Artists work to expand students imaginations
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"In the Park” performed by Heppner
students at the close oI McIntosh's
residency ‘ Makeup erases the visual
identity, makes a blank slate so you can
become anything It emphsizes and
simplifes expressions for greater recogni
tion," McIntosh said
It's O K to do soux-thing origini!
lo have ideas th.n an- not a cupi of
eversone else s he said It s ( ) k
to pet sill) nuns ideas some from
hemp sills because it s new ami
McIntosh “loosens u p " Heppner
seventh graders for imprvisations by hav
ing them "do what the sound tells them ”
exciting
\Ve have become a structured and
traditional society We need to
remember that originality is as tin
portant as conlorninilv
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" It 's O k to he spontaneous,'*
says mime, director, and actor C'raip
McIntosh ot Hoardman who has |ust
completed a two week residency at
Heppner Memcnfary School " In i
pros isalH>n pises kids a c realise, not
a destructive way to act out ini
pulses ”
I'm mx tratninp all kids to become
actors, he said live idea is to pise
a ranpe o f astisities lor a different
nxxie of cxpressxms. the m»n verbal
which also impasts the verbal
His poal with each residency is to
loosen up ihe students so they can
fin d
a way o f expressing
themselves whether through music,
drawing, science, ixx |ust acting If
they can say they had fun. maybe
they w ill try something a little d if
ferent with an art or science project
It's a chance lor the students to pet
up and move around " I pise them
things they van do after I ’m pone I
want them to realize they can con
tin uc doing these things hy
themselves ami with their friends.”
he said
Originally from Illinois McIntosh
studied mime at le w is ami Clark
College
He attended graduate
school at the Cniscrsity o f Callfor
ma at l.rxine and directed an tin
pros isational theatre troupe at
Hagsialt. Arizona and worked in an
Alaskan repertoire theatre He has
perform ed a one man show
sporadically over Ihe years
He began with the artist in
residence program in IVK4 ami w ill
do two more this year at. Condon
ami atf-.cho Currently, he is a lull
time house husband He and his
wife. Debbie a school psychologist,
have two children apes six years and
I X months 'When our oldest child
was horn, we began taking turns
while Debbie stayed home. I work
ed. and now it's my turn to stay
home with the kids while she works,
he explained
" It 's very important to m e," he
said " I would balk at the idea o f not
sharing time with the kids, it's been
a tremendous experience
t he residenc ics prox ide Me lntr*>h
an opportunity to he in touch with his
work ami still fu lfill his respon
sibilities at home
School is a natural environment
lor me because both my parents are
leas hers, he said It's neat to he able
to share what I know with kids It's
different than performing for my
own acclaim I did a residency two
years ago in Hcrtmston and the kids
still know me Thai's a good leeling.
he said
Many kids are still and inhibited
when they first come in I siruvturc
the class to imrrase activity sohy the
end of the first day they arc heginn
mg to look forward to coming hac k
1 trs to tap into the c realise which
is sometimes stilled hy the structure
ol school kids need both, an
understanding ot logic and rules, hut
c realivity is natutal
Impmvisational acting is pcitorm
mg without a script, nuking up the
stories as vou go along " I t 's the
most exciting form ol performing."
he said “ because Ihe actor is
challenged to create while the au
dicncc wjiches what is produced
Pantomime is tamiliar to kids also
because every kid has pretended to
he a superhero or somebody he's
mx They automatically tune in from
the beginning ol a pcrtornuncc
Style and adding certain movements
makes the character clear on stage
Sandy Brooke explains to intent students that the brush
is made to go back and forth "If it mushes together,
you're using it the wrong direction," she said.
The product is a record of the mo
nxrnt when the artist saw something
in a particular way Cxxxl art creates
the leeling the artist had at that nx>
ment in those who view it. she said
" I think that s why people pjv a lot
of money for gixxl art. because it
brings a vision they have had into
their honx- It gives them a lift and
nukes their life better
Art is not the product It is to mi
aginc. it is a process which comes
from the person ('«xxf art creates
the feeling the artist had at the mo
ment it was created in those who
stew it " I think that's why people-
pay a lot o f money for gixxl art,
because it brings a vision they have
had into their home It gives them a
lilt atxl makes thetr life better, " said
artist Sandy Brixike
I-lenx-ntarv students at lone heard
this and other insights from artist
Brixike. I f . Sisters, during a two
week teaching residency Iherc
Brixike has a Bachelor o f Tine
Arts degree in painting and drawing
from the I'nivcrsity of Oregon She
works with oil and acrylics on paper
and canvas painting ttxistly abstract
landscapes Currently her work is on
exhibit at Die I aurence Gallery at
Salishan. with a traveling Universt
ty of Oregon exhibit and at a |oint
I jstern Oregon Regional Arts
Council f astern Oregon Stale Col
lege show at I ,i< ¡ramie
She did a two week residency two
years ago at Heppner Tlcmcntary
Sclxxil the tour part nxjral students
created under her direction hangs in
the multi purpose itxim She has
done several other residencies in
eastern, central, and southern
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Art is learned hy doing. Brooke
emphasizes
c talk about it then sit
and do it over and over again Draw
mg develops hand eye coordination
which improves reading ability, she
said l ittle kids who learn to draw
w ill read luster and improve their
grades
Drawing also improves the a bili
ty to see "hverylim e you Ux>k at
something, you learn more about it
fo r example, a tree that you see
everyday may appear brown, hut
when you look it. the hark may he
rubbed o ff and whitish The more
you practice, the better you g e t."
she said
Creativity, she continued, is the
ability to take something your eyes
have seen, internalize it. and then
take that information and put it on
paper
Art can bring a sense of satisfac
non because it provides an oppor
tunity to express things that are in
side the brain, that there is no other
place to express, she said
This is why art is so important to
a well rounded curriculum kids arc-
curious and want to work As a
teacher. I give them a problem, teach
them a technique, and they give the
answer Techniques she has taught
at lone are line drawings, charcoal,
pastels, and tempra paints
I never have a final product in
mind because art encourages in
dividual differences; it offers a
wonderful opening to stretch the im
agination It develops thinking pat
tents which carry over to life
questions those who think creative
ly survive "
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