SCHOOL-BASED ARTS
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Reservoir Avenue School
The 3rd grade classes at Reservoir learned that water is a big part of our world and our lives with artists Lisa Abbatomarco (or Ms. Abracadabra as the students like to call her) and Holly Ewald, UPP Arts Artistic Director. They carried Mighty Plankton puppets in the Procession and performed a play for the K-2nd graders at their school. The students made their puppets out of recycled materials and were inspired by videos and numerous photos of plankton. Plankton are small organisms that float or drift in great numbers in bodies of salt or fresh water. They are a primary food source for many animals, and essential to the food chain.
The 3rd grade classes at Reservoir learned that water is a big part of our world and our lives with artists Lisa Abbatomarco (or Ms. Abracadabra as the students like to call her) and Holly Ewald, UPP Arts Artistic Director. They carried Mighty Plankton puppets in the Procession and performed a play for the K-2nd graders at their school. The students made their puppets out of recycled materials and were inspired by videos and numerous photos of plankton. Plankton are small organisms that float or drift in great numbers in bodies of salt or fresh water. They are a primary food source for many animals, and essential to the food chain.
A tour led by Giles MacDonald from Groundwork Providence of the various storm water remediation sites at Roger Williams Park and J.T. Owens Park showed students environmentally healthy ways to direct rainwater as an alternative to storm water pipes emptying into our ponds and sewers.
Sophia Academy
A dedicated group of Sophia girls worked afterschool with artist Kristina Brown to learn about how water was used in the fabric industry in Rhode Island and how our wastewater is cleaned today. They learned how to dye fabric and sew together a 70 foot long Clean River Quilt, which they carried above their heads in the Procession.
Alvarez High School
Alvarez 9th grade students learned about water and its importance in our world and our lives from artist activist Anna Snyder and their team of 9th grade teachers. They designed and painted banners for the Procession that brought attention to the water challenges around the world due to human actions and natural phenomena.
Alvarez 9th grade students learned about water and its importance in our world and our lives from artist activist Anna Snyder and their team of 9th grade teachers. They designed and painted banners for the Procession that brought attention to the water challenges around the world due to human actions and natural phenomena.
Providence CityArts for Youth
CityArts’s clay artist Deb DeMarco worked with 8-10 year olds in her ceramics class making fish-shaped vessels and percussion instruments for the Water Ceremony in the Urban Pond Procession.
CityArts’s clay artist Deb DeMarco worked with 8-10 year olds in her ceramics class making fish-shaped vessels and percussion instruments for the Water Ceremony in the Urban Pond Procession.
