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West Greene Elementary Center

In 2016, the fourth graders of West Greene Elementary Center worked with art teacher Mrs. Adrienne Day and Teaching Artist/Metalsmith Lindsay Huff to create a hanging curtain of metal charms that was installed in the entryway of the Elementary Center.

Students learned about properties of different metals including copper, brass, aluminum, and steel and manipulated pieces of each using pliers, hammers, anvils, shears, and letter stamps. The fourth graders also applied color with vitreous enamel and got to observe the mini-kiln in action during the 1500°F fusing process.

Creative writing had a role in the process as well as students brainstormed words to represent something important to them in the present and something they hoped for the future. By stamping their words into the metal pieces, the fourth grade created a group list poem that will serve as a monument to their grit, their collaboration, and their hopes and dreams.

In 2023, PCA&M partnered with the regional IU1 for a series of mini-residencies in Greene County incorporating traditional arts processes with modern design and technology. Teaching Artist/Metalsmith Lindsay Huff worked with K-12 WGEC art teacher Casey Robinson to implement one of these projects with the districts third grade art students to create an installation that explored laser cutting and positive/negative space, and opacity/translucency. Learn more about this project at the other IU1 Fab Lab projects here!