During this residency students will increase their visual awareness as they learn to identify subtle visual qualities in natural and constructed environment and artworks. This is an interdisciplinary learning unit in which students create a series of panels in conjunction with a theme. In many cases the sketches and drawings of the students produces new information upon which students can expand their knowledge. Lessons about innovative and traditional art reinforce the concept of art as a living heritage. Students will create art based on imagination, recall, observation and research. They will portray detail, depict action and express non-verbal messages.

The students participating in this class will learn all the techniques from the taking of photographs to the making of photographs. This workshop will take the students through the basic understanding of the photographic process of light exposing an image on to film to the basic understanding of the parts of a camera and how these parts affect the pictures we take. Furthermore students will learn the fundamentals of developing and printing. There is nothing negative about this workshop. (A darkroom facility is necessary).

Remember, "A Picture is Worth 1000 Words!"

This hands on workshop is designed to allow students to make something tangible by having them write their own stories, poems and articles and illustrate same through the techniques of Book Making. This residency can be integrated into any curriculum unit.