Heroes of Social Justice Art Exhibit |
August 2–31, 2016
By Turquoise Trail Charter School Fifth Grade Students
At the Santa Fe Public Library—Southside Branch
6599 Jaguar Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87507
“Heroes of Social Justice”, an interdisciplinary art project
by Turquoise Trail Charter School fifth grade students, will be on display at
the Southside Library throughout the month of August. The exhibit consists of
71 photographs of students posing as historical heroes who have broken barriers
and worked hard to improve human and civil rights in our world. Excerpts of
student writing that tell about each hero’s life are also included in the
exhibit.
“Heroes of Social Justice” was created during a special
integrated arts class at Turquoise Trail called “Project MINDS” (Meaningful
INquiry Discovery and Solutions), where students conduct research on a topic
and create artworks related to that research. In this case students chose a
hero to read a biography about, and did further research on-line. They then wrote about the struggles and
triumphs of their hero in the first person voice, in order to empathize and
connect with each remarkable life story. Students created a portrait of their
hero by using props, costumes and poses during a photo session, and by editing
the photos with the on line program PIXLR. The resulting photos and student
writing created a meaningful and inspiring exhibit when it was on display last
spring at the school. We are now very excited to bring the exhibit to the
general public, and what better place than the Santa Fe Public
Library—Southside Branch
The Heroes of Social Justice exhibit is a collaboration
between:
Carol Barker, TTCS librarian
Lynn Grimes, TTCS recently retired art teacher
Katie Dougherty, TTCS fifth grade social studies teacher
2015–2016 Fifth Graders of TTCS
Annette Prapasiri, Six Blooms proprietor and designer
This project is supported by a grant from Partners in
Education and inspired by Art21 Educators—a nation wide program dedicated to
bringing contemporary art into the classroom.
PHOTO CREDITS:
Caesar Chavez by Samuel Johnston
Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Skye Bowdon
