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to each his house

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November

It Takes A Village

I recently happened upon a really great project called “It Takes a Village”  inspired by artist and illustrator Denise Benett Minnerly and I want to share it with you for today’s Friday field trip… 

It Takes a Village

Art installation

Ms. Minnerly created a collective project that consists of many hand crafted houses made out of clay.  So cool. 

Minnerly

It takes a Village

Terrain displayed an installation of this project in their Westport store.

it takes a village

The idea is to have these houses furnish the floor of an art gallery.  The houses are used as metaphors to illuminate each individual’s identity.

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Participants were given a ball of clay and guidelines on creating a house.

It takes a village

Their imaginations were only limited by the size of their ball of clay and a few basic guidelines.

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denise minnerly art installation

Isn’t it a great project?  I can think of ways to adapt the idea to a Thanksgiving Day activity!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a fabulous weekend and remember to take pleasure in simple things, Jackie

To read more about “It Takes a Village”, visit www.deniseminnerly.com

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