Today we stayed on campus to complete all of our projects both individual and group — photography, sculpture, mandalas and totems abound! It was a great way to end our week of exploration and creation. The photos say it all …...
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Quilting: The Final Day
Today was the final day for the quilters. Over the course of this week, we have learned many valuable skills. Students have learned how to use a sewing machine, hand-stitch, and even use a professional long-arm machine. It has been a wonderful and laughter-filled week for our little group of 6!...
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The Hoedown Sewdown
Today was our last day of sewing 🙁 We started our day off with a couple hours of finish-up work, followed by an educational video about where all of our clothes will be going! After a quick snack and a couple more hours of work, we were treated to a super special Healthy Garden...
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Málaga: A Tasty and Picturesque Finish to a Beautiful Trip
Today we went to the Ave Marie School in Málaga. We were shown around the school and saw the kindergarten and the fourth grade students. Our choir members sayng Siyahamba for the fourth grade students. After that we were shown the electronics teacher and the car shop teacher. We were explained how these work in Spain...
Continue readingThe Wonders of Xi’an: Terracotta Soldiers and Biang Biang Mian
你好！ Today was a eventful day. Sadly it was one of our tour guide’s last day with us. After saying goodbye to Willy at breakfast, we set out to go see the terracotta warriors. We first went to a ceramics shop where workers hand make replicas of terracotta soldiers. They came in many shapes...
Continue readingQuilting: A Visit to Olde City Quilts
Wednesday was the third day of Quilting for Intensive Learning, and we went to Olde City Quilts in Burlington to quilt our projects. We used long-arm machines to sew the three layers (the top, the batting, and the backing) of our quilts together and make it more like a complete product. The task looked daunting at first,...
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La Mezquita de Córdoba
Today we said goodbye to the community of FES. It was very sad and sweet at the same time, and all of us feel that we would not want to trade the experience for the world. Then we headed on the bus towards Córdoba, which took two hours. Once we arrived, we went to...
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Sewing Day Three!
Everyone embarked on different projects today. After we made some jumpers, dresses, and other baby outfits, our projects were hung on display in front of the window to display our hard work. After picking up food from Main Street, we headed back and settled into an afternoon of hard work....
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Exploring Asian Art
Yesterday, we visited the Philadelphia Art Museum. We looked at the Asian Art, such as old Alchemist bottles. We experienced what it was like to live in Japan about 100 years ago in the Tea House. Afterwards, we went to a Korean BBQ. We ate delicious food that was very cultural to the region of Korea....
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Exploring Art: Human Mandala
This morning, despite the chill in the air, we worked together as a group to design mandalas using our figures as inspiration. We created two designs on the oval blacktop by tracing the outlines of ourselves in various positions. It was a great opportunity to work together, communicate, and in the end create!...
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Quilting: One Down, Two More to Go
Today Shelby and Jessica completed the first quilt. All of the groups are working incredibly hard to finish their projects. So far the day has been filled with laughter and smiles. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come for the new quilters....
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Quilting Day One: Learning the Missouri Star
On our first day of quilting we started off the day with a little bit of show and tell with the quilts that Mrs. Casne and Mrs. Reilly had made. After that we watched a video on how to make the pattern for the quilts. The pattern is called the Missouri Star. The first...
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San Francisco: Burgers, Bridges, and Bubba Gump’s
Monday our journey began when we woke up at 3:30 AM to get to school by 4:30 AM. After our six hour flight we met up with Lance, our tour guide, and Calvin, our bus driver. From there we went to the much desired In-N-Out Burger for lunch. We then went over the Golden...
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Nicaragua: New Necklaces!
Creating the elements of a totem pole
Today, we spent most of our time working with clay — getting to know how the medium works and then creating elements of our first community artwork. As an opening exercise to awaken our creative spirits, we each formed and imprinted nine clay “pebbles” with our palm prints. We then gathered in Stokes Hall to assemble...
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