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Students from the Erie area enrolled in the gifted program at Mercyhurst College, came to our class to participate in art lessons. My art lesson was based around fingerprints and a unique identity. The students made finger "prints" through printmaking.    






 <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Local after school programs brought their students to come make art projects with the art education majors. <span style="color: rgb(38, 41, 197);"><span style="color: rgb(30, 23, 196); font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">

In 2008, I aided in the students in making origami boxes. The students had to cut and fold their own paper to make the boxes. This activity was done without the use of tape or glue to hold the paper together.

In 2009, our art lesson focused on printmaking. We used small foam plates and had the students make line designs replicating their fingerprints on the surface of the plate. Using acrylic paint, Plexiglas, and brayers, the students rolled the paint onto the surface of the plate and printed it on paper.

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 23, 196);">The Mercyhurst Art Education Club and Social Work Club collaborated to host the Empty Bowls event, with all proceeds benefitting the Second Harvest Food Bank in Erie, PA. The Art Ed. Club produced all of the bowls that were sold at the event. <span style="color: rgb(30, 23, 196);"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">April 2008

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 23, 196);">Local artists and craftsmen came to share their cultural activities in the Erie area. We assisted these artists with their activities through the Erie Art Museum. Specifically, we were making milkweed pod birds and Polish stars. <span style="color: rgb(30, 23, 196);">

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