Undergraduate
Saint Michael's invites the public to a community art project on the Church Street Marketplace, July 22
Project to spread happiness, making "Feel Good Flags"
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Hoping to generate 500 flags that will be displayed in downtown Burlington, Saint Michael's College graduate education students invite the public to make Feel Good Flags on the Church Street Marketplace, July 22 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in front of the Firehouse Gallery.
The project, "Harvest Happiness through Art," aims to encourage busy people to slow down and notice what makes them happy, and then to put an image of what makes them happy on a flag. The idea comes out of a course titled Aesthetic Perspectives on Education and Culture being taught by Saint Michael's associate professor of education, Jonathan Silverman.
People of all ages are invited to make flags using free-of-charge materials - fabric and sharpie pens - that will be supplied at the table.
The eight students in the class hope to hang the 500 flags created in a prominent spot in Burlington "to make a sizeable garland - created by the public and exhibited to the public - that will really have a presence."
"We discussed a lot of themes for our course project," said Professor Silverman, "but the one that resonated the most involved giving people a creative, low-impact way to be part of a community beautification effort that raises their own awareness about the things they love and the contributions they are already making to our global community." The project underscores the purpose of the course which is to show educators how to use the arts to broaden their students' perspectives, analytical abilities and appreciation of art.
Class members and their occupations include:
- Barbara Wheeler, Art teacher Licensure Candidate
- Elizabeth Pieroni, Art teacher Licensure Candidate
- Kate La Riviere, French Teacher Licensure Candidate
- Emily Benway, (Saint Michael's graduate) Theater Teacher Licensure Candidate
- Brian Carpenter, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
- Amanda Benjamin, Elementary School Teacher
- Nora McDonough, Elementary School Art Teacher
- Melissa Jenkins, High School Science Teacher
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Hoping to generate 500 flags that will be displayed in downtown Burlington, Saint Michael's College graduate education students invite the public to make Feel Good Flags on the Church Street Marketplace, July 22 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in front of the Firehouse Gallery.
The project, "Harvest Happiness through Art," aims to encourage busy people to slow down and notice what makes them happy, and then to put an image of what makes them happy on a flag. The idea comes out of a course titled Aesthetic Perspectives on Education and Culture being taught by Saint Michael's associate professor of education, Jonathan Silverman.
People of all ages are invited to make flags using free-of-charge materials - fabric and sharpie pens - that will be supplied at the table.
The eight students in the class hope to hang the 500 flags created in a prominent spot in Burlington "to make a sizeable garland - created by the public and exhibited to the public - that will really have a presence."
"We discussed a lot of themes for our course project," said Professor Silverman, "but the one that resonated the most involved giving people a creative, low-impact way to be part of a community beautification effort that raises their own awareness about the things they love and the contributions they are already making to our global community." The project underscores the purpose of the course which is to show educators how to use the arts to broaden their students' perspectives, analytical abilities and appreciation of art.
Class members and their occupations include:
- Barbara Wheeler, Art teacher Licensure Candidate
- Elizabeth Pieroni, Art teacher Licensure Candidate
- Kate La Riviere, French Teacher Licensure Candidate
- Emily Benway, (Saint Michael's graduate) Theater Teacher Licensure Candidate
- Brian Carpenter, Middle School Social Studies Teacher
- Amanda Benjamin, Elementary School Teacher
- Nora McDonough, Elementary School Art Teacher
- Melissa Jenkins, High School Science Teacher
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
