Back to High School

Week 4:

It's been another productive week at the VBC. The highlight was on Monday, when we took a trip to Monroe Central High School to sit in on Jeff Wagner's art class. It was definitely a good experience.

I think the most important thing Jeff talked to us about was adding the "human" element to art. Instead of just bombarding a student with facts and technique, drawing them into a piece by saying something interesting about the work or the artist. Making it easy to relate to. I think it's going to be one of the most important things on this website. The only way these kids are going to go through everything is they have at least some interest in the subject.

Furthermore, going back to high school art class was just fun. He was teaching gesture and contour drawings. In an effort to make the students more comfortable with the presence of 10 college students and their professor, we decided to participate as well, and it was good fun.

One last comment on this week is that the groups are definitely moving from the planning stage to the "doing" stage. We've spent so much time planning, and it's definitely just time for us to plunge in and start putting together a physical product. That said, this week should be quite the adventure :)