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‘ Celebration of Motion’ develops close to students
Sandy
Brooke
K iris .it H r p p n e r F lc m e n la r y
School |(iit m ore than just a g liin p s r
of the fine a rts d u rin g the jiast two
weeks w h ile A rtis t in Ke.sulente
Sandy Brooke of Sisters was w ork
mg w ith them to c re a te A fe le h ra
lio n of M otion
a m u ra l in four
jiu r t* w h ich now is p a rt of the w a ll
on both sides of the stake in the
school's m u lti purpose room
Brooke, a gra ph ic a rtis t who has
served residencies in I tregon schools
since I97H. was hrought to the school
in lle p p n e r through the e ffo rts of the
M orrow County C re a tiv e A rts and
C ra fts Association M em bers have
organized fu n d ia is e rs o ve r the last
several m onths to donate tw o th ird s
of the a rtis t s salary
The other
one th ird was pro vid e d hv the Hast
ern O regon Begional \ r t s Council
The a rtis t in residence p ro g ra m has
been dcvcIojM-d over the past several
years w ith the co-operation and
p a rtic ip a tio n of the school d is tric t
T his y e a r, however no school ills
f r i f t funds were a v a ila b le to support
the p ro g ra m so local a rtis ts put out
the e x tra e ffo rt to fund the p ro g ra m
so that fine a rts Could l>e kept close
to the students
Close to the students is how the
p ro je ct turn e d m il
A Jo m in ute
a s s e m b ly on F r id a y a fte rn o o n .
Marc h 22. the fin a l day of B rooke s
resilie n cy at lle p p n e r, o rg a n ize d by
lle p p n e r a rt teacher Bon F a rra r and
e le m e n ta ry school p rin c ip a l Don
Cole, was an e la b o ra te good bye
and thank you fo r Brooke anti a
trib u te to a ll the students because,
as both Ft, a r anti B rooke pointed
out. ‘ the m u ra l was the com bined
w ork of a ll the students, although
only a s m a ll group was selected for
the fin a l w o rk everyone p a rtic ip a te d
in the to ta l p ro je ct "
The p ro je c t, F o rra r e xp la in e d to
students
te a che rs, guests. Supt
D oyle M cC a slin . Asst Supt John
K tlm undson. and m em bers of the
M orrow County A rts and C ra fts
A s s o c ia tio n . that the m u ra l was p a rt
of a push to get back to basics in
e ducation because it re q u ire d a ll the
basics. F n g lis h , M ath, and Science
to c re a te the fin ish e d p ro je c t
F o r r a r o rig in a te d the them e fo r
the m u ra l and a rra n g e d fo r a e robic
i* l* Joyce Hughes. Ham 1’ ip e r and
IB IS Dance team m em bers M ich elle
M iles, and Cindy H ip e r to " m o d e l"
fo r the students They tiegan the
p ro je c t by w a tc h in g the m ovem ent
of the a e ro b icists. then ta lk in g about
m ovem ent and fin a lly d ra w in g the
fo rm s Many pencil ch a rco a l and
pastel w o rks bv the students w hich
have been on display in the m u lti
purpone room throughout the last
tw o w e e ks illu s t r a t e in d iv id u a l
student perceptions of the fig u re s
dan cin g
B rooke a d m its that she had reser
va tio n s at the beginning of the
p ro je c t because the hum an fo rm is
so d iffic u lt to draw
hut em phasizes
that she is rea lly pleased w ith the
re s u lt A ll of the fig u re s on the m u ra l
w ere d ra w n w ith o u t help by the
k id s " B ro o k e o r c h e s tr a te d th e
p la ce m e n t o f the fig u re s and every
one w o rk e d together She decided on
the dia g o na l la yo u t so that the
m otion w ould not only be shown in
the fig u re s l>ut tie c a rrie d through
the w ork fro m one to a n other The
spacing lie lw e e n the tw o 4 x N
pieces she e xp la in s increases the
m otion T lie sam e in te rv a l is used in
a d a rk blue fx ir d r r w h ich also helps
increase the v tb ra n cy and balance of
the co m p o sitio n
\ f t e r the o rig in a l study of m otion
Joyce
H ughes (le ft)
Sandy Brooke
w ith
and
fifth
and d ra w in g of fig u re s B rooke w ith
