r13_0-begCOBD2H9bq6r/w451-h399/1080+x+1080+Newsletter.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Become a gala sponsor and support ARCK as we help students reach their full potential!</span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span>Please contact</span><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span><a href="mailto:sarad@arckboston.org"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">sarad@arckboston.org</span></a><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span><span>for more information.</span></span></div><div align="center" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We look forward to seeing you on October 22! Thank you for supporting ARCK!</span></div>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-28159332667383723742021-05-07T12:00:00.001-04:002021-05-07T12:00:00.233-04:00Creative from Home: Origami Flowers <p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img height="360" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/uzCzlPVrG2e2k4fe-FibscHVHBxtQpd8PSIhGReoNx6EHZMHF5MWuATdmJxMFK_PhfC01Ce2TurAmNlO_k3fd3S5YNhBixgYI_vZJRRCi7IO6r7Vc8KXwHjROzDUITW_TCLHPFh5" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The beauty of flowers have brought encouragement, inspiration, and joy to many. Their reminders of new growth, life, and happiness have inspired artists all over the world, from </span><a href="https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0031V1962" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Van Gogh’s </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunflowers</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gardenias and dahlias that </span><a href="https://www.fridakahlo.org/self-portrait-dedicated-to-dr-eloesser.jsp" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">Frida Kahlo</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> put in her hair.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b8993ef9-7fff-9a39-ce34-a1c29ed5cdeb"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Spring is in full bloom and Summer draws near, we look forward to many bright days ahead. To celebrate, we are going to make flowers of our own using origami! Origami is the art of paper folding to create sculptures, typically without scissors or glue. Paper was invented in China around 105 CE and eventually imported to Japan where the art style of origami was only for special ceremonies because paper was a luxury item. Luckily, we all now have access to make origami of our own,</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s get started!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Things You Will Need</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paper</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colored Pencils</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scissors</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 229px; overflow: hidden; width: 310px;"><img height="229" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/vqQnHqUiafuuPOIw96IUAE5QLTcl2PnGvMhaJn2oJpG3kWjjCn4ax-cL8KRgIkO-i1y1lwVakPP8BK1G2yyQM3FYK6f19M14iBNW4IKCKlPFirMiOFTCS4ZPdxUrpUP1MpgBW0rA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="310" /></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-bc8e0b36-7fff-0ee3-7039-501ff3ed01da"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step One</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are going to make tulip! To get started, get a piece of paper and decorate or color it how you want. We showed the colors of a rainbow on white paper for our example, but you can show your own creativity however you’d like! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ecc1fb2e-7fff-7e7d-7ac5-d43b91f361e7"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></p><div><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 253px; overflow: hidden; width: 337px;"><img height="253" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/fIr0Bzmtc7258BYaAsPS7Yzv4RYkiXgFpJvf1KRTWJLu7eI82rq8O120iWvOZoTmoiFdTiRBc55VSEVld5Er0m7NwA0T5l8qJevd82k05jvYzyFx1R4mzEMsD3PWY6eI0axkGWvi" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="337" /></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-12757292-7fff-52f4-fb83-88a2ebf9e985"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Two</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Now, we need to cut our paper into a square. The size of your square will determine how big your flower will be. Our examples are each about 4” x 4.” Each square will make one flower, so create squares for as many flowers as you want!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-71c620d4-7fff-f858-85d7-b1288fb52f47"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b46f5819-7fff-eed5-09d4-c18f59f0ba94"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 328px; overflow: hidden; width: 265px;"><img height="328" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/AYHMO2OIi2UKa0zV6gssuSEK2uF0E-pICwSJPR0G4DAjs7lgRx96nKw5H6w7WdxmFcfWoCy_5ahphfdYTuezkqP1jG4o330T4hU_7RunWhYz23F0yQhiRsBLp6XFncfj5aQzXfla" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="265" /></span></span></span></span><img height="327" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/kscdtsX-E-6Ts8jvibAQ96ikzfk3o576CKp_4PzZ6zslsAJR1PeCOdQB1vimQNzqqMhRQSqMj7dFqHT7bGo5tEfmtBR_0LAvBpQXKnAIXpolmOKWPs0J4xsV3V_64blm255MnvZ_" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="265" /></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b6a1bb84-7fff-7b0e-4b9e-8ade91197b8e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Three</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Take one of your squares and fold it in half so it makes a triangle. Then, fold your triangle down the center again.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f30ccb4b-7fff-baa2-78cc-659b9a3a9d3e"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 221px; overflow: hidden; width: 244px;"><img height="221" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/hdWE14KUFD0QqB2tvyqEgtIo6_MhSaAbvaVNMJ2gt98AJOtqS-rzQCP3QmsY_-15RTFuob5DteUddruphqH0jF2fmi4u8LPTO0KVZy331dfdJs-G1KWuXi3sFAIYEiokGSh-bBXi" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="244" /></span></span></span></span><img height="221" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Cerbtx85D6ihed57LD1pd4wGIkKS61bD2uk3Ovq_vZe6X3kxUABYAEL3I_ttpZ6iN18zhmFTKh-pdHVCQjQrzD4ln6WL6WLbKYACmAftR7xvtlpM8-yUQYiC0SzMHCsbJ9y8Hvwc" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="198" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2dc1be45-7fff-2e21-01df-2af530a0e8bf"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6a72a4d-7fff-44a4-b20e-70d770601cb9"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9bb99827-7fff-b73d-377f-a0bed8de9639"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Four</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Open your triangle back up so that you see the crease from your fold running down the middle from the point at the top. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Now we are going to add the petals to our flower. Take the bottom points of the triangle and fold them upwards. Follow the dotted red lines in the picture to know where to fold. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-abcfb528-7fff-1154-c9bf-e3a70544943a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 244px; overflow: hidden; width: 285px;"><img height="244" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/J70YNiawBBKLnfXwLnH20ktEGh8j109gRIHTqisD8Or97g6rYNyLO8XJ-3fVqWedkXLccQG9j1MnyD4rLovzhZEbO-HB2zP8aoOZLonWp4JhIhlVycUThc8S4QdqiYKJN1TU1CDC" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="285" /></span></span></span></span><img height="244" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GUyJJOivEHbPyqZmjbxaLmdLcKrjpLiqZtJBxQcFoYaC5FjXLv3sXr4fJlHr1_dYhSiyu6kP9DvIePDrvlNNXLljRwxzi76C7Emj9SkoyzuGc2Y1VNKb68DfhaEzonj76v5__-sE" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="265" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Step Five</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cd94b99a-7fff-ecab-6ffc-404da475edb3"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now we have the head of your tulip, but it’s not complete without a stem! Get another piece of paper - this one should be bigger than the square you used to make your flower. Our example used a 6” x 6” square, colored green so it looks like a flower stem.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c04ba35a-7fff-ba90-8b3e-b45ed2e1d0b4"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 332px; overflow: hidden; width: 268px;"><img height="332" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Ne8wHJua6NKUEp58Q_UVDdNJTPghyZy1luD4Gc7LM8vFKgfHPA9QFAk9dYRM-eqhe220NLi-PJWW7CWmMPcJ2bRCBzPqQfVFjElJfmJaaC5NW8p7K86Uh3CqGcnV3Y70CCJ9nYRW" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="268" /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bac8ab88-7fff-473b-74bf-f8427a7fde40"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Six</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Fold your square in half into a triangle, but open it up again so you can see the crease. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-19c90563-7fff-8e04-a1aa-673434217f84"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 309px; overflow: hidden; width: 240px;"><img height="309" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/VBdRtOGuP0aNR4dPC9OWbCqYVxHk_EP_vUEnyDKKHKWpmyu5nZaAh7A_hyLoK3oLR-djgtUjitST94OvKcXv87vL9e_9s-6poE3HkofgYrpF5w3742m9FHrq9IbHJ6VT54Y7TwZG" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="240" /></span></span></span></span><img height="308" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/wr2j-mILTylAONcr609ndhKeBYeaqOc8GPaeilBt0ghgpLr6z8x-AdHZ3NqXQ8_KCqugOqwJep11in1k05rI6HuNlHO9EGiKPfHR8ZxIHDpByhHL9vemSFx3QajE8WCEWXaSgScC" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="285" /></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6d688be9-7fff-7a0a-d8cf-a7291cf0a4e5"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Seven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Now take one corner and fold it inward so that the edge aligns with the crease in the center. Do the same with the other corner so that your paper makes the shape of a kite.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-51b74e3e-7fff-10e9-c9e1-b3857069997e"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 332px; overflow: hidden; width: 280px;"><img height="332" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pZaAA0BFwWlNEepcY_mgB6EV2iNEd6yfSuC6BQu3DZiYcSsG4SuNYNv-PARSH4sJJYgvkFFHYEAp828_nCfVec95EBmgs0IwPXk_enER40tVxx93ePWX-s-5h2Pxvui16QSQJkzv" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="280" /></span></span></span></span><img height="330" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1FRUk8X1NHEY8IZFNNh_5Y2G3RUXD0yVnTEgdDGvJTqMslg9rQ8Z4iEqpIYF44jDiSM5stv14-QhbOZj-D2iwuy5r4AJsjkW9x76qM1rGVYeu7cMKnql8rJEawfVzw-S8VDZwP9I" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="297" /></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f9b604a-7fff-9f3a-d18c-53efea02e509"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Eight</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Next, take one corner and fold it inwards again, so that the point hits the center crease. Do this on both sides.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcaf41eb-7fff-5a14-b7bf-df80119da49c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 313px; overflow: hidden; width: 223px;"><img height="313" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/YwtVkjZzd41ve_ni3-_kHMcGysklF8Y2cHWczzTshySD9h3vaaOXBKbKSDJbbyFGsGtYwMhGVIgbF9zoOJRIfGlXejUN4Jl0ZOIaaM6FYnPMh94oO6_EVcD7y5JahQlnbNA41VOD" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="223" /></span></span></span></span><img height="315" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/TOFd-AN42gJPPWcPg0A6xjv-Qr9oxG6IDEdLiiw-IezEVZjsVfBGJm5Vt5O3kH7GnF164X1IpJu-c1TeCJ0-urotnXDVUQh11rzZHOodVTQw1Ee6Cnp2pHG9yMyAARJ5M-ojRttl" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="225" /></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a68a39c4-7fff-0423-bbed-d483ecb99378"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3e8202f-7fff-9108-d223-5e67574778a8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Nine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Take the side points again and fold them inwards to the center crease. Your stem will look like a long diamond shape when you are done.</span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f50bd5fb-7fff-156e-96b0-b1738ebf549d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 304px; overflow: hidden; width: 240px;"><img height="304" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/AV76YWnylyJRVFu1F6Qxkb8JgJG9ncoJ_Es_yGGBPPXXhuFENipVtA3LcDnnQ1MX66OzXjq56B5xm3x66ZJzCwB41csNyoNM4TYlVYqFnjxpz97w26C6tkGbZAsAU6tmlLWGM3JD" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="240" /></span></span></span></span><img height="304" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/APhD-JPEGZIq0f4BYfWiFOT5FZ3D37yz7mY9ZKY8iz4_RtYBtIdoDc_xWyh3j9PgSh9MLjYm02sBtETLcIaJ2p1v3ZNggqLec_dyS--74Erd7onPjfrBMqw0t5Yr6Cy0EEtj0bzA" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="224" /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Ten</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Fold your diamond in half, bringing the top and bottom parts together. The thinner end of your diamond should be a slightly higher than the thicker part. The thin part will be the stem and the thicker part will be a leaf. </span></p><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-207a8abb-7fff-2473-9060-e84e13130e15"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 219px; overflow: hidden; width: 216px;"><img height="219" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/c5u7pc1S65g1HkD7fcC84nFy6Y1J27u3vziLJldNRKkgcQ09bWLYe90MJrbvxN9xQdd8urb07B6YP_o9zXtKaNu4eNrCWKGHsBG5mDoPz5febAuopSRsIzX5PGVQCYUKKi1UkJX_" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="216" /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c3ff7a2d-7fff-1f60-1c04-a461df4f7c8a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Eleven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Lastly, fold your stem in half again. This time, instead of top to bottom, the two sides are going to meet. Make sure your thinner point is on the inside of the fold. Your stem should be able to stand on its own once you have done this fold.