Conscious Art Studios O.N.E. Music and Art Festival

Teaching Residencies

Conscious Art Studios

Jeanne Fry is an Approved Artist on the SC Arts Commission Roster, providing Residencies in Schools.

The three main Programs she offers are:

"Re-imagining the Gourd ~ Sculpting from Nature"

"Touch Drawing"

"Peace Tile Project"

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"Re-imagining the Gourd ~ Sculpting from Nature"
Beginning with a Gourd, Jeanne leads the students through a process of transforming this bit of nature into a figure of Art that can be
whimsical and expressive.
Using the Gourd as the base of the sculpture along with specialty clays in the sculpting process, the students are allowed to create a figure
that is representative of themselves or correlates with a cultural theme in their current curriculum.
Students learn aspects of Gourd Craft, 3-D Principles, and Visual Composition.

Jeanne's process in embellishing the sculptures uses as many Found and Recycled objects as possible, making this a form of Outsider Art.

This residency requires a minimum of (5) 45-60 minutes sessions.
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"Touch Drawing"
Jeanne is a Touch Drawing Facilitator.
Touch Drawing has limitless applications and is a process that allows for creative expression. It is a simple yet profound process.
Materials include a Glass Board, Oil Paints, Print Brayer, and Newsprint Paper.
No brushes are used in this technique. Impressions are formed by the students hands underneath the paper.

This residency begins with a full demonstration of the technique by Jeanne. Students are given 2 full painting sessions during the residency,
in which they will create 20-50 paintings.
Each Painting session is Music-Led to help inspire creativity from the students.
Paintings focus on the Inner Faces of the Artist.

Upon completion of the initial paintings, students are allowed to embellish their paintings with oil pastels and include any journal entries
surrounding the paintings they wish.
Paintings are finished by either Matting, Binding into Journals, or Mounting into a Storyboard

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"Peace Tile Project"

Jeanne is a member of the Global Peace Tile Project.

Students create works of art that when combined with others, produce vibrant murals. Each Mural focuses on a centralized social theme that
can be chosen by the Teacher to correlate with current studies.

The Peace Tile project integrates well into the classroom and curriculum standards by:
* Learning Visual Arts Collage and Composition
* Applying creativity to problem solving locally and globally
*Team Building: Intergroup communication and cooperation
* Social Studies: Raise awareness connections across geography and culture.
* Global Issues: Learn about issues in their global dimensions
* Self Expression: Gives students a "Visual Voice" around a topic

Students create their art on 6x6 wooden tiles using painting and collage techniques. Tiles are later assembled into a Traveling Mural to
display at their school. Students also have the option to "trade" their tiles with other Peace Tile Project students around the world.