Critical Thinking through Drawing; Responding to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake

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An online art auction of student work from Art 131, SpringTerm 2012 (Instructed by Gabriella Soraci), will be held to help the charitygroup RandomActs.org in raising funds to build a children's center/orphanage inHaiti this summer.
“The goal (for the Final Project) is to understand how wecan use the visual language of drawing to effectively communicating ourthoughts, feelings, and ideas. The ongoing effort to help the people of Haitirebuild from the 2010 earthquake will be our chosen subject to respond to. Atthe end of the project the drawings will be collected by a volunteer with thenon-profit charity group, Random Acts.org, for an online auction. The proceedsof which will go to help build an orphanage/child center in Haiti thissummer.... Learning how to gather and filter information and make wise visualchoices is part of learning to think critically and is a large part of theproject. "
Please see the Live Journal website for more details.http://art4haiti.livejournal.com/The auction will begin Monday June 11th and last for twoweeks. Winning bidders will be contacted after the auction ends. You can bid on the artwork by posting a comment on the imagepost for the selected work you are interested in. Payment can be made through PayPal, with either a local pickup or shipping to an address within the USA.All proceeds will go to RandomActs.org (minus shipping fees).
Questions? Contact:Gabriella Soraci (Art Instructor) soracig@lanecc.eduorTahni Nitkins - Volunteer for RandomActs.org and LaneCommunity College Student tahnij.nikitins@yahoo.com