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0299bb70-7fff-fbc7-5c45-cecf4fb66776"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 282px; overflow: hidden; width: 214px;"><img height="282" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Mq7h90XZfGFjvITbvJtVwW15aDLAgyuCFJCxxh6RrxqtwlXJftJCcioIoVe1T2PLXH5twbSTSIoBxWvJ0sQ2Uk-dw3k69MM9PwQqaHFUamzf6aHLWt2PoLvigKWxK2hTR7o0-VZH" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="214" /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-f784a686-7fff-39c7-d6de-30260e72b563"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Twelve</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Now you just have to bring your flower and stem together! Cut off a tiny bit of the bottom of your flower so it fits on the stem. Put the flower on the stem and you're all set!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c71ee9a2-7fff-e246-5b4f-0926ef36f861"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 231px; overflow: hidden; width: 219px;"><img height="231" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2dvxAL7mEO970-p1u0-G7WolYPh3dVrlwNTm15RwULVqYNTY8yqtReJ1gcmDP7zvv5MDPIx3mjMe9ZnF2lvM2Qod4dqlx2z6NzIbiqioEXGHC2S4T6U8ZGY6gfiguU4XLWUyEj0P" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="219" /></span></span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-aa323b35-7fff-d62a-5d40-6e99fd193f42"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Thirteen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You now have your own tulip flower to put on your desk or give to someone you love. Don’t forget to share your creations with us on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arckboston/"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">@arckboston</span></a>!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ad2f6a92-7fff-c1e3-9933-c55454170401"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 223px; overflow: hidden; width: 168px;"><img height="223" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/1e40ZWHQ-MrS_hkVS5I0OlBFEMe9jAO8bgVqhQnGJmi2-oxeuk_YCLMcOUQWgFNiw1JLMVrufTGsvYFT5RkyXqOyUBFEfEnYRPJVXGodAq3bER6CZHL-ncT9vvCXqu173k1nq3ex" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="168" /></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-62357082892863029732021-04-15T16:57:00.000-04:002021-04-15T16:57:39.944-04:00World Art Day 2021<div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfOpq1GSSnINQWWpYcqruTzW1Ber4teoX7lHvGY9Vh6cEkkgPB_bWEBoSQklaG5R68OhIUIG28FQZq3DClYiZ1JKunhZ_CcYOv6WlOgcvsO2i-WovHWJ0Q2svrwKV9x25vPaz7EOKr2Ur/s2048/world+art+day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfOpq1GSSnINQWWpYcqruTzW1Ber4teoX7lHvGY9Vh6cEkkgPB_bWEBoSQklaG5R68OhIUIG28FQZq3DClYiZ1JKunhZ_CcYOv6WlOgcvsO2i-WovHWJ0Q2svrwKV9x25vPaz7EOKr2Ur/w577-h325/world+art+day.jpg" width="577" /></a></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-34b77f43-7fff-695b-1094-4a9759bb3632"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World Art Day was declared by the </span><a href="https://www.iaa-usa.org/worldartday" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">International Association of Art</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (IAA/AIAP), a partner of </span><a href="https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldartday" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">UNESCO</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, to celebrate the arts and promote awareness of creativity worldwide. The first World Art Day celebration took place on April 15, 2012, and the first United States celebration was held on the same date in 2015 in Los Angeles. April 15 was chosen for this international celebration in honor of "Renaissance man" Leonardo da Vinci's birthday. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On this day, many people show their appreciation for the value art has added to their lives by visiting museums, attending live performances, or </span><a href="http://arckboston.blogspot.com/search/label/Creative%20from%20Home" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">making art and creative projects of their own</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. In the past, Los Angeles hosted </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art Day Games, featuring songwriting contests and poetry slams. In Accra, the capital city of Ghana, the day was honored in 2019 by cleaning up the Arts Center and inviting artists to paint murals on the walls of Kimbu Senior High School.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ARCK believes that human connections are rooted in creativity.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Now more than ever, people turn to the arts to connect with each other, cope and heal through stressful and uncertain times, and freely express themselves. An arts education is also fundamental to a young person’s personal, artistic, and academic development, as students develop the critical thinking, social-emotional, and interpersonal skills needed to thrive in a complex world. Particularly in an era of remote learning for students deeply impacted by the pandemic, the arts are a vital outlet for self-expression and connection, and an avenue for them to develop confidence and realize their full potential.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This day is often a celebration of the vast impact art has in our lives, both individually and as a global community. Today, we want to draw attention to why supporting the arts is more imperative than ever before. It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted our economy, and the arts & culture sector specifically has been hit hard due to public health related closures. While funding the arts in public schools has also been a longtime fight, U.S. state governors now expect to cut</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> school budgets by $400 billion, and arts programs are expected to see a significant portion of those cuts. According to </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Americans for the Arts</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">91% of American believe that arts are part of a well-rounded K-12 education.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We do not want to lose sight of this, even in the face of the adversities brought on by the pandemic. Thom Knab, president of the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Art Education Association (NAEA) stated the value of arts education</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> well in </span><a href="https://www.arteducators.org/advocacy-policy/articles/684-an-open-letter-to-superintendents-principals-and-school-board-members" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">An Open Letter to Superintendents, Principals, and School Board Members</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: “During this pandemic, students of all ages have found much needed solace and support through the visual arts, as their teachers provide valuable remote learning opportunities. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students learn to create, respond to, and make connections to the visual world around them and rely upon the arts for social emotional learning, expression, and support.” </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This Social, Emotional, and Relational Awareness is embedded into ARCK’s programming, as we believe our students must feel safe, seen, and heard in order to learn. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On this World Art Day, we encourage you to consider the profound impact art can have in the lives of all people regardless of their age, background, or where they live in the world.</span></p><br /><a href="http://www.arckboston.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">Learn more</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about how ARCK brings arts and creativity to Boston’s under-resourced students, and help </span><a href="https://www.arckboston.org/donate" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">support us</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;"> </span>in this important work.</span></span></div>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-53254992802261582162021-04-02T12:00:00.070-04:002021-04-02T12:00:00.297-04:00Creative from Home: Recycled Art<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1rYR19QbHLkGVZARGnTz5kHTW5S8PmRl5pkIzY8UPpghmnl6326nA-o_5bnbm0W7FK-URMxnHxHB4ORsWwC9JpTVwgXluwdsSHo1v_YPOUG207-1QnJ-vZc8ISnregOhvEJMBTfcWzp3/s2048/Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1rYR19QbHLkGVZARGnTz5kHTW5S8PmRl5pkIzY8UPpghmnl6326nA-o_5bnbm0W7FK-URMxnHxHB4ORsWwC9JpTVwgXluwdsSHo1v_YPOUG207-1QnJ-vZc8ISnregOhvEJMBTfcWzp3/w480-h270/Cover.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: times;">It is officially Spring, and we eagerly welcome the return of warmer weather and new life blooming around us. As we celebrate Earth Day this April, it is important to think about how we can work together to protect our Earth.</span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-b5b85c61-7fff-bd44-9cb2-84d8c959a88b"><span style="font-family: times;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recycling is a significant way we can take care of our planet. It is also a great way to make art!</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Recycling is all about giving used objects a new purpose. Usually, this idea makes us think of putting bottles and cans into blue bins for recycling, but many artists have turned the recycling process into art, and you can too!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Artist Michael Albert began making collages out of recycled cereal boxes in 1996, in a series he called </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cerealism</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. He began this work with a simple box of Frosted Flakes and expanded into incredibly detailed pieces, such as one that uses cereal box lettering to write out the 19th amendment. Check out his work on his </span><a href="https://www.michaelalbert.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa0;">website</span></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Albert’s work shows us that anything can become art if you add a little imagination and creativity. So for Earth Day this year, we are going to celebrate both art and our home planet by making a collage of recycled, everyday products.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s get started!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Things you will need:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cardboard box with lettering on it (such as a cereal box!)</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scissors</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glue</span></p></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh_H8eCCmaChJH7GNeddbS-hHgZb_DJRCLEH0PT5WiHGBX7COXAOs2zq9Z00wzl6R-g7UpkChi-MmCQUlTKFYN2GYIVJBQ0aJI13ISfL_qgp-L5apcunJNYxETWv9n6VkO16GyH2Yyfez/s1002/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.20+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsh_H8eCCmaChJH7GNeddbS-hHgZb_DJRCLEH0PT5WiHGBX7COXAOs2zq9Z00wzl6R-g7UpkChi-MmCQUlTKFYN2GYIVJBQ0aJI13ISfL_qgp-L5apcunJNYxETWv9n6VkO16GyH2Yyfez/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.20+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Step One: Get supplies</b></span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-7b4b9a78-7fff-ee65-e919-6cdbf6753da6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We use so many paper products everyday without even realizing it. Rather than just throwing them into the recycling bin, we can reuse these products and give them a new life through art. You can collect toy packaging, Amazon boxes, or cereal boxes. Look for interesting designs, fun lettering, or even images. Get creative - anything can be turned into something new!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Two: Cut up your materials</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now we are going to cut up these boxes into designs that we like. You can cut out the letters, designs, images, or anything you find interesting! </span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6PpFM9djI9IpghipT9HHHzIxuV4U-ErHT-BF5uvo3HqQZ1QH_0keAKufbzR3Q5S7EWhVS95j0Fn8AacQiawBNqGSo2kVxwzc_fmGhj4eHkLaNA0UfQytO3HLldYcX2r30dpOqCr1iPV6/s714/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.40+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6PpFM9djI9IpghipT9HHHzIxuV4U-ErHT-BF5uvo3HqQZ1QH_0keAKufbzR3Q5S7EWhVS95j0Fn8AacQiawBNqGSo2kVxwzc_fmGhj4eHkLaNA0UfQytO3HLldYcX2r30dpOqCr1iPV6/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.40+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Three: Arrange your pieces</span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Now comes the fun part! Arrange the pieces on another piece of cardboard any way that you like. A lot of boxes have letters so you can write out something like your name, your favorite animal, color, or even a phrase. The fun part about art is that there are no right or wrong answers! Collages can be a collection of whatever elements you like and be a representation of your self-expression and creativity!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Step Four: Secure your creation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you have arranged everything the way you want, now glue the pieces down so that they stay in place. It may help to take a picture of your design before you start picking up pieces to glue them, so you have a reference of your original design.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hvhPKDu_85Li1r4pyAz0Ih6fF505gvNt1Po_sKc9WYGnyg6d-PK-WaJncV8BNlyQu8HrcLzdNbrPyDDAYckzLH6zo-Oh9jhJW67_cxkjjOU58HlqsfLEqx52CiU9nGrW2SAkLzhQ1cgc/s974/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.59+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="974" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hvhPKDu_85Li1r4pyAz0Ih6fF505gvNt1Po_sKc9WYGnyg6d-PK-WaJncV8BNlyQu8HrcLzdNbrPyDDAYckzLH6zo-Oh9jhJW67_cxkjjOU58HlqsfLEqx52CiU9nGrW2SAkLzhQ1cgc/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-04-01+at+9.56.59+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p></span></div></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Five: Take pride in your art</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hang up your art somewhere where it will bring you joy or brighten someone else’s day. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t forget to share with us <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arckboston/"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">@arckboston</span></a> on Instagram!