The NC Symphony!!!!

Rachel Niketopoulos & Christopher Caudill, french horn musicians
video by student participant, Morgan H.

A Few Words From Our Students

"Today we colored pictures and put them on canvases!"
-Daniela

"Today we talked about cultural sightings that we saw after school. We saw: children playing in sand boxes, a flyer for musicSPARK (part of SPARK CON), people walking, the bus station at Moore Square. We also learned what a gesture drawing was. We met a couple of musicians from the NC Symphony and we listened to them perform. Some students videotaped the performance and some people were taking photos."
-Sarah

First Art Project

Believe it, or not... TJ was actually having "fun".

From Student Blogger Abigail

Today was our first day of CAM.
What we did was talk about Raleigh's past and colored old photos and wrote a 1-2 sentence letter to someone you know based on the photo. I think this will be a great class.

What is culture?

We spent quite a bit of time during our first program session discussing what was/is culture. We discovered that culture is really an integral part of our everyday lives. Culture is reflected in the food that we eat, the clothes that we wear, the things that we do for fun as well as the artistic traditions and trends of anywhere people live, work and play.

We made lists of the kinds of art, food, activities and classes that our participants like.

Art:
drama, drawing, dance, photography, installation, sculpture, singing, painting, music

Food:
cheese, macaroni and cheese, chocolate cake, chinese food, greek food, caesar salad, caprice salad, shrimp, yellow cake, spaghetti, sushi, pickles, pizza, lasagna

Activities:
taekwondo, shopping, walking, sports, being outside, shootin' hoops, playing with pets, taking photos, playing the piano, watching tv (specifically animation), cooking, painting

Favorite Classes:
art, social studies, spanish, language arts, gym, science, history, reading, math, auto shop

New Recruits!!!!!

We are super excited to get to know our 2010 program participants this afternoon! Our theme for this year is Raleigh's culture and entertainment. We have already lined up visits with musicians from the NC Symphony and NC Opera as well as our good buddies over at the Raleigh Urban Design Center.

Urban Design Center Visit

On February 10th our after school program visited the Raleigh Urban Design Center. UDC staff presented information on some of the current development projects happening in downtown Raleigh.

We talked a lot about what a makes a building "green".
Using renewable resources as construction materials
Using geothermal, hydroelectric, methane and other energy sources

Hey do you know what LEED stands for?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

*Post by Thomas