A picture has a 1,000 words!

Our friends from Nuuk Internationale Friskole in Greenland have made Self Portraits to start their new friendship with their friends at the International School in Vantaa, Finland.  Click here how the friends in Vantaa worked on their Self Portraits.

Lotta in Finland and Anaana in Greenland make art together!

Lotta, from Espoo, Finland pulled me aside today to show me the picture she created. Anaana, her friend from Greenland gave her a picture and she drew on top of it. They are making art together! Thank you for sharing and opening up space for each other.

The Monkeys make Self-Portrait Puppets for their friends in Greenland

I had a great Dear You art workshop today with the Monkeys at Your School in Espoo, Finland!  First, I introduced the art of silhouettes and all the different ways we can incorporate that technique into our own practice.  We looked at classic Indonesian puppetry and contemporary artists such as Kara Walker, who use silhouettes in their artistry.

After that we jumped right into the creative process and made outlines of our bodies for our own puppets.  To incorporate a collective element into this project our friends in Greenland will write their name on our puppet.  It was fun choosing how and what we want to tell our friends for their first impression.

We can't wait to see meet our new friends from Nuuk, Greenland!