Blog site for 'La Academia', a non-profit art+tech educational component at the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Dieguito.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Ubiquitous

Lesson 2- Transfer:
(links: lesson, quiz)
On this 'ubiquitous' workshop we started to make 'technology art' by applying the concept of TRANSFERENCE, while reviewing the importance of 'family trees' in the community of Eden Gardens. Here you see one family tree, going through the process of invention, duo-toning, silk-screening, and re-application:



Arte

Las arañas tejen sus telarañas, con mucha maña... ¡ en jalogüin !!!



HW

We also do a lot of homework at La Academia!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Arte

¡Este dibujo está muy padre! Miren cómo el edificio de 'perros-policía' queda completamente pintado por 'huellas de perro' (y hasta la puerta parece 'mini', para visitantes caninos).

Art

Check out these pumpkins. Using clothes-dryer flexi-tubing and a little paint and creativity, the result is a very contemporary-looking art piece.




Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Arte

Miren estas super-obras creadas por miembros de La Academia. De arriba a abajo-- 'Manzana-Corazón', 'Bubble-Text' (con buenos resaltes de iluminación), y 'Angel-I':






Art

Here are some images from the first week of art classes. Lauren (art instructor extraordinaire) is drawing some sweet templates for the members to color in... Halloween ghosts and spiders, of course, now that we are into October:


Learning Center

Here are some images of the Learning Center space we will be using during the academic year. We have use of a nice room (with new computers!), and terrace area, and there is also a huge field out there (oh, right, that's the park):