Middle School Art Students Showcase Creativity!
COVID or not, the show must go on!
Middle School Drama teacher, Jenni Brown, alongside of art teachers Rachel Cook and Anna Boyer, are making adjustments to ensure that middle school drama students will get to put on a performance this year. That includes getting creative when it comes to putting together costumes and the use of masks. And that's where our art students step in.
“We are creating paper mache heads out of strips of newspaper and a glue/water mixture,” explained art teacher Rachel Cooper. “Once we begin the design process, we will be adding string, cloth and other material to bring the "big heads" to life. Although the actors in the play are only 6th graders, we are having both 6th and 7th grade working on creating and designing each character throughout the next few weeks. They will take two weeks to create the structure of all 14 "big heads" and two more weeks to paint and add each character's unique features.”
But why paper mache heads? “There are two reasons they are creating "big heads" for the play this year,” Cooper continued. “First, the 6th and 7th graders get to be a part of the creation and design process of their characters and will get to see their artwork on display during the play. Secondly, each actor can wear their character's head (instead of wearing a mask) on stage in order to maintain COVID protocol.” The upper school art students are helping as well, putting together the backdrops for the scenes.
With all the hard work put forth by not only the teachers but the students, these performances are sure to be a colorful and fun sight.