</span></p></span></span>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3600825 -71.058880114.049848663821152 -106.2151301 70.670316336178843 -35.902630099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-45842556308472209452021-03-23T14:00:00.002-04:002021-03-29T14:33:02.589-04:00#ARCKits Take Center Stage<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aUIX3yvmARaaJA_sAF0xktjGGY20370JRKhQGuEg0_ZeHuQXhX-M9eDYgeOO9HUlzpDF7OJNx0OsfALqFJgGeNUksdlZC6_Yp7SGmyV1jcPcdxXlX_S9L3vvtkxl9TOI3c4k6JyokBy1/s1124/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+11.57.22+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="1124" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aUIX3yvmARaaJA_sAF0xktjGGY20370JRKhQGuEg0_ZeHuQXhX-M9eDYgeOO9HUlzpDF7OJNx0OsfALqFJgGeNUksdlZC6_Yp7SGmyV1jcPcdxXlX_S9L3vvtkxl9TOI3c4k6JyokBy1/w595-h292/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+11.57.22+AM.png" width="595" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the COVID-19 pandemic caused classrooms to turn virtual, ARCK made an immediate shift to remote programming as well. However, we soon realized many of our students could not engage in our creative lessons due to a lack of supplies and materials that are typically found in the classroom. In response to this, ARCK launched a new initiative during the 2020-21 school year to provide each student we serve with an “ARCKit,” a custom art bag with all supplies and materials needed to complete our lessons and creative activities from home.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH3syfYub04TdkbfLfECd3m9rpT8XPT18iaqgT-ghINSHK2A1SV_Hw-U0MyMgaV8GqYciRFZGVmkP7gtjhuwJRUyRktEwYygnKXJSC3PeY-V5tFhpGeJhXk3999MHy2rOL7CJmWr67bQo/s624/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+11.57.29+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="464" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH3syfYub04TdkbfLfECd3m9rpT8XPT18iaqgT-ghINSHK2A1SV_Hw-U0MyMgaV8GqYciRFZGVmkP7gtjhuwJRUyRktEwYygnKXJSC3PeY-V5tFhpGeJhXk3999MHy2rOL7CJmWr67bQo/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+11.57.29+AM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">We are thrilled to share that we have wrapped up our <span style="color: #aa5fa5;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/arckits/">#ARCKit</a> </span>initiative for this school year after our final delivery to Josiah Quincy Elementary School. In total, ARCK delivered over 550 material kits to students at our four partner schools, providing them with the tools they need to feel safe, seen, heard, and creative while learning at home this year. </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">During this last delivery, we were given the opportunity to speak with a team from WCVB Channel 5, along with JQES Principal Cynthia Soo Hoo. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Check out the video below:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="311" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fhf4_ruND_A" width="374" youtube-src-id="fhf4_ruND_A"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also listen to the story </span><a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-wbz-newsradio-1030-audio-28657113/episode/encouraging-creativity-local-non-profit-donates-hundreds-79663515/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">here</span></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">Thank you to Doug Meehan and the WCVB team, along with Matt Wilder, for the opportunity to share with others the importance of an arts education and our dedication to achieve equity in education, especially during adverse times.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAuS1SYi8YQNJ08zsa1PmL4jx9-51mFVkMvpQJLxzr6dNLoYQOsv75k-Ar2wov4AKmL1xCnKmpCyS29hepiBip9iQTYllKT3SvM6R3NeqIYpQ8TVUiNVKe3N1lYAV_OWLZoGheFxlnmSt/s1530/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.01.23+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="1530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXAuS1SYi8YQNJ08zsa1PmL4jx9-51mFVkMvpQJLxzr6dNLoYQOsv75k-Ar2wov4AKmL1xCnKmpCyS29hepiBip9iQTYllKT3SvM6R3NeqIYpQ8TVUiNVKe3N1lYAV_OWLZoGheFxlnmSt/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.01.23+PM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImLxDcwN1r5HNp9cXB7yzNCKHv7BNzIAS4-r2FtmPb1lR4eDEs6hgK9w4PEQxJJC1keFGcb-Q5pjejzzW_Oh_ZFAoJz8_zpxOxYvQMa-Eq0bdcXv0qiVGiH37mWy4bVrsqsCymyipaRZx/s1530/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.01.37+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiImLxDcwN1r5HNp9cXB7yzNCKHv7BNzIAS4-r2FtmPb1lR4eDEs6hgK9w4PEQxJJC1keFGcb-Q5pjejzzW_Oh_ZFAoJz8_zpxOxYvQMa-Eq0bdcXv0qiVGiH37mWy4bVrsqsCymyipaRZx/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-23+at+12.01.37+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many thanks to our partners and supporters who help ARCK ignite the imagination of under-resourced students through creative programs that ensure equitable education for all!</span></p><p></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-8247815807109669792021-03-19T12:00:00.016-04:002021-03-29T14:33:16.488-04:00Meet the Women of Boston's Art Scene<p><span style="font-family: times;"><b>WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH</b></span></p><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">The United States highlights the contributions of women to our society through Women’s History Month each March. This month-long themed celebration encompasses International Women’s Day on March 8, a tradition dating back to 1911. Women’s History Month allows us to recognize the trailblazing women who lead the way to a more equal and equitable world while acknowledging the struggles faced by those who came before us.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Central to human connections and innovation is creativity, and ARCK truly believes imagination knows no boundaries. We are dedicated to ensuring that <b>all</b> young people have the tools and opportunities needed to address emerging global issues and effect positive change in their communities. Through the belief that they can make substantive contributions to society, our students gain a sense of self-mastery, technical skill, and confidence in their capacity to shape the world around them.<br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"> <br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Art is a powerful tool, not only for self-expression but also to instigate deep conversations around society’s most complex issues that strengthen our local and global communities. Women always have and will continue to shape our world through art. Below are a few ways you can interact with the works of female artists in Massachusetts that continue to engage people through creativity.</span></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">NANCY SCHÖN</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">If you have ever walked through the Boston Public Garden, you probably saw a line of duckling statues. These statues bring to life an iconic 1941 children’s book, <i>Make Way for Ducklings</i>. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); color: #1155cc; font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.schon.com/index.php">Artist Nancy Schön</a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> did not want her art to be stagnant and untouchable like it typically would be in a museum. <b>She envisioned public art as something with which people can physically interact in their daily lives.</b> She made her art accessible to all, so the community was able to participate. If you go by the ducklings now, you might even see them dressed in winter sweaters and hats that Bostonians have knitted for them!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2falIgBtE8HA3d1fO8kLiwerB-89YKy8kaa7GZRlMm2T9V0pMKJtBL2J25z7842uOXkgoMJPQCOhxSLAB7pdPn66vIPoPAzrCvcdbEb57w54zXmPVWmI0yX-ZjDN-vG2SURIMOzdcZ9ic/s1072/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+9.52.10+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1072" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2falIgBtE8HA3d1fO8kLiwerB-89YKy8kaa7GZRlMm2T9V0pMKJtBL2J25z7842uOXkgoMJPQCOhxSLAB7pdPn66vIPoPAzrCvcdbEb57w54zXmPVWmI0yX-ZjDN-vG2SURIMOzdcZ9ic/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+9.52.10+AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">Visit</span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">Make Way for Ducklings</i><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;">at</span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: #aa5fa5; font-family: times; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Make+Way+for+Ducklings/@42.3555238,-71.0707869,18.11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e3709e47f660b1:0x7a756ec808941b41!8m2!3d42.3554938!4d-71.0697686"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); color: #aa5fa5; font-kerning: none;">4 Charles St S, Boston, MA 02116</span></a>.</span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">MFA’s WOMEN TAKE THE FLOOR EXHIBIT</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Women’s contributions to the art world often went unnoticed throughout history or were seen in a significantly smaller capacity than their male counterparts. In fact, <a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-women-artists-major-museum-2021?utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=editorial"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">museum acquisitions from 2009 to 2019 included only 11% of pieces by women</span></span></a>. <b>The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston currently has on display an exhibit called </b><a href="https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">Women Take the Floor</span></b></span></a><b> which is focused solely on women artists in order to make their artistic representation more equitable.</b> Many of the pieces feature well-known artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and include the reshuffling of over 200 pieces drawn from their permanent collection. Many other works in the exhibit feature possibly lesser-known, but equally valuable contributions of women artists over the years. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.mfa.org/tickets"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">Check out the exhibit</span></a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> at the MFA until November 28, 2021. </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN ARTISTS (NAWA)- MASSACHUSETTS</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">The goal of <a href="https://nawama.org/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">NAWA</span></span></a> is to “foster and promote awareness of, and interest in, visual art created by women in the United States.” The organization puts on regular exhibits which highlight art by women. Recently, their exhibit <i>A Year in Blue</i> focused on how there is beauty even in sadness. <b>This past year has been a challenging one for all, but self-expression through art can be a powerful method for coping and learning to be positive, even in difficult times. </b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>SILVIA LÓPEZ CHAVEZ</b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); color: #1155cc; font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.silvialopezchavez.com/">Artist Silvia López Chavez</a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> used art and creativity to make a statement and stand up for her beliefs with a mural in East Boston. Her piece <a href="https://seawalls.org/mural/rise/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #aa5fa5;">Rise</span></span></a> was put on display in December 2020 as part of Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans, which uses art as a platform for drawing attention to environmental issues. Chavez’s piece focuses on plastic pollution and the human impact on oceans especially in relation to the adjacent Boston Harbor. <b>Her work demonstrates the value of art as a powerful tool in driving change for the future. </b></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh59PhVuBpnAHu-cuEz9BABoZSSP1EXpAbTxI45WFAn0YnKGIpN6EypsSuFtOOs-2_rq5IPdVX-W-HubErtooZLibXDsBJZMRWG5s80lX66WDDCpmpTsvWU5ooD5gpyVrXWbkKk6UFUFF/s884/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+9.51.46+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="884" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh59PhVuBpnAHu-cuEz9BABoZSSP1EXpAbTxI45WFAn0YnKGIpN6EypsSuFtOOs-2_rq5IPdVX-W-HubErtooZLibXDsBJZMRWG5s80lX66WDDCpmpTsvWU5ooD5gpyVrXWbkKk6UFUFF/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-18+at+9.51.46+AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><div style="text-align: center;">Visit <i>Rise</i> at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/218+Marginal+St,+Boston,+MA+02128/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e370697353e423:0xc7186621a40f8ae4?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRy8L30KjvAhWSMlkFHYd2AkEQ8gEwAHoECAMQAQ"><span class="s3" style="font-kerning: none;">218 Marginal St, Boston, MA 02128</span></a>.</div></span><p></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">These women have used their voices to make an impact in the Boston community. Art has given them a way to express themselves and their beliefs and share their unique points of view with the world. We imagine a world where all young women are able to understand the power of their own voices and can find inspiration in those who came before them.</span></span></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-22393408137353679332021-03-12T12:00:00.003-05:002021-03-29T14:35:18.093-04:00Are Face Masks Art?<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QHE0env1fSSBkCQ55JJI58AThMmqQxqV3BBql676LGIPrycBXVb5MGlnZW1EQgystDICWsAustOHcgr4fR7XpdMxcvaE1ZgLeGQGqdF9ufv4tKI2KiQ1XOgR0orLwFJOYwrZKa2WE2Lp/s1516/Screen+Shot+2021-03-04+at+11.21.15+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1516" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QHE0env1fSSBkCQ55JJI58AThMmqQxqV3BBql676LGIPrycBXVb5MGlnZW1EQgystDICWsAustOHcgr4fR7XpdMxcvaE1ZgLeGQGqdF9ufv4tKI2KiQ1XOgR0orLwFJOYwrZKa2WE2Lp/w481-h188/Screen+Shot+2021-03-04+at+11.21.15+AM.png" width="481" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Now a year after our world turned upside down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most people are used to things we never previously considered. A big adjustment for many came in the form of wearing face masks while out in public to keep our communities safe and healthy. Now a habitual part of our daily lives, many people are turning to face masks as an avenue of creativity and self-expression. </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Face masks have been utilized throughout history for cultural purposes as often as medical ones. They are a significant part of theater (from Japanese Noh theater to Greek tragedies), holidays (such as Carnival of Venice, Mardi Gras, and Día de los Muertos), and cultural traditions (such as FESTIMA celebrations in West African countries or Dinagyang in the Philippines). Lately, museums all over the world are representing famous works of art on face masks for purchase, such as Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” Likewise, artists and entrepreneurs have been able to share their own work and creativity by selling colorful and patterned masks on public platforms such as </span></span><span>Etsy</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; white-space: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IvkCYLxG3WeRKUxxhkv9hhUxlHQNFURs8UBmd3IIXdiwL3yfzYyBFxHfaBPPj4MqJc5OMmtlV3EKjXzWHVkOwRq0dGEqIk6m7qQi7_-sm4ZT-fibcsn9t1IQ9H9UdrvmHhrQTV0YA5Q4/s956/Screen+Shot+2021-03-10+at+1.54.22+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IvkCYLxG3WeRKUxxhkv9hhUxlHQNFURs8UBmd3IIXdiwL3yfzYyBFxHfaBPPj4MqJc5OMmtlV3EKjXzWHVkOwRq0dGEqIk6m7qQi7_-sm4ZT-fibcsn9t1IQ9H9UdrvmHhrQTV0YA5Q4/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-10+at+1.54.22+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #aa5ea0; font-family: times; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://shop.nga.gov/756844/van-gogh-starry-night-face-mask?