Title - Our Earth

Dream Theme - Community

Photography, fuzing, paint, fiber and handstitching.

"Our panel for the Dream Rocket was designed by the 5th graders of the Emerson Gridley, after school, Champs program. I worked with the students for a 28 day Artist redency after school from 3-5pm. We spent a number of days in the computer room looking at the Dream Rocket web pages and then talking about all the ideas they had as to a design og their own.

We worked with color theory, did rubbings, learned basic sewing skills and basic design concepts. Each of the 12 students made their own fabric panels that they got to take home at the end of the project. The Dream Rocket project ideas were tossed around and it wasn't until Earth day that we finally committed to an idea. I split the students up into groups and each group was given a letter of the word Earth to act out.

We had a lof of fun working together and the students not only enjoyed hamming it up in the photos, but having their image on the quilt made the project even more important to each of them. Daily discussions were held on the Dream Rocket concept, the individual student's dreams of their future, world events and their community at home.

I know the overall experience is one the children will remember for life."