My part of the project

I’m creating a hallway that leads into a gallery space where I’ll exhibit the students’ work. The hallway consists of 8 panels 4 on each side. It will have drawings in chronological order from children drawings to graffiti art. My idea behind it is to present myself as a low artist by producing “low art”, but at the same time displaying it in a gallery space adding to the idea that everything can be art. At the same time I’m putting the students’ work in a pedestal by exhibiting their work in the gallery space.

First week, their project - planning, materials and getting started

SKETCHES

The two girls are creating a set of 3 drawings these are the sketches for the first one.



The two boys are creating a sculpture these sketches belong to one of the guys. The other guy is having trouble planning, he wants to experiment with materials and then create something.

This is everything they collected for the scuptures.

The boys collecting materials.

The girls working on sketches.

Week #2

I got my kids back, on Monday the project is going to get started. I’m planning my school visits to Boston and continuing my research. I’m visiting the school of the museum of fine arts and meeting with some of the staff members. Also I talk to Meg Meiman the undergraduate Research program coordinator to see if it was possible to curate a show at the end of the summer. The show will present the work of both the undergraduate summer program and the McNair Scholars, she is all for it. Allie push will be organizing the show.

Week #1

I try to contact all of the participants, but 3 out of the 4 haven't answer any of my calls, today is the last day I’ll try to contact them and if I don't heard back from them I'll start my search for new participants. Meanwhile I have been searching for more books and articles related to the topic. So far one of the books is grabbing my attention it is called "Expressive therapy with Troubled Children", Gussie Klorer describes the process she used with several children in art therapy, although my project has nothing to do with art therapy she point out some interesting factors in art for instance she describes how art has the capacity to heal by means of expressive work. She also mentions that play and art tap into primary process thinking allowing a person specially child to process the event without the censorship or inhabitation of secondary process thinking which could be describe as a sublimation moment in art.She also gives tips on how to work with the participants and how to avoid my personal opinions and ideas in the art of the participants.