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-aGCBhCwARIsAHDl5x9bz97A67pN_isnfyYHsY_E_c7sMidL5owJfRwQURXzHVSm67PGaYAaAmh7EALw_wcB" target="_blank">"Starry Night" Face Mask from the National Gallery of Art, Washington</a></span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Locally, </span><span>The Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">hosted a "<a href="https://massart.edu/maskart-competition" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a65a95;">MASKART</span></a>" competition among its students in 2020 to “celebrate how masks can communicate love, respect, and express our feelings during this strange time.” Many other organizations jumped on this trend of mask design competitions as well. It is encouraging to see that nothing can diminish the creativity that exists in all of us!</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">How are you expressing creativity in your daily life? Share with us on Instagram at </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/arckboston/" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #aa5fa4;">@arckboston</span></a><span style="font-family: times;">!</span></span></p></span></span></div></span></span>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-55660678335138822172021-03-05T12:00:00.006-05:002021-03-05T12:00:07.015-05:00Creative from Home: Animation<div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqz0iLFUKBi2iKGptvAMY4SPFV50klOMVBhTfQEK1ppHLhTQwwbr00uBFBks8mRtk8cmPWE_MlQrjPBJ0GrKogw4rgTc1gAaX2Y5jzP8dF0eDpd_iBblN2_J7e7_s5_mquOXlKBrBJgIm/s1060/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.55.09+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1060" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqz0iLFUKBi2iKGptvAMY4SPFV50klOMVBhTfQEK1ppHLhTQwwbr00uBFBks8mRtk8cmPWE_MlQrjPBJ0GrKogw4rgTc1gAaX2Y5jzP8dF0eDpd_iBblN2_J7e7_s5_mquOXlKBrBJgIm/w617-h367/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.55.09+PM.png" width="617" /></a></div>Think about some of your favorite movies. Do any of the have characters or animals that movie and talk as if they were real? These types of films are created through <i><b>animation</b></i>, a unique art form that requires creating many different images that rapidly change to make it look like the drawing is moving.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Animation is a visual storytelling tool, where animators (the artists) make a storyboard that creates and illustration though a series of picture or frames. To make it look like the characters or objects are moving, they have to draw how a character moves from one scene to another. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand, but today most animations are made by CGI, or Computer-Generated Imagery. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Today, we are going to make our own animation! We will being by showing you a simple flip-book design, but it uses the same concepts as the artists who create movies and shows for companies like Disney or DreamWorks.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Let's get started!</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">You Will Need</span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A pencil, market, or crayon</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A pad of post-its or sticky notes</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmdMiFe0o-UsmOdKx_Ecf4XGPTTJbT9RTj-7JtIbymIyAfZxGsly3XrvQ1C1XoOO-NbiIIN10fQpWzWa859F6ykGecMW0i6-m8EWooqIVmWrqIbOTJ-rw1r5D4PQx0ErcknNBEjpAu-mX/s634/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.15.40+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmdMiFe0o-UsmOdKx_Ecf4XGPTTJbT9RTj-7JtIbymIyAfZxGsly3XrvQ1C1XoOO-NbiIIN10fQpWzWa859F6ykGecMW0i6-m8EWooqIVmWrqIbOTJ-rw1r5D4PQx0ErcknNBEjpAu-mX/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.15.40+PM.png" width="320" /></a></p></div></span></div><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>Step One: Meet Our ‘Character’<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are going to start with a simple animation: making a ball bounce. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Our character is going to be the ball that we will make move around the page. The ball needs to stay mostly the same in each image so get comfortable with drawing the shape and design you want for your ball. As long as you can draw a circle, you can be an animator!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Two: Storyboard<br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We mentioned earlier how animators have their story planned out before they start drawing. This step is important because it let’s you know what you are actually going to draw. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">To start your animation, ask yourself, “What would happen if I bounced a ball?” It would bounce off the ground and come back up, but slightly lower after each bounce. All we need to do to visualize that through animation is draw the ball at different locations on our post-it, and then fill in the steps in-between.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivblbOaF9X7nY7nq2t5Q7mweMB5ECeAKJ_zfi-Z5sWaHVNe1S17zhhtolhVbmnMQMJnm_xCIwLfh_F9zOnRyPhJmDQ3ZI1Z1QgVCWk5m9kGsRFzuhh6GuHNxgPBK5g4uLQ0Pye1HYyYnVY/s1164/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.13.01+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1164" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivblbOaF9X7nY7nq2t5Q7mweMB5ECeAKJ_zfi-Z5sWaHVNe1S17zhhtolhVbmnMQMJnm_xCIwLfh_F9zOnRyPhJmDQ3ZI1Z1QgVCWk5m9kGsRFzuhh6GuHNxgPBK5g4uLQ0Pye1HYyYnVY/w444-h303/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.13.01+PM.png" width="444" /></a></p></div></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; 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font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Three: Draw Your First Frame</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To start your animation, draw a circle in a corner on the open side of the post-it. Make sure you can flip through the pages of your post-it. The non-sticky end of your post-it-note is going to be the “top” of the scene.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nl9bx43urXVEG8qtsv-nVHwrIVms-yajvbAxKhfhrAhZzoyTNxkNT_NwOKaSTaTZUEySLB8FbODVdhwzQeqidOKjY9g7-glmim1ON-ofnrd0q3YNSZ5r2_tHLlzP9H_TPs13Bbins5af/s632/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.16.03+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="632" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nl9bx43urXVEG8qtsv-nVHwrIVms-yajvbAxKhfhrAhZzoyTNxkNT_NwOKaSTaTZUEySLB8FbODVdhwzQeqidOKjY9g7-glmim1ON-ofnrd0q3YNSZ5r2_tHLlzP9H_TPs13Bbins5af/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.16.03+PM.png" /></a></p></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Four: Move the Ball A Little </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next frames will show the ball moving slightly. There should only be one ball shown on each individual post-it page. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep in mind, you want to move the ball along the pathway set up in the storyboard. Since we started with the ball up at the top of the post-it, gradually moved it down and closer to the middle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-mRnjD_l5t-638jID2x9RwlgJArgmV5d6IHTo5JdjkmPf8HPgF2zuwZM5fkSDQ5nvK7Doz3nfkG0zwcuGhh1HwvsndZpg1B1RSoLoiOlGhV_TMAlzCnnQeql_uxeSAAPYAcF_Zehi8IK/s630/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.16.20+PM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-mRnjD_l5t-638jID2x9RwlgJArgmV5d6IHTo5JdjkmPf8HPgF2zuwZM5fkSDQ5nvK7Doz3nfkG0zwcuGhh1HwvsndZpg1B1RSoLoiOlGhV_TMAlzCnnQeql_uxeSAAPYAcF_Zehi8IK/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.16.20+PM.png" /></a></p></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Five: Make the Next Frames</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5938dcb0-7fff-9a9e-18ec-896690c6798f"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Continue drawing your circles, moving little-by-little on each post-it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3570be55-7fff-2d62-14c5-dcda92faaccc"></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, gradually move the ball down and towards the center of the post-it. When you’ve reached the center, you want your ball to start bouncing back up. </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Move the ball gradually back up the post-it frame. Once you reach the top of the post-it, you can have your ball bounce back to the other side if you want. </span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow the same pattern of going down and back up as you move through the post-it pad, as shown in the frames below.</span></p></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7V3D5G-ehbSJ8WNJtg825gNEHSA5DGu2b-j65g2Euo9xS_Q8mC55lCcg-dOkpAMrsn8578ZPpYYhdfnAU_2yUJ9Sb5c_KCfV5Dd-jZF_8qO2inOnxLvWbj5VgExp1UET3hcndyh8uCtm/s1148/Screen+Shot+2021-03-02+at+12.14.15+PM.png" style="clear: left; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Step Six: Watch Your Ball Move</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you like the path your ball has taken, it’s time to watch it bounce! Hold the closed end of the post-it pad between your thumb and pointer finger. With your other hand, use your thumb to scroll through the post-its like the pages of a book so that they move quickly. You will see your ball move along the page!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwCgW3Hb6BwGdcgm177u8Zii326G7p2QHFd2Sdd5SRShu2vKNvT655UerOarTJNh4vzqeyGwvxK_cB7o7O_NQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p></p></span></div><div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Congratulations! You’re now an animator!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t forget to share your animations with us on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arckboston/"><span style="color: #aed36c;">@arckboston</span></a>!</span></p></span></div></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-58991245439562687532021-02-19T12:00:00.006-05:002021-03-29T14:35:37.225-04:00Promoting Black Voices Through Art<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Black History Month</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-382f8577-7fff-9d3e-3c9d-bbf93b853de4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1976 during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial, President Gerald Ford designated the month of February to celebrate and recognize </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">African American History, calling Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” This month-long celebration came 50 years after Harvard historian Carter G. Woodson (“Father of Black History”) announced in 1925 that the second week of February would be “Negro History Week.” The significance behind selecting the month of February for these celebrations coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and communities nationwide to organize local celebrations, establish history clubs, and host performances and lectures celebrating prominent Black voices throughout American history. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-da8a4ccf-7fff-8754-eec7-44d70dd9db01" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times;">It is our responsibility to keep up the fight for equity, equality, and social justice, and it is ARCK’s goal to provide under-resourced students with opportunities that allow them to creatively express themselves and build their confidence to become innovative, socially-minded leaders who will fight for a better tomorrow. We believe human connections are rooted in creativity, and art is a human right. We must first start by giving the gift of creativity to light up the path of our students, ignite their inner spark to learn, and lead as agents of change.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While we recognize the significance of Black </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">history</span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, we also aim to highlight today’s inspiring Black voices. We want to call attention to artists with whom you can engage right now, making active steps towards a more inclusive society. There are many incredible Black artists in the Greater Boston area (and beyond!) who are dedicated to making a difference in their communities. Below are just a few of those artists who are inspiring others by using creativity to express their own unique perspectives.</span></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: times;">Meet Artists Making a Difference in Boston TODAY</span></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5NKliLI1zBGnfSvfrnxxDr-MYHBnmffK8islg2tuuHczLQ0Dubk3m1IoCbRQtGqebe_STbqLP7bWl95P4tyAwPU0gu3tEEsCfunnMEZpKkOAVYDy16ROpOP7C-mdQCmxOukjsca8eskg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5NKliLI1zBGnfSvfrnxxDr-MYHBnmffK8islg2tuuHczLQ0Dubk3m1IoCbRQtGqebe_STbqLP7bWl95P4tyAwPU0gu3tEEsCfunnMEZpKkOAVYDy16ROpOP7C-mdQCmxOukjsca8eskg/" width="240" /></a></div></span><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Ayana Mack</b> is a Visual Artist & Senior Graphic Designer from Boston, MA. For nearly ten years Ayana has worked with early-stage and established businesses/organizations. With a focus on brand development, print marketing, merchandise, product design & more.