tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11519807895097053332024-02-07T03:38:50.589-08:00Public Art in Russia Katherine GresselCEC ArtsLink, an international arts organization, is sending me to Krasnoyarsk and Saint Petersburg, Russia, to create collaboartive public art. This blog documents my journey through 2 Russian cities over four weeks.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-8546573013427177042009-12-13T15:09:00.000-08:002009-12-15T12:00:02.543-08:00Project Summary: Krasnoyarsk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtZUotMwThP2GpEVn0JtuGruwUqZ67SxwHxiYyKNA5eacWfnWI3M6FYvzjRbtlLTrYQ9O-76W7UVz-jtmpBSgXNuHVLr169uPwhvHdRIGQ-r6Vwj2lvdVUrN2MzUWNbdOFJf8fzyPCeM/s1600-h/Dance2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtZUotMwThP2GpEVn0JtuGruwUqZ67SxwHxiYyKNA5eacWfnWI3M6FYvzjRbtlLTrYQ9O-76W7UVz-jtmpBSgXNuHVLr169uPwhvHdRIGQ-r6Vwj2lvdVUrN2MzUWNbdOFJf8fzyPCeM/s320/Dance2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414862597908783906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYbO0xgdi34u0xqip4XNlnC9kyxzAMIqyeGuHQilx6k9VdpGcSEXwxgTkLuaF3zhgKEz-iQP7dCtb8AM41QjpwCkow4yM8FaBMDcw_PeWvQU0wm-cFVIl65r132nmDQbTYP0xGrVXfwyo/s1600-h/back+wall.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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The group was assembled by project manager Irina Ulanova through a partnership with the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center--many had done a similar CEC ArtsLink workshop a few months prior and some were experienced art students. I began the project with a slide show lecture introducing a wide range of public art in NYC and across the United States, and my own work. I presented a general project theme of "Ideal Krasnoyarsk," based on a series of exhibits I had just finished curating in NYC, "<a href="http://www.brooklynutopias.com/">Brooklyn Utopias</a>," which had invited artists to respond to the theme of Ideal Brooklyn. Given the short time frame of the project and especially upon learning that street art and graffiti culture is of great interest to young Krasnoyarsk artists, I decided to make quick and low-budget street art techniques like stenciling the basis of the project. I showed examples in my presentation to inspire students.<br /><br />The group was extremely proactive in collaboratively planning and executing the project under my guidance. In two planning workshops, the participants narrowed down the "Ideal Krasnoyarsk" theme to address the specific importance of preserving the architecture of the past and encouraging a vibrantly artistic future. We divided the mural composition into three main sections: past, represented by black and white stencils of demolished Krasnoyarsk buildings, on pages flying out on either side from a central book where two adjacent walls intersect; present, represented by solid green and brown skylines of current-day Krasnoyarsk and a river; and future, represented by freestyle, abstract graffiti landscapes by the more virtuosic artists in the group--these seem to overtake the present-day skyline, suggesting the importance of youthful artistic expression in an ideal future. The mural's title, "Ideal Krasnoyarsk," appears in several places, including the central book pages. The title and participant names are written side by side in both English and Russian, symbolizing the importance of global cultural exchange in an ideal society. To enhance this message, we also included two stencils of important NYC landmarks.<br /><br />I was extremely impressed by this group of young artists who took so much initiative over the project, but at the same time was very open to discussion and direction from me. Special thanks to project managers Ira and Slava, for not only administrative and translation support, but for giving me a place to stay in their home, and the most fun introduction to Russia I could have hoped for!Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-25969041858126416962009-12-13T13:12:00.001-08:002009-12-15T12:15:22.438-08:00Project Summary: St. Petersburg<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6i7RlPxIttUyNcq16z7oX83F-cOTwKSUOpzU7u2mVVJ0HBVKYjMZZAu27LTlAh9pn0mrtlwa4WsTiZ7HX-NjebeisdPe6a7W0S7itlCBxHxec4b1D48HJhSdGvah8zThWotw_qfdC_E/s1600-h/DSCN6675.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6i7RlPxIttUyNcq16z7oX83F-cOTwKSUOpzU7u2mVVJ0HBVKYjMZZAu27LTlAh9pn0mrtlwa4WsTiZ7HX-NjebeisdPe6a7W0S7itlCBxHxec4b1D48HJhSdGvah8zThWotw_qfdC_E/s320/DSCN6675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414854730449957506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7i9kKznggTapDq_O_e-DlwzXqk05dNdmLOveMk1dIYj1vn94TJWqmEz9f7BwtRTCidpGiJlSf5kihhQIz3FWdL4r9uhMrli28zrHTrJQofxqEbdpmyMMh_oSimeDZANRxfqeZUd5dtkE/s1600-h/DSCN6662.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmr2F1u3-pLvIrZEzaCxe7F9kgBzlHtYtlpI2YktoLD8FYwcKjZkavsua6sfhYU-b4D05WxXgImDtw3b3SK6AAU3kHaIsAK5OZHDm1GLA2Vr5cI_7ZzN4BdlDHtCIkMRpq2kOTX-bu6Ig/s320/DSCN6625.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414852057659284994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm86LKPXJeSS0aj96GtFLqgZScnICDimdwQ33caPDerqUGXdqjXS-zD6PVBSmSTF83OsGMIBFcMWCqSaZtOBURZ4trMdt1fTKuabn99qKhfTYFZeOYG99EgqYCVInaMhyphenhyphenYATcwa67Yrgc/s1600-h/DSCN6621.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm86LKPXJeSS0aj96GtFLqgZScnICDimdwQ33caPDerqUGXdqjXS-zD6PVBSmSTF83OsGMIBFcMWCqSaZtOBURZ4trMdt1fTKuabn99qKhfTYFZeOYG99EgqYCVInaMhyphenhyphenYATcwa67Yrgc/s320/DSCN6621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414852049686174818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAsUJK4VzssKrezxf4Gs5oktQB7Ds2kH8ktIGtzN_6RjaGCwpTGnYw568TGmhx-UrrLpFtBzWM-G6B5IP3t1J7Hc8YB9GnDbF1EfTCQpWSXO7542ui0QdP9GUH4duUOTqsZdQOZX0yTY/s1600-h/DSCN6676.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAsUJK4VzssKrezxf4Gs5oktQB7Ds2kH8ktIGtzN_6RjaGCwpTGnYw568TGmhx-UrrLpFtBzWM-G6B5IP3t1J7Hc8YB9GnDbF1EfTCQpWSXO7542ui0QdP9GUH4duUOTqsZdQOZX0yTY/s320/DSCN6676.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414853951284607938" border="0" /></a><br />This project, whose title translates to "From Our Windows," builds upon a recurring theme in my own artwork: combining multiple views in one picture and using windows as compositional devices. The project transformed an upstairs corridor in public school 33 in St. Petersburg through inserting painted windows on its walls. The school serves deaf and hearing-impaired students aged 7-16. The hallway runs through a dormitory for younger students who live at the school, and the administration wanted the art installation to relate to the thoughts and interests of these young children, and involve the participation throughout of a core team of about 10 students in the upper grades.<br /><br />Six resulting "windows" (or window groupings) were created over about two and a half weeks of working nearly every day with this core team of students. Each window structure is made of wood with three-dimensional frames carved by a professional sculptor according to my design specifications. The carvings suggest the style of traditional Russian folk art windows, alluding to the importance of historic preservation. Each window shows different interior or exterior scenes based on drawings by both all of the younger classes and the core mural team in response to the question, "what would you like to see inside and outside your windows?" Three "outdoor" windows display an