Times are getting too busy again in the art therapy room! But in the midst of the mayhem of girls group and students and stuffing and needles and thread and paper and pencils and gossip and coffee… there is the opportunity to dialogue and catch up.
Here is a sample from today:
New OSM video! We love you, OPERATION SOCK MONKEY!
Check out the blog entry and view the inspiring and charming video at http://www.operationsockmonkey.com/2010/09/25/osm-avec-clowns-sans-frontieres-canada/
THE SOCK MONKEY EXERCISE by CLOWNS WITHOUT BORDERS SOUTH AFRICA!
To read about the The Sock Monkey Exercise: go to CWBSA Sock Monkey
The initial group of 8 students have started experimenting with props for our next Stop Motion Animation Project: THE LORAX! We are so lucky to have Erin Ross, animator, visiting us to teach us about armature and tricks of the trade.
Erin Ross
A sampling of views today in the art therapy room at Keith Lynn Alternative Secondary!
Art Therapy is up and running. A gentler slower start with one on ones and smaller groups. Sock projects are started: monkeys, cat, jack-in-the-box, platypus… Graffiti hangs in the air (well the spray paint does)… watercolor tattoos and real tattoos on bananas! And the next stop motion animation is percolating as is the coffee machine!
Here are today’s thumbnails– featuring sock monkey masterpieces made Summer 2010 by Sarah O., Maryellen testing Sarah’s new tattoo machine on willing fruit, Miko testing spray paint and water soluble graphite, Misha watercolor tattooing a wolf on her own forearm, Kat sketching a cross around Jordan’s pre-existing design…
Filmmaker and dear friend of Kat, Patti Henderson, stopped by our window exhibit at District 319 and took these magical vintage style Hipstaprints on her i-phone! This window display goes down soon. New one coming in Winter 2010!
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2010: POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN!
You are invited to attend the 2nd Annual Grey to Green Art Market hosted by Intersections Media in partnership with Gallery Gachet, Enterprising Women Making Art program of ATIRA Women’s
Resource Society and Oppenheimer Park.
WHERE: 150 Cordova St. (At Main, behind the Waves), Vancouver BC
Sunday September 12, 2010· 2:00pm – 6:00pm
It’s a place where local artists can share their work, skills and passion for arts and culture with their community. Featuring live painting, live music and a chance to mingle with local artisans!
For more information email SELINA at selina@intersectionsmedia.com
I’ll be making sock monkeys and promoting Operation Sock Monkey and Intersections Media!
Check out this camera test by Intersections Media alumni, Anna Lumberjack and Brandy McCallum where I make a sock monkey (click on image to go to site):
Sock monkeys created by at-risk youth hang in a display window at 319 Main St. in Vancouver. The proceeds from sock-puppet therapy support Operation Sock Monkey and other programs.
