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Hope and Resiliency Lesson
Hope and Resiliency Lesson
Develop verbal expression of thoughts and emotions behind artworks (artistic and social)
Increase ability to share and express thoughts and feelings within a group setting (social)
Gain confidence and awareness of self-efficacy and self-worth (spiritual and social)
Measureable Outcomes:
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By the end of the workshop, 100% of participants will have designed and created a recycled artwork
that is inspired by and expresses their hope for the future.
By the end of the workshop, 100% of participants will know the metaphor for second chances and
have a hope for future purpose and beauty in their lives.
By the end of the workshop, 100% of campers will have written an expressive artists statement to go
along with their artwork.
Metaphor (2 mins)
Introduce metaphor Often negative experiences in life make us feel worn out, worthless, and useless
like trash, but just like our recycled artwork we can find new purpose, beauty and value in our
circumstances and in ourselves. (willpower thinking)
Mini-Lecture (5 mins)
-Explain and guide discussion on how these items can be useful in art making.
What useful things could we make with these items? (containers, jewelry, mixed-media artwork etc)
How can we re-use some of these items and turn them into something new? (waypower thinking)
connects to your hope, or you might be inspired in how to alter or change it to make it connect.
3) Using our chosen item and our Hope concept as inspiration and starting point, we will create either a
Functional and/or Decorative piece of artwork using these recycled materials and art supplies.
(waypower thinking)
-Campers will have the remainder of this time to freely deconstruct, build, paint, glue, connect and alter
any of the recycled materials needed to create their design. These may be abstract or literal
representations of their hope concept, and can be function and useful or simply an object of beauty.
-Guide and encourage construction and craftsmanship as needed.
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