improved version of the actual neighborhood outside; an juxtaposition of faraway lands students might like to visit (including NYC); and a fantastical, fairy tale world. Three "indoor" window sets show different warm and welcoming household interiors; a museum gallery (based loosely on the famous St. Petersburg Hermitage museum); and a classroom. Rather than showing people in each scene, I incorporated playful, cartoonish cats, dogs, and birds based on the students' renderings of homes and neighborhoods full of animals. For each window frame, students designed stencils specific to the content of each window, and used them to create decorative patterns around the windows; such patterns are a traditional component of all Russian household objects.<br /><br />There were some obvious challenges in undertaking such a complex public art with young people who not only speak a different language from me, but for the most part have very limited hearing abilities even in Russian translation. However, I also discovered universal ways of communicating through gestures, pictures, and visual demonstrations, arguably the most essential components of collaborative art-making. Most of the students had a prior interest and background in art but had not previously worked on this type of project. Yet some had highly developed artistic talent, and all showed tremendous commitment, staying late after school and coming in on their weekend to work. I also owe a lot to CEC's highly organized and dedicated project manager, Nastya Tolstaya, who worked alongside me with the students, acted as the translator and facilitator between all parties involved in the project, and did essential hands-on work too!<br /><br />My hope is that the project not only speaks to my own artistic interests, but reflects the ideas of the children at the school and breeds a sense of both ownership and imagination. Windows often serve as metaphors for new possibilities, and I hope that these windows will inspire future students to think beyond their immediate surroundings and take advantage of all their capabilities.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-71768482452422629472009-12-13T12:49:00.001-08:002009-12-13T15:01:51.685-08:00Final meals in St. Petersburg: Traditional Georgian Food<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX05I0tZj1e3NMXGWeaWyfmspCr-pbgHZK15a0GWhg77kw1EAccMP5b9Iz8YumdkENpGkkywoPvLmMnNt0DC1cm5HiRpVRYVMbuL1H16diYyXURrqxONvhZ4cce0WSrH0jCoIxS5vVzhg/s1600-h/DSCN7057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX05I0tZj1e3NMXGWeaWyfmspCr-pbgHZK15a0GWhg77kw1EAccMP5b9Iz8YumdkENpGkkywoPvLmMnNt0DC1cm5HiRpVRYVMbuL1H16diYyXURrqxONvhZ4cce0WSrH0jCoIxS5vVzhg/s320/DSCN7057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414826138193806386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9u6Ln5r1KnYyAgiL2l2KX7Y6HNChb3gDCgwjCbO4wMJTZw10ymREWgSY8zWYWGlv-KC8-7ITEI_kZVTaT_aq-UeDOShb27uKFUijoPdhhOoTIncAh6ZAYIbpBEPMfLMrARU2e2OFgr4/s1600-h/DSCN7063.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9u6Ln5r1KnYyAgiL2l2KX7Y6HNChb3gDCgwjCbO4wMJTZw10ymREWgSY8zWYWGlv-KC8-7ITEI_kZVTaT_aq-UeDOShb27uKFUijoPdhhOoTIncAh6ZAYIbpBEPMfLMrARU2e2OFgr4/s320/DSCN7063.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414826136643132898" border="0" /></a>Chicken shish kabob dish...with a side of lavash bread and a variety of pickled vegetables...also a traditional walnut sauce that tastes a little like Tahini. The other chicken dish also has a walnut cream sauce.