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2009 Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency:
Color My World
In collaboration with the Rowan-Salisbury area public, private, and home schools, Waterworks Visual Arts Center has developed the Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency program, which is offered free-of-charge to middle-school students. Funding for this program is provided by the generous support from The Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation and the NC Arts Council Grassroots Fund. This program, which was first introduced and implemented in the summer of 2006, includes five full days of study with professional artists, as well as participation in a professional gallery installation.
The 2009 Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency, Color My World, is provided for thirty (30) rising 7th-9th grade students. This exciting opportunity will enable students to work closely with professional artists Jenn and Frank Selby. Students will be exposed to a variety of artistic media exploring the notion of color, which is the overall theme of WVAC's summer professional exhibition period.
Participants will learn about the emotional symbolism of color, the cultural variances in the meanings of colors, how to mix their own palette, and create unique works of art. During the week-long residency, students will tour the galleries and study the works of the featured professional artists while learning and applying their new skills in painting, photography, collage, performance, and creative writing. Artwork will be hands-on, with students conceptualizing and executing projects with assistance from the participating residency artists. Upon completion of the residency, students will have produced several colorful works to take home, as well as individual pieces that will be showcased as part of a professional exhibition installation which will open at the Waterworks to the public on August 28 and continue through November 7, 2009.
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Purpose of WVAC's Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency
The purpose of this program is to nurture the creativity and knowledge of the participating students while building a solid foundation in the arts. The Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency program not only offers students critical and exciting lessons in art and culture but also allows Waterworks the opportunity to give back to our community by providing a unique opportunity for area middle-school children free-of-charge.
Program Development
The staff of Waterworks worked to ensure the Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency program enhances the objectives of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCS). The NCSCS dictates eight (8) goals of visual arts education for 7th-9th grades: (1) the learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art; (2) the learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes; (3) the learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements; (4) the learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks; (5) the learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures; (6) the learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others; (7) the learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines; and (8) the learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession. Please visit www.learnnc.org for more information regarding the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
The hands-on art project portion of the Summer Middle-School Student Artist's Residency program satisfies the requirements of the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth goals of the NCSCS. The tour portion of the program satisfies the requirements of the first, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth goals.
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A Special Thank You to the Waterworks Advocates:
F&M Bank
The Late Katharine W. Osborne
James G. and The Late Christine P. Whitton
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