Karyn’s House. Machine Paper Foundation Piecing : Houses. the workroom.Toronto, ON.May 2011

Working for a school which is owned by an apparel company means that we have an ample supply of fabrics, buttons and ribbons, hence my weekly check in’s with the workroom’s blog make something. Houses inspires me!

Agne’s Houses. Machine Paper Foundation Piecing : Houses. the workroom.Toronto, ON.May 2011

A Google search for ‘children + self-portraits’ lead me to this VIDEO presented by deputy headteacher and art co-ordinator Peter Sanders. This “programme shows how portraiture is extended and developed by all the year groups at Lauriston School in Hackney, east London.

Portraiture is taken beyond the boundaries of drawing and painting by using methods such as face painting in the nursery and large-scale three-dimensional modelling for the older pupils. The programme explores how introducing new skills and working with a wide range of materials can produce diverse results.

One of the many benefits of doing a whole-school art project is that it gives pupils and teachers a chance to see the variety of approaches and outcomes that can spring from a common starting point. It shows different ways of working which can be easily applied to other projects.”

Teachers TV: Share clever ways to begin the educational journey, ideas to aid literacy and communication, and help pupils understand and relate to communities.”

~ My Creative Life: Maria Vettese ~ an interview by Susannah Conway

Maria, I remember the days when you were working for someone else and daydreaming about being on your own – having time to see the projects you were dreaming up, come alive. You (continue to) inspire me!

Patouche celebrates the wonder of childhood by giving little hints at big-time fun when imagination takes hold. Clothes that Grow – Design details like elastic waistbands, large cuffs and generous armholes make for clothes that can be worn for up to 3 years”

Available in the Patouche Etsy Shop

Open-Ended Learning: Design Responses to K-12 Education Today

“The explosion in school construction in recent years to meet the demands of a post-9/11 baby boomlet has forced a fundamental shift in how we approach K–12 schools. For architects, this new thinking—with its call for project-based learning, an increased role for technology, and more sustainable and socially responsible institutions—has resulted in more flexible spatial configurations, integrated break-out and project rooms, and better connections between the indoors and out. For example, the Nueva School, in Hillsborough, California, designed by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, with some curriculum developed by IDEO and the Stanford D. School, has students growing food and learning from the building itself, extending the school’s role into the wider community. We asked eight leading design firms to submit a recent K–12 school project that featured an innovative approach, application, or idea. Their responses—wind turbines, green roofs, using a building as a teaching tool, and something the architects call “ad hoc urbanism”—illustrate how changes in education are affecting the design of schools today, providing a new blueprint for the classroom of the 21st century.”

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