Youth in Arts and Arts Education International collaborated for an innovative new take on pen-palling. 27 eighth-graders at Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito are participated in a “snapback”hat exchange” with 27 students of Arts Education International in Makeni,Sierra Leone, West Africa. YIA art teacher K-Dub’s students designed and painted their own trucker hats to send to Sierra Leone, in exchange for a hat designed and painted by their pen-pal abroad. The hats are accompanied by digital story-telling projects that feature the voice and picture of each student displaying their design and describing what it means to them. Beautiful shared experience for all, Give thanks for Sarah Geller of Arts Education International for making it all possible.
Enjoy the slide-show of the amazing project.-peace.
