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…
Ms. Minnerly created a collective project that consists of many hand crafted houses made out of clay. So cool.
Terrain displayed an installation of this project in their Westport store.
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.
Participants were given a ball of clay and guidelines on creating a house.
Their imaginations were only limited by the size of their ball of clay and a few basic guidelines.
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
Love that idea!