As part of the month-long Americans in Paris Exhibition at the Jardin d’Acclimatation, Stacey “Jaco” (art teacher at the American School of Paris), with the assistance of Troop 30 as part of their community service project, offered a unique interactive art experience for children ages 6 to12.
The project, called “From our Hands to Your Hands”, is a patchwork whose focus is to communicate written and graphic messages about children’s hopes for the future. Some of the repeated themes were peace, environ- mental concerns and the importance of education. The completed art design along with a documentary video will be offered as a gift to Sasha and Malia Obama in hopes that they’ll share these ideas with their father.
Our Girls Scout Troop (Juniors and Cadettes), helped conduct and film the art workshops in addition to decorating the first of the patchwork squares to be incorporated into the giant art piece of over 60 coded messages.
We learned a lot of really interesting historical facts about patchworks and their use during the civil war from Stacey. Thanksto Jude, a professional photographer, we also became skilled at using a cinematography camera. She is helping us create the video documentary of the event. - by Mia, Sarah, Nathalie, Rebecca, Paris, Ella, Céline, Reyna and Ella.
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