{"id":6962,"date":"2016-07-27T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/?p=6962"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T00:23:04","slug":"transformation-learning-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/omiexcelsior\/transformation-learning-art","title":{"rendered":"Transformation: Learning through Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>A Living Library<\/em><\/strong> itself is an art work\u2014our founder, <strong><em>Bonnie Ora Sherk<\/em><\/strong>, has made her career by transforming public urban spaces into more human-friendly, ecological habitats. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/alivinglibrary.org\/archive-site\/uncategorized\/bonnie-ora-sherk-presentation-evolution-life-frames\" target=\"_blank\">video of her talk at Mills College Art Museum in a previous blog post<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p>Our A.L.L. Garden \/ Ecology \/ Multi-Arts \/ Literacy \/ Nutrition Teachers emphasize to students the importance of creating art and transforming our environment and ourselves through art. For instance, students learned about the usefulness of scientific illustration to communicate knowledge visually. A.L.L. Teacher, <strong><em>Cecilia Frisardi<\/em><\/strong> conducted a lesson at the <strong><em>OMI\/Excelsior Living Library &amp; Think Park<\/em><\/strong> in flower anatomy which included dissection and illustration.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8833\/28511946451_8c30363359_b.jpg\" alt=\"Jul. 27, 2016 Blog Post\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/>Students dissecting and illustrating flowers<br \/>\n(flowers were generously donated by J. Fregosi &amp; Sons Florist)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/8\/7477\/28511946581_28f4fa76a8_b.jpg\" alt=\"Jul. 27, 2016 Blog Post\" width=\"1024\" height=\"618\" \/>Aaliyah, age 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/8\/7666\/28511946701_d0f235534e_b.jpg\" alt=\"Jul. 27, 2016 Blog Post\" width=\"1024\" height=\"999\" \/>Sofia, age 12<\/p>\n<p>We encourage children of all ages to tap into their creativity\u2014 A.L.L. Teacher <strong><em>Susan Meyer<\/em><\/strong> has been working with her younger students to create some installation pieces for the <strong><em>Upper Garden Orchard<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>Redwood Circle Learning Zones<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/9\/8628\/28511947011_a97d4472d9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Jul. 27, 2016 Blog Post\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teachers and students at <em><strong>A Living Library<\/strong><\/em> work every day to continually transform our environments into welcoming, enriching, and collaborative spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Living Library itself is an art work\u2014our founder, Bonnie Ora Sherk, has made her career by transforming public urban spaces into more human-friendly, ecological habitats. (See video of her talk at Mills College Art Museum in a previous blog post!) Our A.L.L. 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