During the summer of 2011, the Arts Education Program at the Quick
Center continued the Summer Library program for the third consecutive
year. Museum Educator Miranda Earley and education student Shauna
Klotz drove the ArtMobile to Libraries in both New York and
Pennsylvania. From Randolph, NY to Port Allegany, Pa the ArtMobile
delivered fun, educational, and engaging art lessons to area libraries
and the children and adults within the library community. The ArtMobile
visited nine libraries once a week for three weeks, including Portville,
Olean, Cuba, Belfast, Salamanca, Randolph, the Bookmobile at Duke
Center, and Port Allegany. The ArtMobile arrived on site complete with
lessons, art materials, resources, short stories, and actual artifacts from
the Quick Center’s collection.
The art lessons were aligned with the 2011 National Library theme
“One World Many Stories”. Each week, children received a take-home
brochure, complete with colorful pictures, a folktale and family
activities. The first week students learned about Japanese Ukiyo-e wood
block prints and made their own prints in the form of note cards. During
week two students made Wampum buttons after learning about the
Native Americans Wampum Belt’s role in telling stories and recording
history. In the final week students made African masks. Using only
recycled materials students made an African mask and learned how
masks were a major part of the culture and used for various celebrations
and rituals. |