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XLJUav_HTu6e1SBUX56fBOfDEdOrYbdhwOKdL20RxCnzEtbK8p4Wk_tJe_VK8iLOJUkj6rBYN-82s2MGmAbhj7axfzU2MaPvlIk33f6DUw-9IEA8qupIv9N-fAiJCwcDVoLsm0Oay-A/s1600-h/DSCN7064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5XLJUav_HTu6e1SBUX56fBOfDEdOrYbdhwOKdL20RxCnzEtbK8p4Wk_tJe_VK8iLOJUkj6rBYN-82s2MGmAbhj7axfzU2MaPvlIk33f6DUw-9IEA8qupIv9N-fAiJCwcDVoLsm0Oay-A/s320/DSCN7064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414826128217425698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibljG0ttjS4UVC3vrrzLMqNMqv_OggJYL1gPec1yfvp-ZfbCXJSRk0g8kKRG21aR869F7lZfku0fdCiTj_LYZeUhHyLKCQrpf91uF9qifvc9XtwzcSmjeHC87q9nKP7bGBcscSTMhJTE/s1600-h/DSCN7065.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibljG0ttjS4UVC3vrrzLMqNMqv_OggJYL1gPec1yfvp-ZfbCXJSRk0g8kKRG21aR869F7lZfku0fdCiTj_LYZeUhHyLKCQrpf91uF9qifvc9XtwzcSmjeHC87q9nKP7bGBcscSTMhJTE/s320/DSCN7065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414826124533485346" border="0" /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-67303647338571601882009-12-13T12:31:00.000-08:002009-12-13T15:00:01.791-08:00Final meals in St. Petersburg: Traditional Ukranian food (and music!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiV2cTBsTX2bnat0_Rvmf35zOlZAhZOFpnev68IXAVnGeEr7ckyH8aa-k-PeExbTaX5qOrPCDGB_ed6YM7_DtjZwKAXWDAVws9v6PNQmgE_wdZFqfz1nMlMl7cJZNsF3L17yzff43HPw/s1600-h/IMG_3982.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiV2cTBsTX2bnat0_Rvmf35zOlZAhZOFpnev68IXAVnGeEr7ckyH8aa-k-PeExbTaX5qOrPCDGB_ed6YM7_DtjZwKAXWDAVws9v6PNQmgE_wdZFqfz1nMlMl7cJZNsF3L17yzff43HPw/s320/IMG_3982.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414821841734841746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYmgVtShRJvCW61bNgyALYhWlxOJkwAqr74RbSJA5ExLsjA-KCFftkwbSZoNUSfOAf55LmFsHkQINI354ujZqqCwWr5eCKyJ6DZJVUTW2_fpdghu56amoMCKurQmNMuKFG4ugLYVmuDI/s1600-h/IMG_3985.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYmgVtShRJvCW61bNgyALYhWlxOJkwAqr74RbSJA5ExLsjA-KCFftkwbSZoNUSfOAf55LmFsHkQINI354ujZqqCwWr5eCKyJ6DZJVUTW2_fpdghu56amoMCKurQmNMuKFG4ugLYVmuDI/s320/IMG_3985.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414821836918699442" border="0" /></a>Dumplings...in this case stuffed with potato.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQeN82WZIPSk3dd0IXJ43wyjmd_2JbV6VdsOBi4aFFxr2kcP3pdNaT88kAsNeb85VIXHeP0aWqV1QN93UtpoJsIFM0Ymk-7B5tpuVlKmduWEEKgTLcM0TSAxECKPxbrBtjkNGedxspXY/s1600-h/IMG_3986.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQeN82WZIPSk3dd0IXJ43wyjmd_2JbV6VdsOBi4aFFxr2kcP3pdNaT88kAsNeb85VIXHeP0aWqV1QN93UtpoJsIFM0Ymk-7B5tpuVlKmduWEEKgTLcM0TSAxECKPxbrBtjkNGedxspXY/s320/IMG_3986.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414821827372501570" border="0" /></a>Borscht...it comes in several varieties!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J-zJE3MsfMsnM7AIbfu9L-n-gxIYWcIzc5UqGU77-0J_dopb1yUutFjwIKS2f4r6d3Qv4AbWfNG5ID5qewGSbiBJRdJXzGhztzhwe5vp664Jk3OE00bCgiEsMhwavJOqYIE745QNNp4/s1600-h/IMG_3987.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J-zJE3MsfMsnM7AIbfu9L-n-gxIYWcIzc5UqGU77-0J_dopb1yUutFjwIKS2f4r6d3Qv4AbWfNG5ID5qewGSbiBJRdJXzGhztzhwe5vp664Jk3OE00bCgiEsMhwavJOqYIE745QNNp4/s320/IMG_3987.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414821823602895682" border="0" /></a>Chicken kiev.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-dIQ5m2m3F6OTS-fTbAj0F_kpoeTtI28T3fs1FglikHJl6xJjVUrC67WaPckdrGIvDYYKjCbzvNpxFsAMMY7sjVU9zln0_IBwwsFUoyeDK4gPISQImco-frQBmdxzTfSdE3pLDHwOGU/s1600-h/IMG_3991.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-dIQ5m2m3F6OTS-fTbAj0F_kpoeTtI28T3fs1FglikHJl6xJjVUrC67WaPckdrGIvDYYKjCbzvNpxFsAMMY7sjVU9zln0_IBwwsFUoyeDK4gPISQImco-frQBmdxzTfSdE3pLDHwOGU/s320/IMG_3991.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414821818496985394" border="0" />This dessert has a really long name I have since forgotten, but it was really good! I think these little pancakes are stuffed with some kind of cottage cheese and served with berry cream sauce. Yum!