“Where’s all the pieces to it?”
Throughout the year, we will be spending time meeting with the children in small groups. Small groups can have different intentions. While later in the year they will serve as an opportunity to dive more deeply
Archive for 2018
“I’ll show you…”
We have been learning about our materials, spaces, ourselves, and each other and how we move and play in Studio Red. Children are teachers as they turn to share what they have figured out to classmates
New Beginnings
The start of a new school year brings with it the promise of a whole array of new beginnings – new routines, enticing environments, and fresh faces to get to know. For some it also provides
“The sunflower is sick.” – Kyla
Kyla – We’re pretending the sunflower is sick. We’re splitting them up and going inside for the sickness. Ah – There’s a worm. Alex – Look! A worm right here. Do you think the worms mean
“It’s so beautiful.” – Thomas
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. George Sand Revisiting an old friend, Jim Dine’s Two Big Black Hearts, Thomas was over heard exclaiming to Kaya “It is so beautiful. How do
Beginnings…
It’s been a beautiful beginning for Studio Purple. The children are eager to play and connect with one another. Below are some captured moments from our first three days together. We’re looking forward to the year
Getting to know us.
These first three days of school have been filled with children and teachers and parents coming to know one another. How do we meet new people? How do we begin to play? What happens in Studio
June, 2018 – LNS Creates Interactive Installation: Encountering
In the fall of 2017, John Ravenal, Director of deCordova, challenged the LNS faculty to create a piece for the sculpture park based on our work with the children. This fortuitously coincided with our umbrella topic:
Goodbye Studio Purple!
“Believing takes practice.” –A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
“That’s like a door…”
While inspired by our recent visit to Saul Melman’s Best of All Possible Worlds piece featuring doors, it’s interesting to note that we’ve gravitated to thinking about this particular feature of houses. Why do we have