NCompass Live: Art Show! Where Art and Science Meet to Bring the Community Together
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NCompass Live - April 12, 2023 http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/ Learn how a planned celebration of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch evolved into a community-wide art show and led to new opportunities for collaboration. In 2022 our library was an official NASA host site for the JWST launch. We worked with a geoscience professor at Chadron State College to promote the launch through a variety of events, including an art show. We invited the community to imagine what the JWST might see and to express that as visual art. The community and the organizers had a great time so we decided keep going. We held our second community art show in February 2023. Learn how we worked with the schools and community groups to plan, publicize and set up the show, and how a collaboration among scientists and artists led to an ongoing exploration of the intersection of science and art. Presenters: Susan J. Rolfsmeier, Assistant Director, Chadron (NE) Public Library; Whitney Tewahade, K - 8 Art & Design Teacher, Chadron Public Schools; and Dr. Tawny Tibbits, Geosciences Professor, Chadron State College.
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NCompass Live: Art Show! Where Art and Science Meet to Bring the Community Together
- 1. Art Show! Where Art and Science Meet to Bring the Community Together PRESENTERS: Susan J. Rolfsmeier, Chadron Public Library Whitney Tewahade, Chadron Visual Arts Program at Chadron Public Schools Dr. Tawny Tibbits, Physical Science Department, Chadron State College
- 2. Dr. Tawny Tibbetts (Chadron State College) Whitney Tewahade (Chadron Public Schools) Susan Rolfsmeier (Chadron Public Library) Collaborators and presenters (left to right)
- 3. Libraries are great places for informal science education • Critical thinking skills • Low pressure environment • Share enthusiasm about learning (not just science!) • Being a guide on the side means you do not need to be the expert https://www.starnetlibraries.org/ma ke-your-case/ A list of STARnet links will available for you!
- 4. • Opportunity to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope launch • NASA supported us with • Subject matter experts (SMEs) • Bookmarks & stickers • Event ideas • Activity plans and background information • Webinars and Q&A sessions Partnerships are possibilities
- 5. • Lends support to proposals • Can lead to fresh ideas • Allows organizations to do more by sharing intellectual and other resources • Can lead to future opportunities to work together • When done well it can be fun Collaboration!
- 6. What will the JWST see? • Idea was inspired by the online #UnfoldTheUniverse Art Challenge • What if we were to present the challenge to our community? • A community art show might be a way to draw in participants who may not attend science programming
- 7. Collaboration in Art: An Educators Perspective • Doesn’t have to include extra planning • Incorporate into current curriculum
- 8. Collaboration in Art: benefits for students • Learn to work together • Understand a theme • Learn how to prepare art for public presentation • Learn about others’ perspectives and experiences
- 9. Could we brighten up the darkness of winter with a fun event and bring people together? YES!
- 11. Moving from idea to event Find additional partners Find a venue Make it happen (lots of smaller steps)
- 12. Find Additional Partners • Consider your goals • Who in your community can help? • Who in your community might benefit from this partnership?
- 13. Find a Venue Appropriate space (this will differ depending on your goals) • Accessibility • Enough space for display • Cost
- 14. Make it happen=Planning 1. Call for artists 2. Programming and displays 3. Publicity 4. Registration 5. Set up 6. Staffing the show This work features a story, poetry, information about the JWST and a 3D model produced on the 3D printer at Chadron Public Library
- 15. 1. Call for artists • How much time do people need to create art? • What is the theme? • What types of art? • What media? • Where and how will people register? • When is the deadline to register?
- 18. 2. Programming and displays • Visit the schools • Work with programming staff at local nursing homes, preschools, daycare, assisted living facilities • Make a list of resources for your online catalog or for print distribution • Library programs • Book display • Art cart
- 19. Promote your library collection and your show at the same time
- 20. Library Art Cart • Because not everyone in our communities have access to art supplies • Do set up a station in your youth area with age appropriate art supplies.
- 21. 3. Publicity • What are your resources? • Can your partners help?
- 22. 4. Registration • Provides information for participants • Track number of participants • Track types of art (for planning displays) • Clarify responsibilities and security issues
- 23. •Rules • Age groups? • Free event? •Non-juried? • Non-discriminatory policies •Set clear guidelines • Drop off/pick up times Participant Information
- 24. •Will there be security? •Release and Waiver •Media release Clarify responsibilities and security issues
- 25. Identify which sheets should be returned What kinds of art? Contact information: Useful for follow-up, last minute calls Registration
- 26. Communicate • Give your co-workers a cheat sheet • Participants may be nervous about sharing their art- be encouraging • Yes you wrote it on the form-but be accessible to answer questions anyway.
- 27. 5. Set up • Students were responsible for their art • Have designated people to greet artists • Organized check-in process • Be creative with display options The first day of the show. The student art is arranged around the sides and art from community members is displayed in the center.
- 28. Be creative with displays • Cardboard boxes turned inside out • Donated from local furniture store
- 29. There was so much art! The ones on this table were made by primary school students
- 30. Table easels were used to display works created by Middle School artists.
- 33. Be creative with displays
- 35. 6. Staffing the show • Volunteers • Collaborators • Library staff • Artists • Community members
- 36. A volunteer staffs our greeting desk.