<br /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-37815993579495124702009-12-13T12:19:00.000-08:002009-12-15T12:32:58.302-08:00A walk from the Hermitage to the Church of the Spilled Blood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyYujhhPwzxZOZDkA64h00mDbhUM3BiPN0EESzoQpHKFyUVIR7_7QfTgB4YMFaoVN5TaBWe2USsz2GnReFshxeFzgyn0ttS65j1xnE8k6rFSm4E3GMsGl7TuXW77jl5Ga8CRrhRyNh5Q/s1600-h/DSC06107.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyYujhhPwzxZOZDkA64h00mDbhUM3BiPN0EESzoQpHKFyUVIR7_7QfTgB4YMFaoVN5TaBWe2USsz2GnReFshxeFzgyn0ttS65j1xnE8k6rFSm4E3GMsGl7TuXW77jl5Ga8CRrhRyNh5Q/s320/DSC06107.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414819219807056994" border="0" /></a>Outside the Hermitage...I had already been there, but it's really necessary to go 2-3 times to see the whole thing!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnHmlauo1Nb3rdgqnjpZVLw9TFUti36zf3dRt7h1JTHlnzlA99LN6xhArqu8F9LfO-bFgxH_Wg-DF_KRGDjJggz1v2Nbaj9ArzclQNQCWkRnbRcEpUqdGBzEHouP-V9Rj1Yyc5byF0Oc/s1600-h/DSCN6975.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNledY5WDBZZ2ZKpGb3d-70xoAyq8ix33WcgMnROhTtyYtfXaXdntwNfV0OpRemq7ZevZL3tHsEwz08-zWiyFOtKI1zS4IQJTC_xdtC8JDwWkhxuXjC7KvRKhc4aHzJw3g8R-dkD7biQ/s320/DSC06144.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414818661815336450" border="0" /></a><br />Too bad it's already dark at 3:30pm...but it's a beautiful city at night too!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8B2ZQlaS92EMXexuXwLp831F41dRDQKoQydWvnCBIR02MbUPvr6pb4a0oe_PPQyYskE3F-sNRJzZ7PP5gv67xLrzYwqIm3uChe7GRCk97RFIJ5W03_PMOdxuJEsmttumu5ga525r_to/s1600-h/DSC06187.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY8B2ZQlaS92EMXexuXwLp831F41dRDQKoQydWvnCBIR02MbUPvr6pb4a0oe_PPQyYskE3F-sNRJzZ7PP5gv67xLrzYwqIm3uChe7GRCk97RFIJ5W03_PMOdxuJEsmttumu5ga525r_to/s320/DSC06187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414820200214424578" border="0" /></a>Souvenir shop...I think a lot of these are based on Baba Yaga, a witch who shows up in a lot of Russian folk tales.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNNO0tr4xtIiqEs3_JiMUn5HthCv1htZyyoeNmNg2xoLVxc0szf_mCn6gpF_a32B7Y6PU3zhGO_K38Q8Ze7lXkqXjJhy8BBD83XEkPVipie_10GzSV9kgFuWvUhsV3DovtnosCvlWFfQ/s1600-h/DSC06185.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNNO0tr4xtIiqEs3_JiMUn5HthCv1htZyyoeNmNg2xoLVxc0szf_mCn6gpF_a32B7Y6PU3zhGO_K38Q8Ze7lXkqXjJhy8BBD83XEkPVipie_10GzSV9kgFuWvUhsV3DovtnosCvlWFfQ/s320/DSC06185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414820195417031714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTXdt14nyH2itCdh4lJnZdj-JQvqUwQI4zCGnCjnXu3-psAvEe55PEFrB8wyMIDihLDt5umAsGG0qyLPT1j7Yt-pl1uboSwrdXbB6QNQDNyeEPXTWTJV8OAH4TBXj9RHynBzsh3cbH6M/s1600-h/DSC06146.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTXdt14nyH2itCdh4lJnZdj-JQvqUwQI4zCGnCjnXu3-psAvEe55PEFrB8wyMIDihLDt5umAsGG0qyLPT1j7Yt-pl1uboSwrdXbB6QNQDNyeEPXTWTJV8OAH4TBXj9RHynBzsh3cbH6M/s320/DSC06146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414819224160272514" border="0" /></a>Visit <a href="http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/church-of-savior.asp">http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/church-of-savior.asp</a> for more info on this famous building, the Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn86FmUPdkN6KNvGM3VI_LSbcwsMUEMLw7t6xXozpy3zuDw5GSJN9TFGc0TJhAMcsqKhlk653xRx5-1PdFoG5jVwSnGrGydSKKCFMW6hrKaV-DsjewPMoXANq1EwzPW570o7hr-NErHqE/s1600-h/DSC06149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNxu73Q4tG6EuYMXRasJqcorYyCb5_BzxomPghG2lyUwL_lVvsu9Xp7XUP-bShGm0L2iMMdJSVHzUlLNg7T-zLGx_mhkKVEcTxqpa8IV1-X6TEtRwojw6Mvxd6FyHGSRbMCg4zjX2Dp0/s320/DSCN6755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414861668479352082" border="0" /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-17905417479079984712009-12-13T11:46:00.000-08:002009-12-13T14:57:06.935-08:00Russian Ethnography MuseumAfter doing a whole public art project based on traditional Russian windows, carvings, and patterns, I have come to really love Russian folk art. 