Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
We had a great first day exploring the history and art of Latino culture in Philly. We prepared for our day by listening to various Latino artists like Frankie Ruiz, Tito Nieves, and Marc Anthony. Soon after, we got underway and headed to Taller Puertorriqueño. There they showed us a brief presentation of Taíno...
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Last Thursday, we began to discuss what we will be doing this week. Each day we will be learning about a different area in Asia. First, today we will go to Chinatown to learn about Chinese culture. Tomorrow, we will visit an art museum to learn about Korean art. On Wednesday we will visit an Indian temple....
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We started today off with a plentiful breakfast filled with pancakes, fresh fruit and yogurt! After breakfast we started our journey to a new location three hours away. Along the way we made some meaningful stops and learned mucho information! Our first stop of the day we went to a lake and took a boat...
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In the morning after breakfast, we once again divided into work groups after a short meeting for worship. Work on the mural continued and it’s coming along nicely. We made more delicious bread, made more arts and crafts, and worked more on the garden. After some classic frisbee and lunch, we headed out to...
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Welcome to an exploration of art and how art interacts with the environment for your Intensive Learning! We have planned a week full of designing, creating and exploring to inspire your creative energy. We will be focusing on the art concepts of TOTEMS and MANDALAS as forms of expressing IDENTITY. Our artworks will...
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We started off our day by visiting the San Miniato al Monte church outside of the main city of Florence. Considered one of the Florence’s most beautiful churches, it offered more insight into Renaissance architecture. We saw pillars that were made of faux marble and paint that was made to look like marble to...
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Over the course of this week, we learned how to look at things from a different perspective. Whether we were in the woods, city, or school, we were exploring the environment around us with a creative eye. We took pictures of the city, created pieces of art out of trash, tape, and spray paint...
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Today we experimented with more subtle artworks. Instead of the more grandiose works to which we were more accustomed, we toned it down a couple notches. Mr. Webster explained that we should be putting small things in odd places, with hopes that they wouldn’t be found easily, but when they were, it would be...
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Today we went to Ocean City to create art on the beach. People created many different kinds of art, including string art, sandcastles, and drawings in the sand. Not every piece of art was successful, and this was mainly due to the amount of time we had and the difficulty of the pieces. However,...
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Today, we started off at the Kimmel Center, located on the Avenue of the Arts. Designed by Rafael Vinoly, the Kimmel Center contains many spaces, including Verizon Hall, Perelman Theater, and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Roof Garden, all of which we visited. Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater are, in fact, two separate buildings; in...
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Today we saw a MOOSE in New Jersey! Just kidding! This is one of the sculptures created in the Pine Barrens today. The Moose is Loose! Before heading out to Pakim Pond in the New Jersey Pine Barrens we spent the first hour of the day collecting the supplies that we needed to finish...
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Today in Exploring Art we stayed on campus to create pieces of art to bring to Pakim Pond tomorrow. Everything we made today will be installed and photographed tomorrow at the pond. Our overall goal was to make a piece of art that could float on the water or hang from the trees in...
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Ciao, Bon Giorno! Today, we visited the Uffizi Museum and saw several interesting paintings. We especially enjoyed Filippo Lippi’s Madonna and Child, Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi, and also his Birth of Venus. At the Uffizi we examined different intricate art techniques such as painting transparent clothing. We then went to the Galleria d’Accademia...
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Today the Exploring Art class began with a trip to Philadelphia with the goal of viewing public art and creating photographs in the genre of Street Photography. As we left MFS by bus, a snowstorm began that would last throughout the day, cutting our mural tour short. Despite the weather, we all had a...
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This 2015 Intensive Learning year our artsy group will be traveling to local destinations to create ephemeral art that relates to the environment in which we are standing–from improv and street art to using trees to draw. Our three trips will include Philadelphia, Pakum Pond in the Pine Barrens and the beaches in Ocean...
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