F o rra r s h e lp selected se ve ra l fifth
th rough eighth grade students who
each w orked on the p ro je c t fo r an
hour a day fo r the week The hour
was "b o rro w e d fro m th e ir re g u la r
class lim e she e xplained and they
had to m ake up the work w h ich they
missed S till, there w ere no ne g ative
o u tbu rsts through the whole tim e
only po sitive e ffo rt
They w ere
w illin g to do w h a te ver they w ere
asked to do
At
th e
b e g in n in g
B ro o k e
contends a p ro je ct is only an idea
and
e a ch
p e rs o n 's
in p u t
is
im p o rta n t Students m ust co m m u n i
cate to express th e ir ideas and w ork
together The outcom e is a lw a ys a
su rp rise to us a ll
E ve ryb o dy has a sense of co lo r
they lik e You can give tw o people
the same tw o tuties o f paint and they
w ill m ix them d iffe re n tly It's p a rt of
th e ir in d iv id u a lity The kids rea lly
cared ataiul the p ro je ct Thev would
argue w ith me a lo u l the choice of
the color for th e ir fig u re They were
a good group of kids the d iffic u lt
p a rt was choosing a few because
there were m any others we could
have used fo r the p ro je ct and s till
accom plished the same thing
W ork on m u ra l is an e xcellent
way to put k ills together who w ould
never come together in a social
situ a tio n T h e ir w ork is re la te d to
th e ir ta le n t and interest B rooke has
been se rvin g in residencies in Fast
ern Oregon schools since I97R she
may do one or 15 a year she says,
depending on w hich d is tric ts in v ite
her. it's a ll co n tra ct w ork She has
an ele m e n ta ry school teacher and an
in s tru c to r at Annie 1‘a in te r A V so c
in P o rtla n d and the i e n lra l O regon
College com m um tv education n rn
g ram She says th a t she lik e s the
a rtis t in residence p ro g ra m because
it s not the re g u la r ro u tin e o f leach
ing but it a llo w s her to "ta k e one
special th in g and w o rk to g eth e r w ith
the students to express th e ir ideas
She earned a B a ch e lo r o f the A rt*
degree at the I'n iv e rs ity o f Oregon
in 15*771 and a secondary teaching
c e rtific a te >n I97fi She has e xh ib ite d
work in m any group and one m an
show s since 1972 She has ow ned and
operated an a rt g a lle ry and has
w orked as a self e m p lo y e d g ra p h ic
designer She a d m its that she used
to do some a d v e rtis in g w o rk fo r the
B«n but d o e sn't do m uch of that
type w ork a n ym o re Most a rtis ts
she say*, do odd jo t» in o rd e r to
paint on the side H er d a u gh te r.
C hristen, 19 a fre sh m a n at the
t n iv e rs ity of O regon plans to m a jo r
in In te rio r Design, because that *
where the money is H er hustuind
Jim is a ch e m ist
She e x p la in s that the p ro je ct
i e le b ra tio n of M otion
fits w ell
w ith what she has tx-en doing fo r the
past two and a h a lf years because
she has co n ce ntra te d on fig u re w ork
and m otio n d ra w in g s
P r in c ip a l C o le c o n c lu d e d the
assem bly w ith a pre se n ta tio n of a
tiasket of fr u it and a copy of
H o m e s te a d s a n d H e rita g e s
tie« a use he e xp la in e d B rooke dur
mg the tw.. week residency d id not
just tea« h and share her ta le n ts w ith
students hut was g iv in g of herself
and the Hom esteads and H eritages
was a way to share a s m a ll p a rt of
the c o u n ty 's h e rita g e w ith her
Was the p ro je c t w o rth w h ile ’’ Stop
tiv the m u ltq iu rp o s o room and see
for yo u rse lf the a c ry lic or m asonic
m u ra l Cole d e scrib e d as som ething
w hich the kids c re s te d them selves a
fin e
w ork w h ich w ill m ake an
im p a c t a sta te m e n t to the co m m u n
ity . fo r ye a rs to come
M ore than becom ing in v o lv e d w ith
c re a tio n of a piece of a rt students
hugs and goodbyes atte st to th e ir
[w r s r i f i x l i m n l i - s n i r f l *
graders
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