Still Here

DreamYard — Still Here

Students explored ZENtangle work by developing patterns and incorporating them into an artwork, using a cathartic, almost meditative process. Using pen techniques of hatching, crosshatching, stippling, and scribbling, students developed an understanding of rendering 3-dimensional illusions within the work. To incorporate collaboration into the works as well as further the concept of catharic art, artworks will become coloring pages for others to enjoy.

: Emily Lopez, Art Center, Floating Zentangle, Jaffia Royes & Niles Marthone

: Faith Iwnayanwu, Art Center, Alice Returns to Wonderland, Jaffia Royes & Niles Marthone

: Perla Marte, Art Center, Peaceful Patterns, Jaffia Royes & Niles Marthone

Students were encouraged to express their thoughts and feelings as we entered year one of the COVID pandemic. Through journal writing, students explored personal changes, positive or negative, in their lives. With a focus on personal rather than global, we explored how our relationships have changed. From their writing, students were to pull out a line or a few words that stuck out to them. Students created artwork that solely expressed their personal experience and feeling around the effects of the pandemic.

Kevin Marshall, Marble Hill, Deception: Response to Covid one year later, Jaffia Royes

In our live session, students were given specific mark-making prompts, which they used to form their own composition. Having discussed the use of text, mood, and color in art, students further developed the artwork on their own, incorporating their current mood, thoughts, lyrics, and other forms into their art.

: Adrianna Lyn, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Ahmed Tabassam, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Alexa Vidal Ponce, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Alhouseiny Barry, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Ashlee Rodriguez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Awa Lowe, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Daniela Loveridge, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Darlyn Gomez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Edgar Perea Gonzalez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Eileen Miranda, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Emily Lazaro, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Genesis Padilla, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Hasana Barry, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Karla Evangelista, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Kayla Hall, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Nicole Lewis, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Patricia Jimenez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Randy Martinez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Roshawnda Claxton, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Zakiyyah Choudhury, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Ana Flores, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Biance Fernandez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Evelyn Campover de Urgiles, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Grisleidy Tatis Mendez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Roberta Zorilla Graciano, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Samuel Polanco, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Sharon Vasquez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Patrick Cofie, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Steicy Cruz Santos, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Trinity Cabrera, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Yelvin Jimenez, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Zeenat Riaz, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

: Zodain Edwards, Marble Hill, Pandemic Reflections, Jaffia Royes with Johanna Yokokawa and Jenna Goman

Students at DreamYard Prep spent the past semester pursuing their interest in anime. Through concentrated skill building and a communal studio time, these artists uplifted the unique quality of art as a form of community development.

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Sketches for OM, Daniel Heffernan

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Sketches for OM, Daniel Heffernan

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Sketches for Baby Gryphon, Daniel Heffernan

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Sketches for Baby Gryphon, Daniel Heffernan

: Ashly Perez, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Todo Roku, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Wanted Ban, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Centuree Blanding, DreamYard Prep, Wanted Ban, Daniel Heffernan

: Janiah Ehimua, DreamYard Prep, Crowned Whitty, Daniel Heffernan

: Janiah Ehimua, DreamYard Prep, Ink, Daniel Heffernan

: Janiah Ehimua, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Janiah Ehimua, DreamYard Prep, Untitled, Daniel Heffernan

: Janiah Ehimua, DreamYard Prep, Skeleton King, Daniel Heffernan

: Natalie Colon, DreamYard Prep, OC Designs, Daniel Heffernan

These pieces are inspired by Black Lives Matter posters. Students designed posters by incorporating elements of their previous graphic design assignments to create original and impactful images.

: Genesis Carballo, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: Jonathon Flores, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: Jonathon Flores, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: Juellyane Ocasio, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: GeneMiley Lleras, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: Shanelle Rosario, Creston Academy, We Rise Together, Daniel Heffernan

: Juellyane Ocasio, Creston Academy, Liberate, Daniel Heffernan

: Juellyane Ocasio, Creston Academy, Liberate, Daniel Heffernan

: Juellyane Ocasio, Creston Academy, Liberate, Daniel Heffernan

: Shanelle Rosario, Creston Academy, Liberate, Daniel Heffernan

: Jonathon Flores, Creston Academy, Liberate, Daniel Heffernan

This video documents what this past year of teaching remotely has evolved into. In each of these school sites, students explored beyond the confines of the pandemic through their artwork. What emerged? Joy, radiance and hope.