DESIGN INITIATIVE FOR YOUTH 2011
This Fall, students from the GSD have been teaching 6th graders at Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, MA through Citizen Schools' Apprenticeship prorgram. Students have been learning basic design skills in order to think critically about their environments and begin understanding their own agency in creating change for their communities.
Citizen Teachers from the GSD this semester are Hallie Chen, Chris Masicampo, Teresa McWalters, Ailyn Mendoza, and Jutta Friedrichs.
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FINAL REVIEW! (29)
A semester can really fly by. Students from EMS came with Miss G to the GSD for their final review and a field trip. They presented their designs to a jury of 5 authentic audience members- Lindsay Chandler Alexander (M.Arch 1 '12), Alicia Taylor (M.Arch 1 '12), Caco Peguero (M.Arch '14), Julian Bushman Copp (M. Arch '12), and Alexis DelVecchio (MLA '12). After the review and pizza party, we walked through the trays, the studio space of the GSD, to see student work as well as demonstrations in the Woodshop and Fabrication Labs. -
MODEL MAKING, COLLAGE, FROTTAGE (11)
Led by Teacher Jutta Friedrichs, students learned composition techniques through collage and frottage (laying paper over a textured surface and rubbing with a pencil to create a pattern of texture on the paper). Students then applied those techniques to a 3D model exercise to make 2 interior spaces. -
PERSPECTIVE, PLAN AND SECTION (19)
Working with 6th graders at Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, MA. This Workshop consisted of basic drawing techniques that would help students analyze things in a new way. Led by DIY Coordinator Hallie Chen.