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">As an artist, she creates bright and texture-rich work to enrich communities and uplift individuals. Inspired by personal experiences, Black culture, and self-love, she shares essential messages through art while inspiring others to discover their passion. She recently instructed a paint party for middle school girls at the <a href="https://www.letmeleadconference.com/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;">Let Me Lead Girls Conference</span></a> which met at Brooke High School last fall to provide a space for dialogue among young women of color in the Boston area. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn more about Ayana at <span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.ayanamack.co/">www.ayanamack.co</a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhggLITpLXX3lqqxeCRuKtu3Kmv6uZmQQ3an0hT8Rzl3bDv0DGXVI02iw7O01QXNN6RnM9Z7MI7UIrpwTg3Xv8U5tzpec9M0SV2inDPC4dIz9LyfbXXxV4p0M-8VKv_enLioUmsuLOFuN/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhggLITpLXX3lqqxeCRuKtu3Kmv6uZmQQ3an0hT8Rzl3bDv0DGXVI02iw7O01QXNN6RnM9Z7MI7UIrpwTg3Xv8U5tzpec9M0SV2inDPC4dIz9LyfbXXxV4p0M-8VKv_enLioUmsuLOFuN/" width="240" /></a></div></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Carlos</b> </span><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); font-kerning: none;"><b>Freire: </b></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">“Greetings!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> ✌</span></span>I am a multidisciplinary designer/art director/illustrator/human who advocates for ethical representation within the arts. I am driven to serve as a catalyst for cultural impact in design and in the community at large, as well as problem solve with a refreshing perspective.” </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Freire’s designs have been featured by Cumberland Farms, Evolved by Nature, a sustainable green chemistry company based in Medford, and even beyond the Boston area by Apple music. </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn more about Carlos at <a href="https://www.carlos-freire.com/">https://www.carlos-freire.com/</a></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqYqUr-3qdCAUQ8w_BYh9jubTCtVkkzVJQw50ujHq90OW5Byj-vmDw7lsH7yXMylBFo-DYff1DrOfo0Z2aDPu9NqVtXqUNHuUdTl51flSlKn7lekHC6-S6qgmg86oQLEIRzZEnCy1VfSy/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqYqUr-3qdCAUQ8w_BYh9jubTCtVkkzVJQw50ujHq90OW5Byj-vmDw7lsH7yXMylBFo-DYff1DrOfo0Z2aDPu9NqVtXqUNHuUdTl51flSlKn7lekHC6-S6qgmg86oQLEIRzZEnCy1VfSy/" width="240" /></a></div></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: transparent; font-kerning: none;"><b>Delmeshia Haynes</b> is an educator, healer, Wrapologist, and entrepreneur. She is part of a mother-daughter team with </span><b style="background-color: transparent;">Imani (Faith) McFarlane.</b></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">She is currently the Operational Manager and Headwrap Stylist at House of Tafari Collection</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">and Tafari Wraps, a holistic Afro-Diasporian lifestyle brand. She directs the business’s</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">marketing and branding initiatives, accounting and delivery logistics, event coordination, and</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">photoshoot and set styling, all while centering her work around outreach and education about</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">the ancestral practice of head wrapping.</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A community leader, she has years of experience in academic case management, supervising</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">staff and working with at-risk youth in various neighborhoods from West Harlem to Chinatown. Delmeshia also holds a certificate of accreditation from NYU’s SPS in restaurant management </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">and has spent the last seven years as a server at several luxury NYC restaurants, catering</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">companies, and private events for the celebrity elite.</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">A plant mother and deep believer in the healing power of sustainability and ancient spiritual </span>wisdom, Delmeshia seeks to bring her passion for fabrics, food, farming, community, and ancestral lineage to all aspects of her life and work. She earned a BA in Africana Studies from New York University and is now based in Boston.</span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kOLmkdQPpGeGkvU6AvWmRaXRVqQ0KGAeA8V7obNEybUfAsifyj4NPE1b8WxY6gZDVARYe7DAp6qYmNlVtB1V52gTrcgTQOBpCGqwpaVij69POQMyS6sUbjpwCy_tXLUgpzvubWDcFwGw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7kOLmkdQPpGeGkvU6AvWmRaXRVqQ0KGAeA8V7obNEybUfAsifyj4NPE1b8WxY6gZDVARYe7DAp6qYmNlVtB1V52gTrcgTQOBpCGqwpaVij69POQMyS6sUbjpwCy_tXLUgpzvubWDcFwGw/" width="240" /></a></div></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Imani (Faith) McFarlane</b> is an internationally-acclaimed designer and educator with over 40 years of</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">experience in high-end fashion, interior decorating, and sustainable home goods. She is the founder</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">of the House of Tafari Collection (HOTC) and Tafari Wraps, a holistic luxury head wrap and home</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">décor brand steeped in African diasporic traditions. McFarlane spent her early career designing</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">couture fashion for Miss Universe and Miss World beauty pageants, and has shown her work on</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">runways in Boston, New York, London, Lima, and Jamaica. For nearly a decade after, she worked as</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">an interior design consultant and decorator, trained in some of Boston’s most prestigious high-end</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">showrooms. In 2006, McFarlane founded the House of Tafari Collection (HOTC) to bring African</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">and Caribbean influences on fashion and the home goods market. HOTC joins African landscapes,</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">ancestral healing practices, and the vibrancy of the Caribbean with the design and creation of</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">ready-to-wear and couture headwraps and accessories, Wearable Art pieces, and high-end home</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Décor.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Today, McFarlane facilitates workshops on the art and fashion of African head wrapping, or</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">“Wrapshops,” at retail establishments, hair salons, festivals, medical and educational institutes from</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Mass College of Art and Design to the Schomburg Center for</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Research in Black Culture. Her Wrapshops have been endorsed by the American Cancer Society,</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Massachusetts Cancer Coalition, and the Lupus Foundation of New England, and her headwraps</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">have been continuously named as a resource for women thriving through cancer in Exhale Lifestyle</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Magazine and Boston Magazine. Additionally, her workshop Creating Textiles with Adinkra</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Symbols is an immersive program sharing the artistic practice of Adinkra using hand-carved Adinkra</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Stamps.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">McFarlane holds a degree in Fashion Merchandising from Fisher College, where she served as a</span><span class="s2" style="font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">goodwill ambassador. She lives and works in Boston Seaport.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn more about Imani and Tafari Wraps on their website <span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.tafariwraps.com/">https://www.tafariwraps.com/</a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><br /></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5Bp8tAbjvsHLap1iMHnJVxMhPdqBeYASPHB8OKWN6t2r2GJCZkggTGulx2yOQs24vHERJg5oL-u4Y2RnVU0ULE6upTQp1rgId-2793PxFIKMxh7nvdBCVRqiqDH5wd26j7xUmteMXh0m/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5Bp8tAbjvsHLap1iMHnJVxMhPdqBeYASPHB8OKWN6t2r2GJCZkggTGulx2yOQs24vHERJg5oL-u4Y2RnVU0ULE6upTQp1rgId-2793PxFIKMxh7nvdBCVRqiqDH5wd26j7xUmteMXh0m/" width="240" /></a></div></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Elisa H. Hamilton</b> is a socially engaged multimedia artist who creates inclusive artworks that emphasize shared spaces and the hopeful examination of our everyday places, objects, and experiences. She holds a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and an MA in Civic Media from Emerson College. Her work has been shown locally and nationally in solo and group exhibitions and she has been the recipient of four public art grants to create temporary public works in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood, as well as two grants from New England Foundation for the Arts. Hamilton has held artist residencies with Vermont Studio Center, Boston Center for the Arts, the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, and the Fenway Alliance. Her interactive community projects include <i>Sound Lab</i>, a special community sound project created for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, <i>Community Legacy</i>, a collaboration with the MIT List Visual Arts Center, <i>Slideshow</i>, co-presented by HUBweek and Now+There, and <i>Jukebox</i>, a percent-for-art public art commission for the Cambridge Foundry, Cambridge, MA.</span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn more about Elisa at <a href="http://www.elisahhamilton.com/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;">www.ElisaHHamilton.com</span></a> or on Instagram and Twitter @ElisaHHamilton <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb-bWB5bNJQo5ETKHkvUtauvPgTHBWvu-lDAJBoCT1ytCT8oeKJMm6sq_WJP1WyPxR2Zs97aOL1DsGmwFUinDWbLbGgpsENf3YUsg8vknF-o9MT5g1iEtHd-8fCPH_v1AfYYbFEqgxa3B/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb-bWB5bNJQo5ETKHkvUtauvPgTHBWvu-lDAJBoCT1ytCT8oeKJMm6sq_WJP1WyPxR2Zs97aOL1DsGmwFUinDWbLbGgpsENf3YUsg8vknF-o9MT5g1iEtHd-8fCPH_v1AfYYbFEqgxa3B/" width="240" /></a></div></span></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Marlon Forrester</b>, born in Guyana, South America, is an artist and educator raised in Boston, MA. Forrester is a graduate of School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, B.A 2008 and Yale School of Art, M.F.A. 2010. He is a resident artist at African-American Masters Artist Residency Program (AAMARP) adjunct to the Department of African-American Studies in association with Northeastern University. He has shown both internationally and nationally, concerned with the corporate use of the black body, or the body as logo, Forrester’s paintings, drawings, sculptures, and multimedia works reflect meditations on the exploitation implicit in the simultaneous apotheosis and fear of the muscular black figure in America. Recently, Forrester shared his own words in a poem called <a href="https://www.celebrityseries.org/live-performances/artist-connections/black-voices-boston/black-voices-boston-stories/marlon/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;">“If Pain”</span></a> expressed through movement in a collaboration with others in the Celebrity Series of Boston to create a piece called <a href="https://www.celebrityseries.org/live-performances/artist-connections/black-voices-boston/showcase/"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;">“Black Voices Boston.”</span></a> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Learn more about Marlon at <span class="s3" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.marlonforrester.com/">https://www.marlonforrester.com/</a></span></span></span><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx3JAVVp3uXcHETequV_rl9Hc8_ZlcCciPr4dnbWwkuFGy4lm8z4jM9Znafdjfq4iawK9-D4NQEPzlfIVPz0w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We want to thank all our participating artists for sharing their stories with us! </span></div><div style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: times; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are some truly incredible artists right in our backyards working to bring beauty and inclusivity to our community. We at ARCK admire these artists’ work and are proud to have such role models for our students to emulate.</span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-8821290966399619482021-02-05T12:00:00.073-05:002021-03-01T15:09:35.654-05:00 Creative from Home: Paper Snowflakes<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EcCMAFxH54-NqEt84Dvj2UT8DqcvfmdM377XXKN4uBGGrK69qItnngnL4ve45ldSInAvXYRgHGRZx6n30qF0IpAZ3v1CiSETnmAQl2mgg0i-mSVI5aLhcPe1gIwfKVJUigHJ3PBHyAGS/s1636/Snow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1636" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2EcCMAFxH54-NqEt84Dvj2UT8DqcvfmdM377XXKN4uBGGrK69qItnngnL4ve45ldSInAvXYRgHGRZx6n30qF0IpAZ3v1CiSETnmAQl2mgg0i-mSVI5aLhcPe1gIwfKVJUigHJ3PBHyAGS/w400-h299/Snow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Winter is truly here in New England. Are you looking for activities for your children to do that don't require braving the cold and snow? Look no further! Cozy up in the comfort of your home while </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">giving your kids the experience of being in their favorite snowy place. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This <i>Creative from Home</i> winter wonderland activity is <b>paper snowflakes</b>!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let’s get started!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">You Will Need</span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paper</span></p></li><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: circle; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Can be any color or size. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can even reuse old papers!</span></p></li></ul><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scissors</span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pencil or Marker</span></p></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step One</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To make a snowflake, you need a square piece of paper. If you have a sheet of standard 8.5"x11" paper, fold one corner of the paper in a diagonal so that it creates a triangle. Cut off the extra rectangle at the bottom. You won’t need this small strip.