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Leadership through African Arts 2008
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In November and December 2008, SRMHS students explored leadership qualities through West African symbolism through artist residencies with The Magic of African Rhythm. My students and students at Mary Phillips High School explored the concept of Nkoma Ntoweso which translates loosely as agreement, honesty, and understanding. Art students created mixed media pages for a class book to exchange with the other school. Both schools also did a Poet in Residence with . The entire study culminated in a Spoken Word on December 9, 2008 where both schools exchanged books and shared their poetry. My students did a fabulous job organizing a program and refreshments- I´m very proud of them. It was wonderful to collaborate and celebrate with art students from another school.
Click on any of the thumb-nails to the right to see our exchange and both books. As part of Mary Phillips´s residency, they also did a performing arts study of agreement. Click on Scott Renk´s web-site to see a video clip of their performance. The file takes awhile to load and about 10 minutes to play.
The residency received partial funding from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County, Inc., with funds from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, and Wake County Government and the Wake County Public School Systems. We hope to continue this leadership study with another grant next year with a slightly different focus. If you´re interested, please e-mail me at mharrell@wcpss.net.
The Magic of African Rhythm is a cultural arts group listed in the NC Arts Council touring artist directory. Each member of this family specializes in one of the various forms of cultural artistic expression: visual design, dance, song, instrumental, storytelling, etc. They work as residency, workshop and performing artists.
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More Information on Adinkra Printmaking
More information about the artists in residence: The Shabu Family from the Magic of African Rhythm.
Teacher Handout to Integrate using this African Arts Project
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Update for 12/10/08: Click on the following thumb-nails for a larger image.
       
 
     
   
 
                
The mission of the Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School (SRMHS) is to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to become leaders in the communities in which they will live and work.
More information about SRMHS Magnet Focus of Leadership and Technology
This project is made possible through grant funding from the following:
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