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Saturday, May 18th, 2013
A Compass Rose is the diagram on a historical map that points the way north. The Compass Rose is also a way for a map maker to express themselves. So how can we tell future map readers about ourselves (as mapmakers) with our own personal Compass Rose? Mentor Artist Suzanne Joyal worked with third grade teachers Anne Siskin and Maya Creedman at Willow Creek Academy to design this art project integrating Social Studies (mapping the local area), Math (fractions), and Art (self expression, drawing, composition and design).
What is most important to us? That idea should be facing True North, as marking is the most prominent aspect of a compass rose. What is also important? Draw those images around the edges. The Compass Rose can be your signature as a map maker.
Basketballs, puppies, paintbrushes, flowers, baseballs… What can you find in the pictures below? What would point north on your own personal Compass Rose?
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Tags: arts integration, Suzanne Joyal, Visual Arts, Willow Creek Academy
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Students at Tam High are preparing to perform this weekend, Friday May 17th and Saturday May 18th at 7PM at the Caldwell Theatre on campus. Following a rigorous playwriting course and extensive rehearsals, this group of rad kids of all abilities let loose and created their own set piece under the mentorship of visual artist Suzanne Joyal. This piece of stagecraft is central to the dramatic action of their student-written one act play, and is functional as well as beautiful.
Stagecraft art together with Suzanne
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Tags: Arts Unite Us, Collaboration, Melissa Briggs, performances, Suzanne Joyal, Tamalpais High School, theatre, Visual Arts, VSA arts
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Youth in Arts gallery show Mary’s Gift featuring Art from children at Bahia Vista had a wonderful, joyous opening celebration. The gallery was packed with families creating art around the words teacher Mary Donovan-Kansora felt strongly about.
School groups are invited for a free gallery exploration and hands on art making through March 29. More information here.
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YIA Gallery Mary’s Gift
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Mentor Artist Suzanne Joyal leads art creations
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Mary’s Gift of Words
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A student adds her art to the wall.
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Children create words to add to the What Matters Wall
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Tags: Angela Baker, Bahia Vista School, children's art gallery, Mary Donovan-Kansora, Suzanne Joyal, visual art
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Youth in Arts is partnering with the Marin Symphony to feature children’s artwork inspired by music in the Symphony’s annual Family Concert on February 10. The work will be displayed on monitors in the lobby at the performance, as well as in a projected backdrop for the concert finale.
Mentor Artists Suzanne Joyal and Julia James have worked with 350 students at four schools–Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito/Marin City and Mary Silveira, Bahia Vista and Marindale in San Rafael, teaching students new visual art techniques to help them create art inspired by the music of Hector Berlioz, which will be performed by the Symphony, along with music from the film Brave. Click to continue »
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Tags: Alexandra Simpson, Ann Krinitsky, artists, Bahia VIsta, Julia James, Marin Symphony, Marindale, Mary Silveira School, music, Suzanne Joyal, Willow Creek Academy
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Youth in Arts is open late for 2nd Friday San Rafael Art Walk Downtown this Friday, January 11, from 5-8 p.m.
Come see our latest gallery exhibit, “Re-Generation: Teaching Recycled Art,” before it closes January 25. Help create a recycled “rag rug” or collect take-away cards to inspire your own recycled art projects at home.
“Re-Generation” features work from recycled and found materials by master artists, as well as recycled art works by their students and protégés.
Come explore the many reasons artists may choose to use alternative materials in their work and how they pass along these ideas to a new generation of young artists.
And don’t miss our new store layout with all kinds of artist-made items for sale, including creative recycled gift items by professional and youth artists!
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Tags: artists, arts integration, recycled art, Suzanne Joyal, Visual Arts, YIA Gallery
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Artwork from the Regeneration Show
Recently we hosted our first free gallery tour of “Regeneration – Teaching Recycled Art” with a group of students from Oak Hill School. Six students from Oak Hill ages 13-19, all on the Autism Spectrum, enjoyed the sights, sounds and textures of our gallery and workshop.
We started in the gallery, observing the artwork that has been made by everyday “garbage” or items that would be trashed or recycled after use, such as material, plastic bags, old toys, sticks and paper scraps. Then, Musician Nydia Gonzalez helped the youngsters explore the sounds that we could make re-using materials such as food containers and boxes by turning them into drums and guitars! Finally, students worked with visual artist Suzanne Joyal and created 3-D sculptural art using scraps of foam core and matt board, connecting them, gluing them and covering them with vibrant colors.
The “Regeneration” show will be up until January 25th, so please stop by to check it out, or make an appointment for a free group tour for students. yia@youthinarts.org
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Tags: Nydia Gonzalez, Oak Hill School, recycled art, Suzanne Joyal, Visual Arts
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Message to Our Community
Mentor Artist K-Dub Williams has designed a year-long project with the teachers of Willow Creek Academy which will culminate in PSA’s by “Elder Avatars” (unique masks created by each teacher). The first Professional Development Workshop explored answering the question “How can we use what we create to inspire Youth and Community?”
We began with theater exercises designed to engage the whole body in the creative process. Teachers were asked to think of a word that represented the superpower their own personal superhero might possess: Listening, Strength, Caring, Inspiration.
When people were warmed up, we moved on to visual arts and began to brainstorm on our “Elder Avatar”. How do we design our masks to visually represent the characteristics of our personal character? First, we worked in paper. We practiced patterns, symmetry, cutting, and attaching pieces securely.
Next time, we move into cardboard and plaster.
Large ears represent a good listener.
Creating a Community SuperHero: Expressing character and a positive message through physical movements.
Collaborating to Create a Tableau Vivant: each person's pose represented the word they contributed to the group's message.
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Tags: arts integration, Collaboration, community, K-Dub, Mr. KDub, professional development, Sausalito/Marin City, Suzanne Joyal, Visual Arts, Willow Creek Academy, Youth in Arts
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
Mentor Artist Suzanne Joyal joined Marinwood camper artists again for another Thursday full of art-making. This time, we focused on early cave dwellers, and asked the questions: What would an early Cave Dweller Paint? What would they use for tools? and How would they make their own Paint?
We created our own small caves as we searched for the answers to these questions. Artists used paints made from food (tea, coffee, and cherries), and from the earth (ochre, sienne, charcoal, and gold). Our tools were simple: sticks, flowers, feathers, and our hands. And we made pictures of what we SEE and what an early cave dweller would see (animals, plants, friends and family).
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Tags: artists, diorama, essential question, inspiration, marinwood, materials, summer camp, Suzanne Joyal, Visual Arts, Youth in Arts
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Artists and volunteers with Youth in Arts provided five days of hands-on projects at the Marin County Fair this year. In keeping with the Fair’s theme, “Made in Marin” a celebration of our agricultural heritage, all of the projects honored the art and skills of our settler ancestors. We made rag dolls from rags and fabric scraps, wove bracelets using leftover yarn on a loom made from recycled mat board, and hooked a beautiful, soft rug with only feed sacks and old t-shirt scraps.
Every day at the Fair was a beautiful one, thanks to the tremendous help of our 30 volunteers and the creative energy of our thousands of artist visitors!
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Tags: art, Family, History of San Rafael, Marin County Fair, Nydia Gonzalez, recycled art, Suzanne Joyal, volunteers, Youth in Arts
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