Keara Connor
Art Educator
Paintings
Beautiful work by students at a community center through an outreach grant, displayed at the Lyndon House India Festival, 2012.
Preliminary drawing for a painting of a giant tortoise in a handmade field journal, from Galapagos Camp
A handmade book by an 8 year old using techniques inspired by Eric Carle.
Beautiful handpainted, hand cut paper for a handmade book made by an 8 year old
Preliminary drawing for a painting of a humpback whale in a handmade field journal for Galapagos Camp
A comic strip created at a community art day at ATHICA in Athens, GA.
Drawing, Collage, Bookmaking, and Printmaking
Two 6 year old girls reading through an "Under the Sea" play they helped write.
Reading through the start of a collaboratively written play depicting the struggle between a Sun and Moon Fairy and the creation of night and day.
Campers acting out the story they created throughout the week, in costume, for their parents.
Performance of an Indian dance with an elephant in the background the campers created, wearing jewelery and costumes made throughout the week.
Campers wearing their costumes for a performance of their very own "wild things" story, written collaboratively.
Students acting out their story in a performance for their parents.
Habitat made from recycled materials, paint, glue, and airdry clay for Georgia Rivers and Waterways Camp
One of the games created for the arcade my Inventor Camp kids decided to build. After this photo was taken, the man playing won a trophy made by this boy!
A topographical map created by the Galapagos campers with miniature habitats, animals drawn with pastels, animals created out of airdry clay, messages and island names, and of course, VOLCANOES!!
A 3 year old's masterpiece. We created "hybrid-animal" sculptures.
Ceramic project with community centers to create divas for Diwali for India Festival 2012.
Sculpture, Ceramics, and Inventions
A hand sewn monster pouch by 5 year old!
Hand painted and hand sewn bag
Snuggly artwork!
Nearly 90 tie-dyed handkerchiefs created by 5-14 year olds from different community centers, made possible by an outreach grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, displayed at the India Festival, 2012.
We learned kings were the first to use parasols!
A beautiful little pillow with lavender flowers inside for an afternoon cat nap
Textiles
Storytelling and Performance
Painting a magnolia tree with homemade puffy paint for "impressionistic" texture. Art of France Camp
Fantastical self portrait from Masterpiece Portraits Camp
Painting of Orca leaping, from Galapagos Camp
Underwater Galapagos painting
A whimsical story painting from a 5 year old in Where the Wild Things Are Camp
A Japanese dragon with writing in Arabic, Japanese, and even Dragonscript to describe its attributes.
Botanical illustration for Georgia Rivers and Waterways Camp
Birds Camp
Painting for Galapagos Camp