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 290px; overflow: hidden; width: 264px;"><img height="290" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Ht_wQRsVDUynwkk7wSRpQPGi3a_ZQiZmLeYF4gkH5L676e6V0lDcqibxBnNmNXjRNGfQMCAeK_moFf0Oxxs1Ocl87Ka1Rl9sIucuEs07Fw-pTKxg9l3uJqX6EOBdtotcxc4eHYgX" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="264" /></span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 290px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 286px;"><img height="290" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/77D1xdOtVhqXCxqBuB-nt4qPwjZYS9XbBFc0jhiUHQj9vVwNbT3t0dUf67nES3ShhZrjrt5w71z8qcpVQdw59_AtaGFBve-FLqjnlTiNR3ocWPSqs1kDWxs-AD1iXdU9-FJg4GYi" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="286" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Two</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take your square and keep it folded as a triangle. Fold it one more time so you have an even smaller triangle (see dotted line in the picture below). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 264px; overflow: hidden; width: 273px;"><img height="264" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0JDRYgh0miC3J8gn7z23SzXK0Cc8HNjr0szfmlnUb6K8dLfbWEKtLHUThSRWONt9F0RCsnTgN_kXagZeHMRXflo1LHBNoOOwCYjJfI4GhzjQLa9TP_kkwUppbCKkSw9zFKl7v4yX" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="273" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Three</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">next part is a little tricky, so take your time. You want to take the two outer corners of your triangle and fold them towards the center.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 193px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 168px;"><img height="200" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/MY7Se2SvJf9uGoPwfpcEo0K7IZBYO0_N27Mm5o15lE-zZ_NRHST5NJy69G_PtRlz328Co9MM-xdI_0KVNDFKAnbINuNaZQh-0AKipOg3cyQPR6UhSpAqY0DPeA0WNXDF4I_eq-hc=w168-h200" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="168" /></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 194px; overflow: hidden; width: 169px;"><img height="194" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gaXz8fINt0J3GT43aiiDTrcAufttYj_hhLqENUv9JFmNzZqQUKIUUC5pAVzUWJBQZH3YL-66T1LD_TZo6rjuJmkpSlFtbJOLIGQ-OYdj6enQvN2AaCokSt3eMLi1C0WsZUGWAohM" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="169" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Four</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you’re done, you will have one smaller triangle that looks like it has “bunny ears.” Flip the triangle around and you will see a straight line. Now it is time to cut off the “bunny ears.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 189px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 139px;"><img height="191" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2MPBLoyrHRiUtxgNuVUN5LSadL1oQ0FU7SW2Kk6L2lXVeVYI8A60N_8vGUlFg_KlE2Oo3b_jU6IxivmubGaCi6gtiXKNftzhy0qSJEdOEkhOaOnXegPAzPMyciHnn7EV0zoVT_Pc=w140-h191" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="140" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 191px; overflow: hidden; width: 162px;"><img height="190" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/V9wFwIgZKGrZByx85yNEFssuZ3NTlSVO1BigacT_vW2r5E_NjPCY6_IxY8DbAtyPdp9kEjhmcKe_JbFy-GyLX0Zz5UYIExBFxSzB6QMzI-8_kKUTOgpgrL_4TK3N95gU1iMA1PPn=w162-h190" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="162" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now comes the fun part - designing your snowflake! To make this project work for children of all ages and levels, we have beginner, intermediate and advanced design options. Choose whichever option works best for you and your child. No two snowflakes are the same, so whatever paper snowflake you make is going to be beautiful and unique!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Beginner Design Option</span></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step One</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take your pencil or marker and draw whatever shapes you want along the sides of the triangle. Be careful to make sure the shapes on one side do not touch the other (doing so will cut your creation in half and you will lose your snowflake design). Here’s a tip: draw a line down the middle of the triangle to help create a boundary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 219px; overflow: hidden; width: 161px;"><img height="219" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VaKi21uoAzQT9duRCETkaY-vMpwVCqw9VMEN0x0vX3CL6v9XjsE3kIDKx3_HUiitu9ixKrOR7MuaD07F8J5KjUf7O4sqLkWk5pwrhYBCwwpJtl_hn35w84awLtFE9A-QTge9NByT" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="161" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;"><b>Step Two </b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carefully </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">cut out the shapes you drew. When you’re done, open up your triangle and you will see your snowflake!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 170px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 127px;"><img height="170" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/TdYjDZUUrW0MQmoVD4pPCGCLdVHD8Z1VGmMhTAnVAiiHQFmZUSdoQ4p9wGx6_I6cSml31qywHr-NbhZms5WNXWG75CO1TQMD0DGuEdxXRGaFFw6OXaxZdpnP099d2OP2cfZmymUU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="127" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 172px; overflow: hidden; width: 131px;"><img height="172" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/9Ab7ld52h08ipkMMVmJIC-D4s22qmzKE98tQ7diQb-YYfOX6WK2iG2akCGiZWEQFzGQqBbaK5eKdTD5PS1D6ugx2Nb85ivz2kztrfhRiyAcTl4fJrldh1140-p9I8Nl75NCPuCoo" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="131" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Intermediate Design Option</u></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step One</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are a little more comfortable using scissors, this option is for you! On your triangle, we are going to create our designs around a ‘V’ shape. It can help to draw a ‘V’ like the one seen below on the triangle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 245px; overflow: hidden; width: 198px;"><img height="245" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9LQxbDE2jkawwItPdSti7foyxuLYqpYeqKKhIcLTzGcQ-rBELGfkMdpWnBARrrHfubHfBvqLxvCV8_qgQg8PHhQ__cc-JJj8sWOfMKdfoQXzcS2bVBASpXdI7Pi_EqiqMCDVHaoH" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="198" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Two</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Draw patterns within this ‘V’ area, that do not touch the sides. Be creative and draw whatever slopes and edges you want to outline your ‘V’ shape. Look at the pink line below if you need some inspiration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 258px; overflow: hidden; width: 194px;"><img height="258" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/KG8A8AlVtRt_vXdY1ShGFK_UwSMZWTPwTrOIvglTPlSSGcOOiIgE4VmiynVicsURp1padrDUswaS-Td2F_DPkJNFmIlPOM-t1KKddR6GNCUngBBb-KBGDoT6rTmWHY7aanRwfuGC" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="194" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Three</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">out the shape you drew, being careful not to cut into the sides of the snowflake. The pink shape drawn above resulted in the snowflake below.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 241px; overflow: hidden; width: 212px;"><img height="241" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YZ4DITrd956obP0O9rDZwHoK1JTXsaWfPkKwofZ4Lk7TdFdqNF2qUQg52gj674aO9zBYampk3FbSt2oF60d_CrZn_GohuNFVsmi5WOrX9P2lGmUbA5Kwm8PrMiSsKFRArtMrbmRf" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="212" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><br /></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Advanced Design Option</span></u></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step One</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Repeat the steps for the intermediate design Option. You will still draw your lines inside the triangle making the V shape (pink lines). But this time, you will also add shapes on the side of the triangle. On the edges, add more shapes as long as they do not touch the central V shape (green lines).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 303px; overflow: hidden; width: 247px;"><img height="303" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OniPI7xncGkAoOlfrjHv2Ok-41dF4lZiEJXM45pKgVPKbMYhmIVW5Qo-pKPSgC4lbFZMcaEcclia2GRr0gIL_TYD5LSGn5Zsm5tJSOAXhw9Xa4Fbc-VirvDRdOT5ufm_kvrACz3d" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="247" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Two</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">along the pink lines and the green lines to make a more detailed snowflake. You can see all the individual little pieces that you have to cut below. Make sure to recycle!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><img height="263" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Qy2gnDenbBo0ywNzR-W3IgdAKw9Fcz4v1vtNlhglHHy-vJzoJgKEkotfZWZsalOUI00V-ZRYdjtDlqkyJSGRvB9MCYCHdbaZCgQgH7U6Iq9td1UIejQQVCqEND3Qwiqpc9rF56GZ" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="196" /></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Step Three</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">up your V shape and reveal your snowflake!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 315px; overflow: hidden; width: 264px;"><img height="315" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/AmhE_F4drqM_GAAvSYh9lbaeMWH2BEJNmOw38k-qZ6FKDiO-tc6hMs1wT6ttrMdwZUCGB9IWPK8v77Adw_T2hCulBppkmErWtbhIsb6Y9wd5TY_HDEPaLFYAHqXP72xnVtWKSCaS" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="264" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for making paper snowflakes with us at ARCK! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow us at on Instagram at <a href="http://www.instagram.com/arckboston">@arckboston</a> for a video tutorial. Share your creations with us by tagging us @arckboston and using the hashtag #creativefromhome!</span></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3600825 -71.058880114.049848663821152 -106.2151301 70.670316336178843 -35.902630099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-19870883250571627962020-12-11T12:00:00.009-05:002021-03-01T15:09:26.058-05:00Creative from Home: Desk Pal Painted Rocks<p><span style="font-family: times;"> <span><img height="365" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/x-jHQ9uNeEWFtCMBPco698T6v_l-jh3hVSRcsF1Z9tWfGh7bgCm1Klvte8IQMNJziipwo41drOnkTWQumwKx11qYbQV1TqxmQwNQUPKMUHoNP7rTFyc53pByRFh5-Ruk6EFKgLxV=w558-h365" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;" width="558" /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">While quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic, many children left hand-painted rocks around their neighborhoods, giving them a fun and creative activity to do at home and bringing a smile to someone else’s face all at the same time. These rocks often featured positive messages or were cheerfully decorated with rainbows, flowers, and suns. </span></span></p><div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Painted rocks aren't new! Back in 2015, Megan Murphy started <span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.thekindnessrocksproject.com/" target="_blank">The Kindness Rocks Project</a></span> in Cape Cod to spread positivity. Brief messages on painted rocks started adding color to the area and inspiring all who saw them. The movement gained popularity on social media, extending far beyond Massachusetts into an international following. Murphy has since been featured in a number of noteworthy news publications, developed Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) presentations and packages for schools, created The Kindness Rocks Project® Grant and Sponsorship Programs, hosted Corporate Workshops, and more! </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Today, painted rocks continue to be a symbol of optimism. <b>With remote learning being the new normal, children are spending long hours in front of a computer rather than in colorful and engaging classrooms, but at-home learning environments don’t have to be dreary! Why not create a Desk Pal to brighten up the space and give students a reason to smile throughout their day? </b></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times;">Share these steps with your student so they can make their own Desk Pal! You may just find your work-from-home space needs a little character, too!</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;">What You’ll Need</span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">Rock</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pencil</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">Newspaper or paper to protect your work surface</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paintbrushes</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: times;">Paint (this example uses black, white, and red)</span></span></li></ul></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times; font-kerning: none;"><b>How to make a Desk Pal </b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">We’ll show you how to paint ladybug rocks, but you can choose whatever creature or design you want! Let’s get started!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBvVw_9rQ6xdA7XqKBzNJsR4SyVXMhP7djEc3sK5gHdvlWjl-pYtfjM-sACxJAWWWqN1ytL5ES6um4fLaYORQ2SIqvlmaOjRxHzaFLJiV4nUoivbAhHibghEiMWAazrCxYqiY-MFTR9gT/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="130" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBvVw_9rQ6xdA7XqKBzNJsR4SyVXMhP7djEc3sK5gHdvlWjl-pYtfjM-sACxJAWWWqN1ytL5ES6um4fLaYORQ2SIqvlmaOjRxHzaFLJiV4nUoivbAhHibghEiMWAazrCxYqiY-MFTR9gT/w159-h589/image.png" width="159" /></a></span></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times; font-kerning: none;"><b>Step 1</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">Find a rock that you like - not too big like a boulder, but not too small like a pebble. Flatter rocks will be easier to paint, too.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times; font-kerning: none;"><b>Step 2</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">Once you have your rock, paint the top of the rock all one color. Traditional ladybugs are red, but you can make your desk pal whatever color you want! