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March 2007: Windham Banner Project (New Step Gallery) |
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| Creativity: The Heart of Community … a celebration of public art, creative community, and learning. |
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Join us to celebrate the public art designed and created by the 1300 students in four Windham
elementary schools. Sixty-four unique designs have been hung on Main Street lamp posts in Willimantic as public art – created BY the community FOR the community.
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Artist JoAnn Moran of rePublicArt worked with students and teachers for three weeks as part of the Windham Schools Artist-in-Residence Program, which is supported by the
Ossen Fund for Arts Education. Through the use of
recycled vinyl billboards as the banner material, JoAnn
helps students learn about the importance of sustainability,public art and creative communities.
Come and meet the young artists and view an exhibition oftheir design process and ideas and images about "creative
community" ... at The Annex at the Windham Arts Center,Saturday, March 17, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. with a special
presentation at 3:00 p.m. Plus view the banners on Main Street!
Additional supporters include:
Willimantic Waste/The DeVivo Family Town of Windham, Windham Arts Center, The Home Depot, rePublicArt
International Centre for Creativity and Imagination |
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