Bringing the community together
The University of Maine Art Education Community Outreach program is an intercultural program that acknowledges and celebrates the diversity found within both the state of Maine and the country we call home. UMAECO prides itself in supporting all peoples and especially those from minority populations.
Concept: Art and Story Telling
The students of the UMAECO class of 2016 have decided to pursue collaborative arts projects that work with communitys of elders. This population has the knowledge that comes with age and experiance and we would like to facilitate the sharing and exploration of their personal stories through collaborative art pieces. We seek to work with diverse groups of elders utilising art making processes to bridge the expanding gap between our generation and theirs.
In order to do this we will be researching the benefits of story telling, exploring different ways to facilitate this amoung diverse populations, working with elders to create artwork, helping to document their stories, and presenting our experiances and findings in multiple formats.
The students of the UMAECO class of 2016 have decided to pursue collaborative arts projects that work with communitys of elders. This population has the knowledge that comes with age and experiance and we would like to facilitate the sharing and exploration of their personal stories through collaborative art pieces. We seek to work with diverse groups of elders utilising art making processes to bridge the expanding gap between our generation and theirs.
In order to do this we will be researching the benefits of story telling, exploring different ways to facilitate this amoung diverse populations, working with elders to create artwork, helping to document their stories, and presenting our experiances and findings in multiple formats.
The students of the UMAECO class of 2016 have decided to pursue collaborative arts projects that work with communitys of elders. This population has the knowledge that comes with age and experiance and we would like to facilitate the sharing and exploration of their personal stories through collaborative art pieces. We seek to work with diverse groups of elders utilising art making processes to bridge the expanding gap between our generation and theirs.
In order to do this we will be researching the benefits of story telling, exploring different ways to facilitate this amoung diverse populations, working with elders to create artwork, helping to document their stories, and presenting our experiances and findings in multiple formats.
Community Partners
This year we have chosen to work with the following community partners
Wabanaki Elders: Partnering with elders and the Indian Island Housing Authority to faciliate documentation of oral history traditions and life stories. (TBA).
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Hope Festival:
The students of AED 474 have come together to create a collaborative public interactive weaving. Our interactive display seeks to engage our diverse local community. By posing the question "what is advocacy?" we will challenge you to link together the words you believe to best represent what advocacy means to you. We believe that change starts with a conversation and we hope that you chose to contribute to the ever changing and growing advocacy discussion.
Join us on April 23rd from 11am-3pm
University of Maine Student Rec & Fitness Center
For more information on the Hope Festival see the Events Facebook Page.
We Hope to see you there!
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