Day 145: May 25, 2010

Helping Hands Art Project

I took this photo on the date above, but am posting it a day late - yesterday was a very long day!  Yesterday was the Spring Festival of the Arts at school followed by the 8th grade play.  My daughter had three pieces in the art show, including this one.

The kids used a rubber glove to mold a hand performing an action, then cast in in plaster of paris and painted it.  They were to highlight a charity of their choice and attach meaningful words and other symbols to the sculpture then write a paragraph or two about the charity.

My daughter chose Afghans for Afghans, which collects knitted squares to make into blankets for children in the war torn region of Afghanistan.  As the entire Middle School read the book Three Cups of Tea this year, which deals in part with the abject poverty and lack of schools in that area of the world, her choice was very fitting.

It's not the best photo, but it is meaningful to me.