2024
Ceramic stoneware and rope
Created by sixth grade students in Ryan Anderson’s English class: Daniel A., Jasmin A., Dayana A., Darina B., Breahny C., Axel C., Justin D., Yahir E., Omar G., Haven G., Amber L., Alejandro M., Kevin M., Melanie P., Allison S., Esteban V., Mauricio V., Chayse W.
The heritage apple tree behind the gym
In spring 2024, sixth grade students studied how the wind moves clouds and storms across Earth. Wind is an invisible force that shapes our planet. It is caused by changes in atmospheric temperature and pressure.
An artist’s role in society is to make things that are less visible more visible. Sixth grade students made a long list of invisible things, including everything from invisible thoughts to intestinal gas, to WiFi, to laws.
Afterward, students chose a location to put an artwork that makes the force of wind visible. They decided to make wind chimes for Prescott School’s heritage apple tree. They made their wind chimes from clay and wrote on the clay about things inside themselves that are invisible to other people.
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