Here are the up coming assignments that need to be finished.
When I am not there:
Youth should be working in their sketch books writing thoughts, ideas, issues, sketching what they want. poems and of course the assigned sketch book materials.
*Everything in RED, is what should be done on their own
ART
1) Decorate your journal
2) Self portraits
Draw yourself by closing your eyes and not lifting your utensil off the paper. You will be suprised at the results.
Draw yourself by closing your eyes and allow yourself to lift the utensil off the paper.
After you finish, jot down a few phrases or words reflecting on the experience; feedback.
3) Perception
Draw a friend or family member and have them draw you at the same time. Do this with as many people and as many times as you want. the more the better. :)
Catch: You have to draw them without looking at the paper and without picking up the utensil from the paper. Have fun!
#4 Making Mandala
Reference the attached assignment document.
#5 Body Image- already completed; bring back to discuss.
PHOTOGRAPHY
There are photo assignments that I would like the kids to try to follow. When I come in, I will do my best to bring their photos so that we can discuss and talk about them and other techniques/tips. The following are the assignments:
1) Self Portrait
2.1, 2.2) -Neighborhood (hate, afraid of)
-Humans in the neighborhood/borders
3.1, 3.2) -Things I wand people to know about my neighborhood.
-Vantage Points/Weird Angles
4.1, 4.2) Field Trip assignment
-Surveillance- Dont be afraid to go up to people,talk to them. Take Candid pictures.
5) Stereotypes
The ultimate deadline for everything to be done is March 10. This is going to turn out great and I want them to be proud.
-I will work on the self portraits/perception with them again so we can build some good confident work and discuss feelings.
-I will bring back Body Image assignments to discuss.
-A time will be set up to do photography in field.
DATES
February 10th- Full session 12-4pm if possible.
30min- EAT
1 hr- Photo in SW Detroit
This will happen at the beginning of the session. We can go to Mexican Town again to eat food like they preferred 1st. And them off to take pictures w/ destinations on foot.
*USE NEW HOLGa CAMERAS AND DIGITAL!
All around the train station
Graffiti/ Art work in nearby area
Abandoned/Old Houses
Possible Catholic church and surrounding cultural areas.
Teach techniques and blurr
Remaining 2.5hrs @ Work Detroit UM Center on Woodward
Here we will start our self portrait printmaking assignments. I will bring one of their portraits for them to reference.
30 min The latter end will be to discuss the body image assignments/ questions on photography/ critique photos.
February 17th- Regular 1-3pm session
Work on the selfportrait/perception
AutoBiography for Book- will show examples/help write.(couple of paragraphs)
Discuss Photography, printmaking, ways to do more writing like body image
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
This is not my image.
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Supplies and Activities for Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
Art
Materials:
Black Acrylic gallon Paint
Small Acrylic color paint
14- 75" White Sheets of paper
#8 Body Image (Editing needed)
Outline your body 3 times on a giant sheet of paper
1)Paint yourself the way you look.
2)Draw in the different areas of the body what someone has said positively or negatively. i.e., your necks to fat, your eyes are too far apart.
3) We will paint this one black, nothing more, nothing less, this is who you are.
After you finish your drawing, write a few phrases or words describing your image. Think about how you used colors, lines, and shapes through out the body outline.
#9 Printmaking: Portrait
Materials:
4 Linoleum Blocks
4 Carving Knives
4 Portrait photographs
The medium I love to work with as an artist is Printmaking. I would like you to be able to share or at least get a taste of something that I love to do.
You will be given a linoleum block and tool to carve a self-portrait of yourself (it can be based off of a photograph). From this block, you can make as many copies as you would like.
Notify Uyoung to remind kids to bring pictures.
Photography
Materials:
Digital Camera
4 Holga Camera w/ color and maybe BW film
Assignment 4.1
“The Streets”
This is going to be a field trip assignment where you and I go out on location. Brainstorm a location or place where you always wanted to go; a place that either has inspired or intrigued you. We will go there, walk around and become inspired.
