From 2003-2005 I worked for The Richmond Art Center, in Richmond California, and ran an arts education program in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. Additionally, I taught art as an Artist-in-Residence at several of the schools. I designed a curriculum that integrated arts learning with themes of identity, culture, and community. For one of the projects, a class of 4th graders at Grant Elementary created a model city. Each student made a house, apartment, or commercial building from paper. Together they placed the buildings in a grid and added trees, streets, traffic signs, and other elements of their choosing. They discussed what they liked and disliked about Richmond and used these ideas to collectively create a set of rules and concepts for their model town.
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