During the video call with the Little Owls, Ofurhetjuhópur were amazed to see that their artworks were exhibited on a wall of their kindergarten classroom amongst others images from Iceland. From that fact, plus all the artworks that they received themselves from Prague, we talked about how our actions have consequences, how, without knowing it sometimes, we can influence the life of others and vice versa.
Iceland
Environmental Soundscapes
5 years old, 6 years oldCommentHVAÐ ER SÉRSTAKT ÉG? / How am I special?
2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Iceland, USACommentThe art of imagining friendly ways of life with our environment
10 years old, 11 years old, 12 years old, 13 year olds, 2021, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th GradeCommentNever stop wondering! Ніколи не переставайте дивуватися!
11 years old, 12 years old, 13 year olds, 2021, UkraineCommentThe artistic translation process continues!
2021, 4 years old, Czech Republic, IcelandCommentThe Art of Words
2021, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, UkraineCommentWho are you?
2021, 4 years old, IcelandCommentI opened the first session connecting our group with yours by comparing the name of our respective kindergartens: Sólvellir for us, which means "sun", and The Little Mole for you. I said maybe your kindergarten is called that way after the famous Czech cartoon character, and I asked them what national character or cartoon we have here in Iceland, and as expected they thought of "Tulipop".
Inviting curiosity
10 years old, 11 years old, 13 year olds, 2021, 7th Grade, 6th Grade, 5th Grade, 4th Grade, IcelandCommentBoth groups are very curious and accept the invitations with curiosity to see what the others are doing, in the case of the self-portrait, the 4th grade group chose to take a photo and transfer to paper, the older group chose to do it freely. Within the self-portrait process we have gone out to look in nature for elements in which we feel represented.
Saying so much through art works!
2017, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years olds, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, South AfricaComment
We received the package from South Africa today – and the kids were so relieved, they have been waiting for so long, they said.
It also took more time than we thought to finish the home´s project. But the kids loved it so much, some of them put more than their family members on the picture like some zombies (might be an influence from computer games). On most of them you can see that the children are thinking about summer, even cherry-trees (which don´t grow here) are in one garden.
All the best,
Halla and Guðný
The 1st and 2nd graders from Grunnskóli Fjallabyggðar in Siglufjörður, Iceland are making and sharing art with the preschoolers from Oakdale Preschool in Cape Town.
We took a picture today of the kids playground, we have had snow today.
Opening packages from Iceland!
2017, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, Iceland, South AfricaComment
The artists in Cape Town, South Africa have received their first package from their new friends in Siglufjarðar, Iceland!
The perfect picnic!
2016, 2nd Grade, Dear You Art Workshops, Collective Art, Finland, USACommentHow happy we were when the table cloth arrived! It is a beautiful piece – and the fish is so appropriate because here we love fish and Siglufjörður is famous for fish industry (herring industry) in the past. And also now, although we don´t fish herring still. We have already had picnic twice and used that beautiful tablecloth, as you can see on the pictures. It was quite a good idea to have the names of the kids on the cloth, then their friends could sit at the „right“ place.
All the projects in the Dear you work have been inspiring and brought out creative thinking – good for both children and teachers. We would be happy to take part next year, it would be better not to start in August/Sept. .... maybe January would be good for us like this year. Tomorrow is the last day of school for the kids, but teachers will be working until 9th of June.
Thank you Kathleen and Arlene!
All the best,
Halla and Guðný.
The 1st and 2nd graders at Grunnskóli Fjallabyggðar in Siglufjörður, Iceland are making and sharing art with the 2nd graders at Amy Parks Heath Elementary School in Heath, Texas.
Come out for a picnic with us!
2016, 2nd Grade, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, USA, 1st GradeCommentNow we have almost finished the table cloth, the gift to our friends in Texas. The kids are so proud of their work! We had a lot of fun doing the project „Come have a bite to eat with me“, and the kids liked thinking that their friends abroad would go out for a picnic using the table cloth that was made here in Iceland. Ithas lively, happy colours as we would like to feel when we go out together and have a good meal!
On Wednesday, we will have a school exhibition where the kids are showing their work to their parents and inhabitants of our town are invited. We really want to have the cloth there for them to introduce this wonderful project to them. After that we will send it to you.
Best wishes to you all,
Halla and Guðný
The 1st and 2nd graders at Grunnskóli Fjallabyggðar in Siglufjörður, Iceland are making and sharing art with the 2nd graders at Amy Parks Heath Elementary School in Heath, Texas.
After the storm in Siglufjörður...
2016, 2nd Grade, 8 years olds, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, USACommentThe day after a big storm in Siglufjörður we went out to see what the wind had brought us. The ground had been all white the previous days because it had been snowing every day for many days. But that morning the snow was not white, it was covered with pine needles and branches from trees and all kind of stuff that the kids picked up. When they were painting they were thinking of the sound of the storm which brought us all this. We had all kinds of sounds, whispering, whistling, banging and heavy/vigorous sounds.
Below are pictures of the artist's work and also one picture taken before the storm, where the kids in 1-4th grade are outside by their snow-fort. As you can see spring has not come here yet, though we have had good weather the last days.
By, by Halla and Gyðný
The 1st and 2nd graders at Grunnskóli Fjallabyggðar in Siglufjörður, Iceland are making and sharing art with the 2nd graders at Amy Parks Heath Elementary School in Heath, Texas.
From Iceland to Texas, with love!
2016, 2nd Grade, 1st Grade, Dear You Art Workshops, Iceland, USACommentHere are pictures of the work, tomorrow the books will be sent to Texas. The kids have had much fun doing the books. They introduced their book to the class, keeping it a secret which food they had chosen. The class was guessing and they were very excited, and in the end the secret came out.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to take part in this, and it is also great to see it on Facebook.
Love, Halla and Guðný
The 1st and 2nd graders at Grunnskóli Fjallabyggðar in Siglufjörður, Iceland are making and sharing art with the 2nd graders at Amy Parks Heath Elementary School in Heath, Texas.