Go to a street corner, park, or other populated public location. Once you are there, commit yourself to staying. Stare. Look at the passing human traffic. Use your camera to create juxtapositions (contrasting effects such as black and white) between people you see. Pay attention to the foreground and the background and edges of the frame. Shoot quickly and don’t be afraid. Take RISKS! Shoot as much as you want; click away.
Assignment 4.2
Surveillance: In Plain Sight
The point is to eavesdrop on people without their knowledge. One problem to be solved here is how to make an engaging picture when there is no apparent contact between you and your human subjects. What happens when subjects don’t acknowledge your presence? How do your viewers connect with you if you don’t connect with your subjects?
• Minimum 15 shots and/or incorporated with, “The Streets”. *
Materials:
Black Acrylic gallon Paint
Small Acrylic color paint
14- 75" White Sheets of paper
#8 Body Image (Editing needed)
Outline your body 3 times on a giant sheet of paper
1)Paint yourself the way you look.
2)Draw in the different areas of the body what someone has said positively or negatively. i.e., your necks to fat, your eyes are too far apart.
3) We will paint this one black, nothing more, nothing less, this is who you are.
After you finish your drawing, write a few phrases or words describing your image. Think about how you used colors, lines, and shapes through out the body outline.
#9 Printmaking: Portrait
Materials:
4 Linoleum Blocks
4 Carving Knives
4 Portrait photographs
The medium I love to work with as an artist is Printmaking. I would like you to be able to share or at least get a taste of something that I love to do.
You will be given a linoleum block and tool to carve a self-portrait of yourself (it can be based off of a photograph). From this block, you can make as many copies as you would like.
Notify Uyoung to remind kids to bring pictures.
Photography
Materials:
Digital Camera
4 Holga Camera w/ color and maybe BW film
Assignment 4.1
“The Streets”
This is going to be a field trip assignment where you and I go out on location. Brainstorm a location or place where you always wanted to go; a place that either has inspired or intrigued you. We will go there, walk around and become inspired.
Go to a street corner, park, or other populated public location. Once you are there, commit yourself to staying. Stare. Look at the passing human traffic. Use your camera to create juxtapositions (contrasting effects such as black and white) between people you see. Pay attention to the foreground and the background and edges of the frame. Shoot quickly and don’t be afraid. Take RISKS! Shoot as much as you want; click away.
Assignment 4.2
Surveillance: In Plain Sight
The point is to eavesdrop on people without their knowledge. One problem to be solved here is how to make an engaging picture when there is no apparent contact between you and your human subjects. What happens when subjects don’t acknowledge your presence? How do your viewers connect with you if you don’t connect with your subjects?
• Minimum 15 shots and/or incorporated with, “The Streets”. *
Thursday, January 24, 2008
With Text
Slight hint outline of text
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Article of Inspiration
Contact: Jennifer Gregory, Casa Valentina
305-740-6415 / jgregory@casavalentina.org
MAY IS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH
Casa Valentina Providing Affordable Housing and Support Services
To Young Women in Miami-Dade County Aging Out of Foster Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MIAMI (May 4, 2006) – Nationally, more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care each year
when they turn 18 and are no longer eligible for state funded housing and support. The
obstacles they face trying to transition from foster care to independent living are
insurmountable, and the statistics speak for themselves. More than 50% of youth who age out
have not graduated from high school; only 38% are employed 12-18 months after leaving the
foster care system; one forth report encounters with the juvenile justice system; and over 60% of
the young women leaving foster care will have a baby within four years.1
In reality, a foster child’s 18th birthday often triggers a descent into a life of poor health and
education, unemployment, substance abuse, criminal behavior, and in many cases
homelessness. In fact, research shows that housing is the greatest need and biggest obstacle for
youth struggling to transition from foster care to independent living. One third of Florida’s foster
children are likely to become homeless within three years of aging out,2 and according to
recent research from the University of South Florida, two-thirds of the homeless population in
Miami-Dade County are ages 18-23.
