Creative Ways Projects
Multi-Cultural Arts & Education
A Day in the Life: Students stepped into the shoes of American immigrants by taking on the persona of people they encountered in historical photographs. Contemporary artists, such as Cindy Sherman, were presented for inspiration. In this multi-session program, participants were photographed as the individual they selected from old black and white images. Using documentation we prepared on Jewish life on the Lower East Side, campers pieced together an imagined world of their character, rooted in the historical and cultural realities of the time. Developed for the Workmen's Circle & Camp Kinder Ring, New York. Versions of this program were adapted for many other educational settings throughout the country.
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Wonder Upon Wonder: The transformation of the Heritage Center at Workmen's Circle Camp Kinder Ring in New York was transformed into an interactive, art filled environment: a sculpted Wooden Leviathan--boat oars, scrap wood, found objects. A Wonder Cabinet houses a collection of found and created objects; the front of the Wonder Cabinet is designed with the three hare motif, an ancient image found in Jewish folk iconography. Campers engage in the interactive, art-based curriculum, designed by Creative Ways, which interprets and explores the cultural and historical narratives of Eastern European Jews and immigration to New York.
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Touching Home: Award-winning art and oral history project exploring how New York City's ethnic communities preserve, adapt and share their cultural heritage. Fourteen 4th and 5th grade classes from Staten Island explored one of fourteen communities throughout the city, led by a member of that community. They conducted interviews to learn about cultural traditions and visited significant places. Back at school, each class collaboratively created a six foot tall, house-like sculpture which creatively expressed each community and culture. Sponsored by NYC Dept. of Education and exhibited at the Staten Island Children's Museum.
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Ancestor Memory Projects: A series of projects at New York public and private schools. After learning to research their family history, students created sculptures and writing which lovingly expressed the life of an ancestor.
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