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;">Step 3</b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">Let the paint dry for a few minutes and clean your paintbrush while you wait. Pro tip: let your ladybug sit outside so it dries faster!</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times; font-kerning: none;"><b>Step 4</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">Next, we’re going to use our black paint. On one short side of the rock, make a half circle for the face. On the rest of the ladybug’s body, add little circles to make spots. Lastly, add a thin black line down the middle of the ladybug to give it wings! </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;">Step 5</b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: times; font-kerning: none;">On the ladybug’s face, add two white dots of white paint. When the white paint dries, you can add the eyes. Dip a pencil tip in black paint and put two little black dots inside the white circles to make the eyes. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;"><br /></b></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;"><br /></b></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><b style="color: #1d9ad6; font-family: times;">Step 6</b></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Once it’s dry, put your ladybug somewhere you can see it while you work. </span><span style="font-family: times;">Don’t forget to take a picture and share your Desk Pal with @arckboston on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ARCKBOSTON" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: times;"> and </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/arckboston/" style="font-family: times;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="font-family: times;">!</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">See more of our <i>Creative from Home</i> series, like our </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span><a href="http://arckboston.blogspot.com/2020/04/creative-form-home-blackout-poetry.html" target="_blank">Blackout Poetry piece.</a></span></span></p>ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0ARCK42.3565903 -71.06040879999999-33.73295190761015 148.3145912 90 69.56459120000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-50088383402812798102020-11-20T11:00:00.005-05:002021-03-29T14:35:52.861-04:00Build a Future for our Children<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kx4WzbMyULHe9csNrfZWvG-4rMwG6clkjrfd5LKhWOUgbJNOHk28T-qX_YkHANxIKM7YG6aTiOgWJm8v-HP_jIEeMRhjUMT0JMkJpXZU0tdAVCFpG0gLWWM2_fNY_x5jsl20n8b_Cv0G/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="857" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Kx4WzbMyULHe9csNrfZWvG-4rMwG6clkjrfd5LKhWOUgbJNOHk28T-qX_YkHANxIKM7YG6aTiOgWJm8v-HP_jIEeMRhjUMT0JMkJpXZU0tdAVCFpG0gLWWM2_fNY_x5jsl20n8b_Cv0G/w339-h345/Screen+Shot+2020-11-18+at+11.37.59+AM.png" width="339" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Making a Better World for our Children</span></span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-939647ee-7fff-bc1e-25fd-0c619b335e5c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us in celebrating the United Nations’ World Children’s Day!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This day aims to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. We invite you to take a moment and think about the young people in our world, the tools we can provide that give them every opportunity possible, and the bright futures we hope for them. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Background on World Children’s Day</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each year, November 20 is dedicated to giving attention to children and remembering important milestones in the United Nations’ commitment to advocacy of children and their rights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOLH_o27ABFaEySsL0H6LG7yrKm3xipcqncqskizUm15f0SFVweWtWJMP4wBlUFvSM6I0O0IW_AuA8s3dEPF393j17bVOrFvYMGNjg7dQd6HQLMz2uv7GR6iTDup72dYMO41QtOJ4Xepl/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1405" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOLH_o27ABFaEySsL0H6LG7yrKm3xipcqncqskizUm15f0SFVweWtWJMP4wBlUFvSM6I0O0IW_AuA8s3dEPF393j17bVOrFvYMGNjg7dQd6HQLMz2uv7GR6iTDup72dYMO41QtOJ4Xepl/w542-h307/Screen+Shot+2020-11-18+at+11.22.41+AM.png" width="542" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7ce08867-7fff-aa24-88df-d42c62e393ab"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified international human rights treat and sets out a number of human rights, including the right to life, to health, to education and play, as well as the right to family life, to be protected from violence, to not be discriminated and to have their voices heard. Learn more about the value of The Convention from <a href="https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention/convention-text-childrens-version"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">this UNICEF article</span></a>. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You can also explore how children all over the world are using art on this day to design the kind of world they want. Find out more about the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">#voicesofyouth </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Illustration Challenge</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #231f20;"> for this year’s World Children’s Day </span><a href="https://www.voicesofyouth.org/world-childrens-day-challenge"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">on the Voices of Youth website</span></a><span style="color: #231f20;">. </span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-24899672-7fff-6acc-6bb0-0c3c3f306f39"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">How ARCK is Advocating for Children</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">One key goal in the United Nations’ </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Development Programme</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> is to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” ARCK’s art-led STEM programs not only foster an inclusive learning environment, but also cultivate innovative and creative leaders for the future. <b>Through ARCK’s lessons, students grow to understand themselves, their peers, and the world around them more every day.</b> A well-rounded education should be accessible to every student, but in difficult times like these, it is the under-resourced schools and children who suffer the most. Now more than ever, ARCK works to provide quality education for ALL.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The past year has been especially difficult on our children as they have b</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">een living through a global pandemic and era of heightened social unrest. </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;">ARCK’s teachers and lessons work to help our children in under-resourced Boston Public Schools cope, heal, and share their voices through creativity. </b></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Education is about more than sitting at a desk and calculating equations. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the purpose of education is to cultivate “the development of the child's personality, talents, and mental and physical abilities to their fullest potential.” One of the best ways to encourage children to express themselves and reach their fullest potential is through creativity. Due to COVID-19, our programs are now offered remotely, providing our students with a way to bring art into their lives while at home. At the start of our virtual programming, there was minimal interaction from our students, but ARCK has made it a priority to foster an environment where our students feel safe to share their thoughts and feelings and learn with and from each other. We use art and design to build students’ confidence - a tool that continues to be effective, as more students gradually turn their cameras on and engage intentionally with their teachers and peers. <b>ARCK is also committed to breaking down accessibility barriers </b>by providing art kits to each student we serve. These kits will include all materials necessary to complete our lessons this year from home, relieving the financial burden many families are already experiencing due to COVID-19.</span></p></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: #1d9ad6;">Here's How You Can Help</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Support ARCK’s Art Kit Drive initiative this Giving Tuesday: December 1, 2020.</b> Donate any amount or purchase supplies from our Amazon Smile Wish List. 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<i>Creative From Home is ARCK's new weekly series of arts and crafts tutorials kids can follow at home during quarantine. </i></div>
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It's almost the end of National Poetry Month and we just realized we haven't done much to exercise out poetry muscles! A shame, since ARCK's in-school programming aims to build literacy through art.</div>
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It's better late than never, so join us in making blackout poetry from old magazine pages. It's a great challenge to spend an afternoon on.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gallerysystem/" target="_blank"> Gallery System Art Displays</a> team member shared their kindergartener son's version of the speaker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Take your phone and set the side where your phone speaker output is on the paper roll. Draw a rectangle on the roll to mark where you are going to cut the opening in which to rest your phone. Err on the side of making the opening smaller, as you’d want your phone to fit in quite snugly.</span></h4>
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<b>From October 12-15th, "I Am...You" was open to the public at HUBweek Boston, a festival celebrating innovation in art and technology. Hundreds of visitors came to our installation at City Hall Plaza over the weekend and were invited to add to three fiber and whiteboard murals exploring empathy, identity, and community.</b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>You might have already seen the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEmqgDCM9IE" target="_blank">time-lapse video of "I Am...You"</a> when it was on view at HUBweek. Read on to find out the process behind the creation of the whiteboard murals, which started with ARCK's seventh-grade students at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School (LGF) in Dorchester and Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) in Allston!</b><br />
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<i><br /></i> <i><br /></i>After this process, students scaled up their logo using mathematics, up to three times the original size. In this process, they calculated using rulers, and measured and divided multiple numbers and measurements to scale up the drawing.<br />
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We also had sharing time at the end of each class. Yasmine from LGF explained the message behind her logo (an eye): "I want people to know that even though us kids don't look like we are paying attention to what's going on around the world, we are paying attention."<br />
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Students were also involved in the rest of the panel prep by painting on the boards and sanding. Then, using a projector, they traced their logos on the painted board with marker.<br />
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Thank you to all who helped with this project, especially classroom teachers Katharine Atkins-Pattenson at GPA and Alice Laramore at the Frederick School, Carl Solander of Reverse Architecture and Paul DeStefano for aiding in design and construction, Seema Krish Textiles for donating fabric swatches, and our friends at HUBweek Boston. Art takes a village, and we couldn't have done it without you!</div>
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ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-33365686270535081292017-10-06T13:28:00.001-04:002021-03-29T14:37:07.490-04:00Artist Interview: Anna Starkova<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN" style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Artwork Details: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #575757; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anna Starkova<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background: white; color: #575757; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Acrylic on canvas, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sara Pizarro is a Colombian artist who moves between multiple 2D mediums, exploring the social and cultural imagery of women in Latin American and African culture. She is influenced by the vividness of these places' textures, colors, and races. Her art has been sold at the Museum of Fine Arts and her murals have been painted on multiple continents. Sara is currently a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA). She has graciously donated her painting, <i>A Face In The Crowd</i>, to our 6th Annual Auction Benefit Gala, <a href="http://www.arckboston.org/gala" target="_blank">Paint The Town Rouge</a>. You can see more of her work and her journey on her <a href="http://www.sarapizarro.com/" target="_blank">website</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pizarrografia/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I was a kid, I was always involved in any artistic practices that I could get my hands on. I would always be dancing, singing, or painting. I grew up watching my mom paint with oil paints on canvases. That was a big inspiration for me, even though I was always hesitant to try that medium. I remember drawing with colored pencils and doing paper quilling. I was also interested in lettering and would write all my friends' names out to practice and then give it to them as gifts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've always admired the beauty of the races from these places and everything that adorns them: their traditional clothes, the colors, the accessories, the shapes, and texture. This has made me focused on the importance of the women in different social groups, especially the indigenous groups of these places. The most traditional groups from Africa and Latin America are typically part of low socio-economic groups, and through my artwork, I try to open up a conversation about these women, their labor, and their importance in their communities. