Saturday May 21st was the culmination of our workshop; in order to celebrate we had a graduation party, but not before we squeezed in one last grammar lesson. Since last week we closed our class by introducing the Past Simple … Continue reading ESOL workshop with Jennifer Cruz Marulanda – Week 8
The Final Projects Screening was the last class of our workshop, after several weeks of working real hard; we watched the video pieces created by the participants. As people arrived and we were getting ready, we had a conversation about … Continue reading Collective Storytelling. Screening and graduation.
This past Saturday, May 14th, we had a very special class. Our students were granted the opportunity to present any art or artist of their choice during our class time. The idea was to employ the knowledge about art and … Continue reading ESOL workshop with Jennifer Cruz Marulanda – week 7
On 5/8 we explored the music and culture of Aleppo, Syria. We sang two quduud (upbeat songs): “Sayyid il-Asaari” and “Qaddukal Mayyas” and listened to performances by Mustafa Maher and Sabah Fakhri, the most famous 20th century singer of the … Continue reading Music Tradition from Syria and Egypt – Week 4
Last Saturday, April 30th, our class met at the Museum. It was a very exciting day because our students were introduced to the Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk exhibition. As we entered, our students were … Continue reading ESOL workshop with Jennifer Cruz MArulanda – week 5
This week we spent time doing group work. Thinking collectively in how to tell a story? What are the elements that make a story? What is the form of our stories? Each group resumed conversations from the Island field trip … Continue reading Collective Storytelling. Week 6.
On the second class was joined by percussionist Rami ElAasser http://ramitabla.com/ who taught us the basics of Arabic Rhythms. We learned how to produce the basic sounds on the drums – “dum” and “tek.” We learned several rhythmic patterns (called “iqaa” in … Continue reading MUSIC TRADITIONS FROM EGYPT & SYRIA. WEEK 2
La última clase de acuarela experimental fue muy corta a la vez que emotiva. Dio paso a la entrega de diplomas y posterior celebración. En la primera hora de clase, los estudiantes realizaron su última obra después de la ya … Continue reading Experimental Watercolor Final Class and Graduation
En esta nueva clase de acuarela experimental, tomamos como referencia la colección “Neustadt” de lámparas Tiffany’s que está en exhibición en el Museo de Queens “Lámparas florales de la estudios de Tiffany” . Esta peculiar colección tiene muchos elementos que … Continue reading Experimental Watercolor – Week 6
The motion of the concentric waves spread out on the surface of the water, to the water lilies and reeds, as if they are suddenly awakened from their sleep and brought to life. As the stone slowly falls, it brushes … Continue reading Collective Storytelling Workshop. Week 4
