Polar Bear & Ice Cap Sculpture -- school artist residency

A project in Portsmouth, NH by Tim Gaudreau
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A one-week artist residency working with children to create a snow and ice sculpture about the melting arctic ice cap and polar bears.
Conceptual Art
Backers: 14
Average Pledge Per Backer: $58

Funded: $805 of $800
Dates: Feb 16th -> Mar 3rd (15 days)
Project By: Tim Gaudreau
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March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
One of the unmentioned parts of this project was to also have the students think about the intent of the work rather than participate in the act of making it.  What we planned was for the students to document the process and do some work around... (Read More)

Press Coverage

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's an article about the piece from the local newspaper:  http://www.theconcordinsider.com/article/tim-gaudreau-shows-concord-students-the-art-of-global-warming While some of the details & facts are a little off, I thought it was a fun... (Read More)

Snow Patrol

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Our weeklong school residency turned out to be quite an interesting experience and the students seemed to especially enjoy building the snow sculpture. Here’s a little more information about what we did during the week: While we planned the project... (Read More)

School project finishes up!

March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
It's Friday & it has been a crazy week at the school -- it's been quite a whirlwind.  After warm temperatures & melting all week, we started today with several inches of fresh snow on the ground which we then added to the spiral.  Right... (Read More)

Thanks!

March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers! Thank you so much for supporting the snow & ice sculpture project in Concord -- I'm thinking about naming the piece, Snow Patrol. We began the project today with two school-wide presentations with many fidgety kindergarteners mixed... (Read More)

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