This past Friday and Saturday was Art Allstate 2010 held at the Worcester Art Museum. This was my 5th year as an artist/mentor and again it was another great experience. Art Allstate is an art collaboration hosted by the Museum. It is a juried event where junior high school students submit their portfolios and if selected spend two days at the museum creating an installation piece in one of the museums studios. Approximately 140 students participate, they are broken into groups of 16 or 18 and work with two artist/mentor who help steer them in the right direction.
For most students this is their first time working on a project collaboratively. The days are long, from 8:30 in the morning to 10:30 at night. It's a great experience for them as well as myself. I always get motivated after this event.
My partner this year was artist Veronica Hebard. Veronica and I worked well together and had a great time with the students. Here are some of the students drawing ideas and doing some brainstorming. At times it can be difficult to get alarge group to agree on a common theme or project but this group did very well .
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