- 37. Encourage the artists to attend the show
- 38. Encourage the artists to talk about their art Community
- 39. Connecting People Through Art
- 41. Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts can work on badges • Involves another part of the community • These girls made art for artVenture
- 42. Art Activity Area Pastels, markers, and paper were set up so that people could make art on the spot. Three generations of a family enjoy drawing together
- 43. Connecting community members through art
- 45. Outcomes: Year 1 •9 community members made art •500 works of art (including drawing, painting, one yarn tapestry) from students •Eleven volunteers •52 visitors Saturday, 50 visitors Sunday
- 46. Starting to grow in year two! •39 community members •350 works of art from students at Chadron Middle School •94 visitors Saturday, 41 visitors Sunday
- 47. Virtual tour of the art show (Year 1)
- 48. The Chadron Arts Center was once a church. Now it is used for dancing, classes, musical performances, events and now a community art show!
- 50. The students in 3rd-4th grades at the Intermediate School (Kenwood) used hexagons like the JWST mirrors. Whitney created paper quilts from their work.
- 53. Southern Ring planetary nebula One of the JWST first images. The image on far right reveals two stars at the center of the nebula demonstrating the ability of the Mid-infrared instrument to see through gas and dust clouds. Middle school student art displayed on table easel Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
- 54. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI The bottom portion of this images is NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. This painting by a Chadron Middle School student imagines new stars being born from exhalation.
- 56. This diptych was created by two students working together on two canvases.
- 57. This yarn tapestry by a middle school student was one of two pieces of fiber art.
- 61. This was our second fiber art piece. The phase of the moon shown in this potholder represents the moon phase in which her granddaughter was born.
- 62. This watercolor by David Nixon was inspired by Lakota constellations and a map from the book Lakota Star Knowledge: studies in Lakota stellar theology by Ronald Goodman. For orientation the Milky Way runs through the middle, and Orians Belt is at the top of the hand resting in the bison robe within the hoop.
- 64. Virtual tour of the art show (Year 2)
- 75. Questions • We will share example forms and the slides
Hinweis der Redaktion
- The National Research Council (2009) concluded that learning experiences across informal environments (such as public libraries) positively influence science learning in school, attitudes toward science, and pursuit of science-related occupations.
- Consider goals Large event to celebrate the JWST Connect Art and Science themes Build community connections Informal STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) programming that reaches out to underserved audiences Who in our community would help us meet our programming goals? Experience making art Experience displaying art Target audience: we wanted to make sure that we included youth
- Posters around town
- Example social media post (don’t forget local radio)
- Tie-in with science in the art classes, can do the same art in the science classes. Mention the Nebraska Arts Council Creative Again through the Arts (CAAP) program. Book displays and programs are ways to promotes your show, to promote your library, Preschool story time: collaborative art Create relaxed art experiences for adults
- This is going to look different for each library and for different types of community. We had no money budgeted for this, We did posters, and social media posts. Our partners contributed in kind. Examples: . The marketing department at Chadron State College helped get out the word on social media and their appearances on local radio. The library also did two community spotlights leading up to the event (one of our local radio stations regularly features community organizations and events. Whitney worked with the schools to get the word out, and because she worked with the students to create art parents were motivated to visit the show. We sent emails to surrounding community organizations, schools, and libraries.
- Forms for the public, spreadsheet to track the data. We used Google forms and had it automatically update a spreadsheet, We added paper registrations to the spreadsheet manually. Each person was auto-assigned a number based on registration order. We used this as a unique identifier to link the artist with their art.
- Any rules that you have set What ages may participate? Make clear that the event is free Non-juried? Be clear about this! Non-discriminatory policies How much will artists be involved in set-up and take down? Set clear guidelines Drop off/pick up times Be encouraging!
- Note that it is important to involve staff so everyone can answer questions. Cheat sheet helped my co-workers
- Allow enough for set up and consider your community…driving at night, people who work. Discuss how we met people and gave them a number to match them up with the art pieces
- Greeting desk is good way to promote upcoming events, partner organizations, We had a running slide show showing off event poster designs and pictures from past events. Have a guest book to get comments that you can use in reports, in future grant proposals and as an easy way to count visitors. We purchased an inexpensive journal and used the Cricut machine in our makerspace to make custom vinyl lettering in a pretty font. We can use this book multiple years.
- Encourage artists to participate. They can talk about their art, meet people, again our show focuses on building community relationships as much as on art once the door opens to the public
- Geology, volcanoes, imagination, mother and daughter connecting through this art project
- This newest member of our community (left photo) had been active in the arts in the town where she lived for several years. She was happy to get out and meet people. The photo on the right shows how she involved a young visitor to the show.
- This family loves to make art together. For the show this year they made an installation piece.
- The scouts were making art for artVenture. They also worked with Vicki Chasik, a community member and artist. They were there both days for about an hour or two each day. The first day they learned how to paint geodes/agates in watercolor with Whitney. The second day they learned about decoupage from Vicki. Both days the girls made individual pieces and collaborative art. The collaborative art was sent to the state Girl Scouts to be auctioned. Money raised from the auctioned art will be used for Girl Scout scholarships.
- Intergeneration interaction Welcome people new to the community Make new acquaintances See old friends Build connections
- Adult: used art supplies at the library and filled an entire table, boy at right is grandson who also made art at the library. She said that it was relaxing for her and the library provided a space where she could get away from the cares of her day.
- Chadron Primary, Intermediate, and Middle Schools were represented 102 visitors total
- Look how much it grew; so much more community art! 135 visitors
- The JWST uses infrared light to capture images. Infrared light allows us to see through the dust and gasses. We can see into this area where stars are born. (see the JWST site at NASA.gov to read more about first images)
- Crafts: Painting on the left made with soil samples. All ages and abilities were encouraged and welcomed. As long as they had thought about how their art fit the theme, we welcomed it!
- This piece was made by a local quilter and textile artist!
- Please see the resources that we shared along with slides.