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am using different mediums, materials, and techniques that allow me to be manual and tactile, which is what I like the most. My sense of touch is one of the most important senses for me to be able to create what I create. It's as if my hands are connected directly to my emotions. The tactile factor is relevant in the daily labors of women that I convey in my art pieces. These women are usually in charge of weaving the community's clothes, producing crafts, cooing, and being mothers -- all tasks that are very manual and sensorial. Lately, I have been trying to mix threads, embroidery, and weavings with illustration and painting. I'm trying to explore how I could produce images that are not only what I can see as beautiful through my eyes, but also what I can understand as beautiful with my hands. I think the tactile aspects of the clothes and accessories are some of the most attractive aspects of these cultures. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>A Face In the Crowd</i> is one of the first paintings that I have done that speaks about children. With this piece, I wanted to bring an artistic resolution to the current racial tensions by showing how, at the end of the day, we are all the same. I wanted to show how these wounds can be stitched and solved with love, compassion, and understanding. I thought it would be an appropriate artwork to donate in an effort to raise money for children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Make sure to see <i>A Face In The Crowd </i>and work from other talanted artists by purchasing your ticket to "Paint The Town Rouge" <a href="https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/communicate/eventtickets.action?auctionId=283210470">here</a>!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>P.S. We would love to see this artist continue to create and inspire generations of future artists to come, using art for social impact as ARCK does. We encourage you to donate to her <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/sarapizarro">GoFundMe</a> page as a way to support the work of this wonderful artist while also investing in Boston's vibrant arts ecosystem. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="https://hubweek.org/exhibits/i-am-you/" target="_blank">“I AM...You”</a> </b>is an interactive multimedia installation facilitated by ARCK in partnership with </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><a href="http://www.hubweek.org/" target="_blank">HUBweek</a></b></span>, and will be open to the public <b>October 12-15 at Boston's City Hall Plaza.</b><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Student artists will explore the tapestry of self-identity and the current inflation of the ego, in order to encourage empathy. ARCK is collaborating with 7th grade students in four classrooms at Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) in Allston and the Lilla G. Frederick School in Dorchester to create a mural that invites participation and challenges the viewer to see themselves in the shoes of immigrants and refugees coming into the U.S.. Inside of a repurposed shipping container, visitors will participate in two interactive murals (fibers and whiteboard).</span></span><br />
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For inspiration, ARCK team members paid a visit to <a href="http://bostonasianyes.org/" target="_blank">Boston Asian Youth Essential Service (YES)</a>, where quilts co-created by local youth and <b>Clara Wainwright </b>were on view. We also spoke with the teachers in the two classrooms who'll be participating in the project, about their summer research on border-crossings and how their students will be exploring this theme in the fall by writing personal narratives. In addition, we developed preliminary plans with an architect who will be generously helping us install the murals inside the shipping container!</span></span><br />
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ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-56638849429480682232017-07-07T11:09:00.002-04:002021-02-24T13:51:09.460-05:00Adding an “A”: What an Arts Education Means for Our Youth <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">According to </span><a href="http://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/arts-education" style="text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Americans for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, students engaged in the arts are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement. If they take four years of art in high school, they’re also more likely to score higher on the SAT than students who take only one-half year or less. Furthermore, according to a </span><a href="https://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/807281/9/Improv%20in%20education%20accepted.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">study published by the American Psychological Association</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, children who engaged in simple, art-based interventions displayed better divergent thinking and creativity after the intervention than children who did not have an art-based intervention. The study evidences the measurable boosts of creativity achieved by engaging in artistic learning. Great news, especially considering that 72 percent of business leaders say that creativity is the number one skill they seek when hiring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 36pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ARCK’s founder and executive director, Sara Demeter, has even witnessed creativity blossom first-hand. During a weeklong art-healing workshop, Sara worked with Syrian refugee children. At the start of the program, the children expressed their sadness on paper with images like tanks, fires, and guns. But as the week progressed and they got to do activities like building their own cities and learning about physics through simple experiments, they were able to portray beautiful stories like olive groves and peaceful homes. They finished the workshop with hope, conveying their new dreams of being scientists, doctors, teachers, architects, and more. One little girl even said she’d like to open up an art nonprofit of her own. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">For example, one of the projects in our Social Justice module examines oil spills and pollution through abstract painting. We begin this lesson by explaining oil spills, the harm they cause to the ocean, and giving examples like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Observing aerial shots of such spills, students understand the effects of pollution on the environment, as well as visualize the connection and the opportunity to portray similar scenes through painting. With this, students paint their own depiction of oil spills, understanding the catastrophe through their very own artistic rendition. </span><br />
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ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-66549349952381479372017-05-19T17:15:00.002-04:002021-03-29T14:40:43.626-04:00From School Days to Evenings: Engaging Parents in their Children’s Art Learning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>by Marlena I., ARCK's Development & Marketing Assistant</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ARCK’s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Financial Literacy Through Art </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">workshop, piloted on May 16th, marked the first of hopefully many workshops we will offer to the parents of our students this upcoming year who are English language learners. This component of our programming aims to engage parents in their children’s school lives and to extend the therapeutic benefits of art into their lives as well as their kids’.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ARCK has partnered with the </span><a href="https://gpaesol.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Adult Education Program</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> at Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) in Allston, one of the Boston public schools in which we offer our core arts integration program for K-8 students. The Adult Education Program offers evening English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes along with childcare, free of charge to participants. To reach our students' parents in this wonderful program as well as other adult ESOL learners, we are planning a series of Literacy Through Art workshops. Since the Adult Education Program’s ESOL curriculum is theme-based, geared toward teaching students English skills and areas of knowledge relevant to their daily lives, each of ARCK’s Literacy Through Art workshops will align with some of these themes, including personal financial literacy.</span></div>
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<i><span id="docs-internal-guid-4e4c454e-226b-89fd-1ca4-e109b8985135" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This past Tuesday evening, around 18 GPA parents from various levels of ESOL classes participated in a hands-on, arts-integrated lesson on using checks. We were fortunate enough to have the help of Rick and Spencer, representatives from Commerce Bank, who taught students how to properly write a check, record checks in a check register, and balance a checkbook. </span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Are you a parent looking for a fun and educational project to do with your kids? Or are you an educator hoping to combine STEM and art into a creative STEAM activity? Look no further -- we’ve prepared a lesson demo on How to Make a Light-Up T-Shirt for Bike Advocacy.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.batchgeo.com/map/36438ddcfe388433038f8b0120c6e73e" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Map of Bike Accidents</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - shows students scale of the issue as something that needs attention. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Design your t-shirt in pencil on paper and then transfer design to the t-shirt - Pencil is not easy to erase, so on t-shirt it is recommended to use grey chalk.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Put cardboard between two layers of the shirt; can also reinforce with rubber bands, then paint the shirt; Example of material: Puff fabric paint (opportunity to incorporate UDL principles).</span></div>
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In these times of budget cuts to arts and culture programming on both the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/with-elimination-of-nea-and-neh-trumps-budget-is-worst-case-scenario-for-arts-groups/2017/03/15/5291645a-09bb-11e7-a15f-a58d4a988474_story.html?utm_term=.830462af94bc" target="_blank">federal</a> and <a href="http://www.mass-creative.org/artsinaction" target="_blank">state</a> levels, ARCK is taking a stand. We are committed to using art as a vehicle to engage children in learning, because we see firsthand in the classrooms that art empowers and heals students.<br />
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At our <a href="http://www.artweekboston.org/" target="_blank">ArtWeek Boston</a> event, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ARCKBOSTON/?fref=ts" target="_blank">#StandUpForArt</a>, we will be amplifying the voices of those who, like us, believe the arts and arts education are worth fighting for.<br />
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Check out our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ARCKBOSTON/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook event</a> for more details, and we hope to see you at #StandUpForArt!<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ARCK is helping to create a culture of we. On June 14th, ARCK unveiled the collaborative mural project, “I AM, WE ARE,” across from Fenway Park-- providing proof that the Boston community has the ability to empower our youth. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">The mural was created by ARCK’s students at Gardner Pilot Academy, a Boston Public School, in collaboration with ARCK’s teachers and staff and professional artist Mark Cooper, whose participation was made possible by a generous grant from Bain Capital and also Michael Jabbawy from Goodwin Proctor LLP who helped us negotiate our contract with the artist. </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The 48-foot wide, 12 foot tall mural showcases students’ exploration of their identities and multicultural communities to an audience of millions of passersby. This mural will catch the eye of not only the Boston community and Red Sox fans, but of tourists -- and all will be reminded of art’s ability to bring people together</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mayor Matin J. Walsh and Sara Demeter celebrating with GPA middle schoolers students in the mural unveiling ceremony </span></b></div>
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ARCKBostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246021132296072055noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8234155653493982420.post-4713911745263569122015-01-21T17:05:00.003-05:002021-03-29T14:38:19.643-04:00Pajamas of my Dreams! Celebrating MLK day at the Blackstone Innovation School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday, January 16, the author and illustrator of <i>Pajamas of my Dreams</i> paid a visit to the Blackstone School's first-grade classrooms to share their book and help students with a collage project. Laurie Collins, the author, led the students through a fun and engaging meeting with a singalong, a rap, and a read-aloud of her book. Margie Florini, the illustrator, showed her original collages and talked to the kids about how she made them. All of our students were deeply engaged throughout their presentation, singing and laughing along, calling out their observations from the book, and sharing their own dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After the presentation, students continued to work on their own collages, which they had made backgrounds for the week before. They decorated paper pajamas with pictures of their "dreams" - from basketballs and stethoscopes to superheroes and fairies. Our visitors and teachers walked among the busy students, sharing cut-out paper and other decorations and talking to the kids about their collages. At the end of each class, a few brave volunteers came to the front of the class to share their "Artist Statements" in front of an audience of their peers, teachers, and special guests.</span></div>
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