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyf2x6QXsHonI2cqrguS-V9O-I2CgZS9hbbaUozwYVukxPjFbNIvUL9mBQASwoeHbzQYal9L7ZCTbhAo09iS-m2ilq6muRhUmpLTac1b2o6eQ31oXST3oG-4JTmvbuCVRCgR0V-6nK0k/s320/DSCN6743.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414813993240697330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkd7mr_BvC9mNvlLOASGVCKNKJGgwjb-Mz4TuhKOsGuPYtRvtSoRpoaKItKD0fvHiwHI0MM6fFMCwusVIxt0GZaGhO1-IfvHp1T41PcXjccIF_K3L6WsaoX5BsUQEE4uFUvYo_PAZt7U/s1600-h/DSCN6742.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkd7mr_BvC9mNvlLOASGVCKNKJGgwjb-Mz4TuhKOsGuPYtRvtSoRpoaKItKD0fvHiwHI0MM6fFMCwusVIxt0GZaGhO1-IfvHp1T41PcXjccIF_K3L6WsaoX5BsUQEE4uFUvYo_PAZt7U/s320/DSCN6742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414813986783491874" border="0" />They make you pay to take photos in most Russian museums...but in this one at least you get to wear a cool badge!<br /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-68792842367434374582009-12-13T11:41:00.001-08:002009-12-13T11:46:44.190-08:00The Russian Museum (from the oustside)A huge museum dedicated to tracing the history of Russian art from the 10th-20th centuries: <a href="http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/">http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/</a>. Definitely worth seeing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cq9Gm7moRB5aVcd4zZbTsZ2qKub1xqNtY1CyvsKd2cxrin3myOzaxe1VRad2FLcjdESeT63Y9Z_JawCETW2o82X4uCqb3g-KeOzMiXebER0pTnG_zFktZHHVTnAZeMsRmdr1oM5_O9Q/s1600-h/DSCN7090.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cq9Gm7moRB5aVcd4zZbTsZ2qKub1xqNtY1CyvsKd2cxrin3myOzaxe1VRad2FLcjdESeT63Y9Z_JawCETW2o82X4uCqb3g-KeOzMiXebER0pTnG_zFktZHHVTnAZeMsRmdr1oM5_O9Q/s320/DSCN7090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414809404406755682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRZ07rbYXRmValUWut-QmiAAHQxdsOcPD_PSRrIozQDAMXeeJiQbY95g91r6FevDuldG58ROg0t-e9L0g_6ibkzkvjCEiPNAJPrSz_MezCNRbZkw4e7p4iowp_HIhRH3QBmt7HJ6rIs8/s1600-h/DSCN7089.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRZ07rbYXRmValUWut-QmiAAHQxdsOcPD_PSRrIozQDAMXeeJiQbY95g91r6FevDuldG58ROg0t-e9L0g_6ibkzkvjCEiPNAJPrSz_MezCNRbZkw4e7p4iowp_HIhRH3QBmt7HJ6rIs8/s320/DSCN7089.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414809397079889058" border="0" /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-12400934294715338402009-12-13T11:30:00.001-08:002009-12-13T11:40:56.019-08:00Walking around the streets of St. PetersburgI had a few days to really explore St. Petersburg after the project presentation Thursday and before I was to fly home on Monday. Or, at least cram in a few museums, restaurants, and souvenir shops in the center of the city near the apartment. Not only did I see some great art and eat some great food, now I don't have to go holiday shopping in NYC at all!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fVU2yPW57he5rnrZkVSUvtwXWMuEg82NQRVqru2TB16cy4V180NIHn7ljWKZPgp0rdonuQa8tTC3DAR1Joki0DNny7_huET3awRrsyH-rdIu9MOG5dbWjXprk2AhOQweSQrJ-u0Hq2U/s1600-h/DSCN6963.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fVU2yPW57he5rnrZkVSUvtwXWMuEg82NQRVqru2TB16cy4V180NIHn7ljWKZPgp0rdonuQa8tTC3DAR1Joki0DNny7_huET3awRrsyH-rdIu9MOG5dbWjXprk2AhOQweSQrJ-u0Hq2U/s320/DSCN6963.