On April 1, Dodge STEAM students from Paterson School 7, the School of Government @ Eastside, and the School of Information Technology @ Eastside participated in William Paterson University's Multicultural Festival.
Art teachers Vernon Nealy (School 7) and Marilyn Simon (Eastside,) joined by Art PIRs Triada Samaras and Myra Winter, Dodge Grant Coordinator Dina Scacchetti, and WPU art practicum students, accompanied the students through a series of activities.
Above: SOIT Art Teacher Marilyn Simon observes students in action in rice mandala workshop.
This year's multicultural theme focused on the arts of Southeast Asia. Gallery Director Kristen Evangelista and her staff arranged for a tour of the Ben Shahn Galleries and two visual art workshops. One workshop taught students how to create mandalas (the spiritual symbol of Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe) through the use of colored rice.
In another they created collages in which they depicted "home"--their own home or an ideal home.
After lunch the students walked to Shea Center for a performance of Indian dance and music.
Above: GOPA and SOIT STEAM students create mandalas out of colored rice.
Art teachers Vernon Nealy (School 7) and Marilyn Simon (Eastside,) joined by Art PIRs Triada Samaras and Myra Winter, Dodge Grant Coordinator Dina Scacchetti, and WPU art practicum students, accompanied the students through a series of activities.
This year's multicultural theme focused on the arts of Southeast Asia. Gallery Director Kristen Evangelista and her staff arranged for a tour of the Ben Shahn Galleries and two visual art workshops. One workshop taught students how to create mandalas (the spiritual symbol of Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the Universe) through the use of colored rice.
In another they created collages in which they depicted "home"--their own home or an ideal home.
After lunch the students walked to Shea Center for a performance of Indian dance and music.
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