May is National Foster Care Month and a great opportunity to bring attention to the dire
situation facing these youth and to support the caring organizations in our community working
on behalf of the more than 800 who age out in Florida each year. Casa Valentina is a new non-
profit organization addressing the immense and unique challenges faced by young women in
Miami-Dade County who age out of foster care without the life experience, financial stability
and support they need to survive on their own. Facing life alone on the streets of Miami, young
women in this situation are vulnerable to prostitution, pregnancy, violence, sexual abuse or
worse. Nearly 100 girls age out of foster care in Miami-Dade County each year.
“Affordable housing is at the heart of each and every problem these girls have,” said Sharon
Langer, chair of the Casa Valentina Executive Committee. “At Casa Valentina, we want to give
former foster girls a safe and stable home environment. With that in place, they can focus their
energy on education and employment and on learning the life-skills they need to achieve
independence.”
Through public education, fundraising and special events, Casa Valentina is working to establish
a first-of-its-kind residential program that will provide former foster girls with supportive housing to
help them transition from foster care to independent living. They are currently researching
prospective housing sites for development in 2006, and their goal is to provide about a dozen
girls with a place to live and the support services that are vital to their success by the end of this
year.
There are many different ways to support Casa Valentina during National Foster Care Month
and beyond. Visit www.casavalentina.org to learn more about how to make a contribution,
host an awareness-raising gathering or become a volunteer.
# # #
Casa Valentina’s mission is to provide young women in Miami-Dade County who age out of
foster care with safe, affordable housing and the support services they need to become
successful, independent adults. Visit Casa Valentina online at www.casavalentina.org.
1
Wertheimer, R., Youth Who “Age Out” of Foster Care: Troubled Lives, Troubling Prospects (Washington,
D.C.: Child Trends, 2002)
2
Annual Report on Homeless Conditions in Florida, Fiscal Year 2002-2003
Statistics
25% of the average 20,000 kids that age out of foster care each year become homeless
Furthermore, according to Chapin Hall Center for Children, of these 20,000:
〇. 30% have no health insurance
〇. 51% are unemployed
84% become a parent
According to the most current AFCARS Report (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Report), 19,509 children aged out of foster care during FY 2002 in the United States.
According to the AFCARS Report (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Report), there were approximately 542,000 children in the U. S. in foster care on September 30, 2001.
In September 30, 2001, according to the AFCARS - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 50,000 children were adopted from foster care in 2001. 59% of these children were adopted by their foster parents, 23 % by relatives, and 17% from non-relatives. The average age of these children was 7 years old.
Nationally, more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care each year
when they turn 18 and are no longer eligible for state funded housing and support. The
obstacles they face trying to transition from foster care to independent living are
insurmountable, and the statistics speak for themselves. More than 50% of youth who age out
have not graduated from high school; only 38% are employed 12-18 months after leaving the
foster care system; one forth report encounters with the juvenile justice system; and over 60% of
the young women leaving foster care will have a baby within four years.1
Furthermore, according to Chapin Hall Center for Children, of these 20,000:
〇. 30% have no health insurance
〇. 51% are unemployed
84% become a parent
According to the most current AFCARS Report (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Report), 19,509 children aged out of foster care during FY 2002 in the United States.
According to the AFCARS Report (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Report), there were approximately 542,000 children in the U. S. in foster care on September 30, 2001.
In September 30, 2001, according to the AFCARS - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, 50,000 children were adopted from foster care in 2001. 59% of these children were adopted by their foster parents, 23 % by relatives, and 17% from non-relatives. The average age of these children was 7 years old.
Nationally, more than 20,000 youth age out of foster care each year
when they turn 18 and are no longer eligible for state funded housing and support. The
obstacles they face trying to transition from foster care to independent living are
insurmountable, and the statistics speak for themselves. More than 50% of youth who age out
have not graduated from high school; only 38% are employed 12-18 months after leaving the
foster care system; one forth report encounters with the juvenile justice system; and over 60% of
the young women leaving foster care will have a baby within four years.1
What is StandUp for Kids?
STANDUP FOR KIDS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth. With national headquarters in San Diego, California, STANDUP FOR KIDS is run almost entirely by volunteers, and has programs in a plethora of states.