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806738284297746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprJkWJF_egmeMuPegUY2EHW4bcOOCVXdwCZ7ZwWhaz8W8_BmfUNREUQZW7FEeADT6ghItApjSuTPfAY60UTiUMJftA5sRMj2e8JfRzfxi-WzNQq_aNX3dS1OvVCq0N3l9XQ1zOP4NTiE/s1600-h/DSCN6960.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprJkWJF_egmeMuPegUY2EHW4bcOOCVXdwCZ7ZwWhaz8W8_BmfUNREUQZW7FEeADT6ghItApjSuTPfAY60UTiUMJftA5sRMj2e8JfRzfxi-WzNQq_aNX3dS1OvVCq0N3l9XQ1zOP4NTiE/s320/DSCN6960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806735901987666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkgWt5JHvZlB6XLoBdkN_E1CprR3BXx78vHd84RLWMfjrRIMgcU3badoiRGTrI82gv-3l3PMyo0M_eIIgEFcgDKiqGEk2zVMnK-WslMi260X4vJViz8BmZG3EJ80o8Z_oXT1kvAhreJ0/s1600-h/DSCN6951.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkgWt5JHvZlB6XLoBdkN_E1CprR3BXx78vHd84RLWMfjrRIMgcU3badoiRGTrI82gv-3l3PMyo0M_eIIgEFcgDKiqGEk2zVMnK-WslMi260X4vJViz8BmZG3EJ80o8Z_oXT1kvAhreJ0/s320/DSCN6951.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806728101197346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWMmIoIlz3SUqCby_MSHqdXgM8hVHAx5QhtRlkQktq3U99PSv3G80GN-pdoa5XBDlWWfY4DOQF8fzeiudghjgHMRo-yVyXNaOJ_xMGUf2POjA909vzGtSY-J5xNz8lXcTjmDSrt4F8hg/s1600-h/DSCN6938.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWMmIoIlz3SUqCby_MSHqdXgM8hVHAx5QhtRlkQktq3U99PSv3G80GN-pdoa5XBDlWWfY4DOQF8fzeiudghjgHMRo-yVyXNaOJ_xMGUf2POjA909vzGtSY-J5xNz8lXcTjmDSrt4F8hg/s320/DSCN6938.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806057330753986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBomd4BI2zbHoKS-inwOTtT-sQUmhEBUqh3fLZoyKuTpHjrx7b9yShKFO20pFKJBsGtkqAPaFpB6B5FcNGogpNkkJvKXMGtNREP0tWhwrLcFsNySvqITWAFtbuQzbJ7sFTzfmwiiHS9LU/s1600-h/DSCN6933.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBomd4BI2zbHoKS-inwOTtT-sQUmhEBUqh3fLZoyKuTpHjrx7b9yShKFO20pFKJBsGtkqAPaFpB6B5FcNGogpNkkJvKXMGtNREP0tWhwrLcFsNySvqITWAFtbuQzbJ7sFTzfmwiiHS9LU/s320/DSCN6933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806052982382274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL99-UMP656HprsDkVD0kfToma7oPAgGlp3gC3KCGTS7eR1XBlLW0ZwbK25nwa2L-Mcp44XRC9k2p3i0rJNudFRmaykcQAlBq2oPHlR9mKomznrZrcJ1T1IcwTKjUufLGDYQQYM7QhU6o/s1600-h/DSCN6928.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL99-UMP656HprsDkVD0kfToma7oPAgGlp3gC3KCGTS7eR1XBlLW0ZwbK25nwa2L-Mcp44XRC9k2p3i0rJNudFRmaykcQAlBq2oPHlR9mKomznrZrcJ1T1IcwTKjUufLGDYQQYM7QhU6o/s320/DSCN6928.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806044035311426" border="0" /></a>They have a Carl's Junior here! (But not in NYC...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIrOksGjU4P1oXqnPemgd60DtjzgPAagpJRN3c9U8lvt78jpb7QfjwbH5d2YA-kvEoqLgkQHhimA6SG15yu7kmH7_3bJJ2IszVePxHh3gPN69hVYfPHsNIFitc6b31dhuZJwdT8gJsCI/s1600-h/DSCN6733.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuIrOksGjU4P1oXqnPemgd60DtjzgPAagpJRN3c9U8lvt78jpb7QfjwbH5d2YA-kvEoqLgkQHhimA6SG15yu7kmH7_3bJJ2IszVePxHh3gPN69hVYfPHsNIFitc6b31dhuZJwdT8gJsCI/s320/DSCN6733.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414806038020516210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj38Th6P184IQLjrQSTPIsnqITv325s0JefC_cTUUwZm6-F0Tyt7zCEfaghVf6zz1C3fSAkYJsGQ7DmZWHygX9HQorH0W3CKJIvy8qpRm7TM_9Czm-QKYgccvARzf-nfplbIhE7sP_otI/s1600-h/DSC06099.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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He definitely took some nice liberties with the drawings I'd given him to work with, in terms of inventing some of his own carvings for the window frame tops like simplified birds and fish. After the students left for the day, I worked on finishing up the final details on all the paintings, while Sasha's assistant and Nastya cut and primed the small dividing panes for each window and started to fasten all the pieces together. Around 7pm we all went upstairs to arrange the windows in the corridor wall where the installation was to take place. We figured out the height and placement of each window, which turned out to be quite different from my original sketch--my scale drawing hadn't accounted for things like fire hydrants or random heating fixtures on certain walls. But fortunately all the windows fit well on the walls and I was very pleased with the scale and how they transformed the space!