Art in our Community

Ana Corujo
Education 204 Spring 2017
 Overview
As my sustainability project I participated in the Art Fair at CSI on May 6 th, 2017.

The fair included:

Childrens Experience Corner ( games, painting, play-dough & more)
Hands on arts experience and lessons for children and adults
Live Music Demonstrations
Dance Classes
A team of students from our Education 204 Class
 Art Fair Objectives
An opportunity to learn about something new or different.
A platform for connecting and collaborating with similar minded members of
the community.
Opportunity to inspire children or adults.
A place to create new interests and place for children to experiences new
artistic ideas that otherwise might not happen elsewhere.
Bring like minded individuals together, that may not be available elsewhere.
An opportunity for me, to meet and work with fellow classmates and potential
future colleagues that I otherwise wouldnt meet.
Build networks and become better acquainted with other members of the
community.
 My Contributions

Time preparing hand crafted play-dough.

Searching for creative art ideas.

Items for molding playdough such as

Lego, rubber insects, sea shells, and other
molding items.

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Art Projects Included
Play-Dough Design Center

Nature Inspired Wind chime creation

Painting with Nature inspired objects

Yoga, Sing Along, Book Reading , Scavenger Hunt.

Play-Dough Design Center
Nature Inspired Wind Chime
Painting Center
 Details

Time researching potential projects and art ideas through sites.

Gathering materials for handmade play-dough.
Making play-dough at home.
Connecting w/ team prior for clarifications of our responsibilities.
Attending the event from 11 AM 5 PM but ended at 3 PM due to rain.
Setting up tables, help preparing scavenger hunt.
Greeting children and parents and letting them know what there was to
do.
Breaking down, and cleaning up.
 Reflection
The Arts Fair was an awesome opportunity to meet new classmates who could
potentially be future colleagues. It allowed me to network with new contacts
and reconnect with others I have met through my experience at CSI. This was
an excellent place to connect with like minded individuals who also enjoy the
arts. Events such as these are a cornerstone for sustainability and for the
future of the arts in small communities. These days many forms of artistic
expression is not available in schools, and parents may never have an
opportunity to show their children the different types of arts available. A venue
as such is a excellent way to introduce children to something new. With the
lack of artistic type classes in public schools these days, makes events as this
so much more important to the community.

This event reaffirmed some of the reasons why I want to teach. To continue to
introduce young people to new ideas and opportunities that sometimes are
missed, because they dont have access, or simply dont have sufficient
guidance and support. This made me realize the importance returning to
school to become a teacher.
 Thank you
Thank you Dr. Fox, for allowing us to use this as our project. It was a
fantastic opportunity to meet members of the community,
classmates, and get to put names with faces.

By the time we had all made contact, things began to roll. Everyone
contributed, got involved, and wanted to help. We arrived on
Saturday not knowing what to expect. We were very busy the first
few hours, but we all jumped in and helped out where needed.

Thank you Amber, Kaylee, and Eddy! I am glad I had to opportunity

to meet you. In the end with whatever challenges we had, we all
helped each other out and got things done. For having never met, I
thought it was an exceptional day!