GAEA Conference Fall 2024

For a family-friendly Earth Day activity at the local art museum, students in a Museum Studies course planned a papermaking activity that incorporated eco-friendly recycled paper and native Georgia wildflower seeds to create seed paper and seed bombs that children of all ages could enjoy making and later planting at home. Learn about the process of making seed paper and seed bombs to share with your students, and take home your own samples that you've created!

Purpose is to present creative, cost-effective curriculum-based solution to common art program material challenge of limited budget/surplus materials (paper/paper scraps) with student-centered focus on creative problem solving, encouraging more risk-taking in creation approach. Participants will be provided a variety of papers similar to what they may have in their art rooms (newsprint, construction, copy, magazine) and challenged to create 3D sculptures. Lesson plan will be provided with invitation to adapt and scaffold to personalize to own practice.

We will look at several recycled material sculpture projects that are possible in your elementary art room. We'll focus most of our time on creating an art nouveau inspired lamp sculpture using recycled paper towel rolls. You’ll walk away with your own beautiful lamp, and a toolbox of sculpture lessons that your students are sure to love! Nothing keeps kids engaged like keeping their hands busy and messy. P.S. these lessons are sure to be show stoppers at your next art show! All supplies will be provided for you.