STANDUP FOR KIDS was founded to help homeless and street kids. This mission shall be carried out by a national volunteer force whose on-the-streets outreach efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids in their efforts to improve their lives. The organization's mission shall also be furthered through deterrence and resource programs provided in schools and via the Internet. All facets of this mission shall be guided by the mandate that our volunteers shall tell kids they care about them and then, at every turn, prove it.
In my presence with StandUp For Kids - Detroit, the volunteers did not only seem to be that adult influence these kids really need but also their friend. Founder and CEO, Rick Koca, stated
“we are not trying to get them off the streets and tell them they are wrong, but instead emphasize that there is someone out there who cares about them and we will prove it.”
This is the very reason why I chose to work with StandUp for Kids; their ability to express nothing but human compassion, to be a friend before a teacher, and to effortlessly attend to as many kids needs possible.
The Detroit Chapter of StandUp For Kids also started a new program under Outreach in 2007 called Alternative Outreach, whereby Counselors find alternative venues to access and support homeless youth, or those youth who are highly at-risk of becoming homeless. Due to the huge couch-surfing culture and challenges facing foster care youth, particularly in Detroit, this alternative means led the chapter to take a closer look at both shelters and the foster care system. Currently, the first Alternative Outreach program Detroit has launched works with foster care transitional youth - those youth who are aging out of the foster care system and transitioning into independent adult life. Working with an agency named CIAO (Creating Independence And Outcomes) who is dedicated to helping these youth with education and employment goals - StandUp For Kids - Detroit created a weekly program to further provide some of CIAO's most at-risk foster care transitional youth additional support in the complex process of aging out. Both programs recognized that these youth need so much more support and guidance beyond education and employment, so since April of 2007, StandUp For Kids - Detroit has filled that need wholeheartedly to their program youth.
STANDUP FOR KIDS was founded to help homeless and street kids. This mission shall be carried out by a national volunteer force whose on-the-streets outreach efforts will find, stabilize and assist homeless and street kids in their efforts to improve their lives. The organization's mission shall also be furthered through deterrence and resource programs provided in schools and via the Internet. All facets of this mission shall be guided by the mandate that our volunteers shall tell kids they care about them and then, at every turn, prove it.
In my presence with StandUp For Kids - Detroit, the volunteers did not only seem to be that adult influence these kids really need but also their friend. Founder and CEO, Rick Koca, stated
“we are not trying to get them off the streets and tell them they are wrong, but instead emphasize that there is someone out there who cares about them and we will prove it.”
This is the very reason why I chose to work with StandUp for Kids; their ability to express nothing but human compassion, to be a friend before a teacher, and to effortlessly attend to as many kids needs possible.
The Detroit Chapter of StandUp For Kids also started a new program under Outreach in 2007 called Alternative Outreach, whereby Counselors find alternative venues to access and support homeless youth, or those youth who are highly at-risk of becoming homeless. Due to the huge couch-surfing culture and challenges facing foster care youth, particularly in Detroit, this alternative means led the chapter to take a closer look at both shelters and the foster care system. Currently, the first Alternative Outreach program Detroit has launched works with foster care transitional youth - those youth who are aging out of the foster care system and transitioning into independent adult life. Working with an agency named CIAO (Creating Independence And Outcomes) who is dedicated to helping these youth with education and employment goals - StandUp For Kids - Detroit created a weekly program to further provide some of CIAO's most at-risk foster care transitional youth additional support in the complex process of aging out. Both programs recognized that these youth need so much more support and guidance beyond education and employment, so since April of 2007, StandUp For Kids - Detroit has filled that need wholeheartedly to their program youth.
Tentative Chapters of Book
Summary of Project
What is an "AgedOut" foster kid and/or Transitional Youth?
Statistics on "AgedOut" foster kids
What is StandUp for kids?
My thoughts on project & autobiography/kids stories; how this has changed them or what i has done/personal auto-biography
Photography
Artwork
What is an "AgedOut" foster kid and/or Transitional Youth?
Statistics on "AgedOut" foster kids
What is StandUp for kids?
My thoughts on project & autobiography/kids stories; how this has changed them or what i has done/personal auto-biography
Photography
Artwork
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