<br /><br />By 2:30 am, we were finally done with everything--the painting, the installation, and even writing the project name and all the participating artists' names (in Russian only this time) on a small title window. I cannot express my gratitude to Nastya especially for putting in the longest work day of her entire professional life! (for me of course, working on an art project until 3am is nothing new...). This was an amazing mural team....accomplishing so much in such a short time. I think everyone from the school is pleased with the turnout (judging by their use of the word "krasiva"/"beautiful") and I am hoping for a positive response at the final presentation!Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-91699416888611059792009-12-09T16:56:00.001-08:002009-12-09T17:05:10.957-08:00Stencilling Pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY69vmpCRMwBZ6Df1ZZO1qVEX6-EB-g0j61hRr-ZXG4xgyBraaRJQ_NIjRWMKPSDc6d_qmBY2xQxdpqkJtIrOkNR6_JNALlEGysV0H1zSoyVE9-EZM1AulWrWYTnsG_BU7g1cYrAbsxCU/s1600-h/DSCN6533.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY69vmpCRMwBZ6Df1ZZO1qVEX6-EB-g0j61hRr-ZXG4xgyBraaRJQ_NIjRWMKPSDc6d_qmBY2xQxdpqkJtIrOkNR6_JNALlEGysV0H1zSoyVE9-EZM1AulWrWYTnsG_BU7g1cYrAbsxCU/s320/DSCN6533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413406939773506658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gEs4PfNB879fqwycuFXxkdAsgZneQaSJfNpF1J-uXT03KpFUhKRATstcutmN2unr_4qqE3ZSt765cxZSUifzBRCGHF4HRLLT54iX_p8R2VFdwE9S3hOYJbfNnvAlI2xZbUmiqz57LiM/s1600-h/DSCN6540.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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The paintings had to be so tight, the students didn't have as much freedom to invent anything new--they had mostly followed my sketches or filled in colors I had assigned them (with the exception of Dasha, of course!) At first I had wanted to make the stencil placement and color as orchestrated a process. We spent the first 15 min or so arranging where all the stencils would go on the window frames, and I tried to give suggestions like making patterns and keeping color limited. However, when the individual participants all began to work on separate windows, some of them got really inventive with combining different colors in the same stencil, shading with the sponge brushes, making irregular patterns that looked like they were wandering across the frames, etc...and I decided it was ok, because after all this mural is eclectic as it is and is for a school environment, so it should look playful and fun and reflect the hand of children. And this stencil element will be a final way for these students to take ultimate ownership over the project. I think no matter how it's used, stenciling always adds a more exciting and accessible element to a mural.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-79168574443590781652009-12-08T14:22:00.000-08:002009-12-08T15:06:17.169-08:00Starting to fit the window paintings into their frames!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9zxGJVS6m1Ak97f2VbpMp1WbGfEOr9ImG2l7G1AwTMIR8qmN7AJqeSaZD6hx2rzFApGyDmJsMy6J2fYmh9rBzD-uUx5vKJ9FCK3SPL2bXiFogN5z-wkIoytKYh_3p5be-4s-6Ar7ogU/s1600-h/IMG_3824.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9zxGJVS6m1Ak97f2VbpMp1WbGfEOr9ImG2l7G1AwTMIR8qmN7AJqeSaZD6hx2rzFApGyDmJsMy6J2fYmh9rBzD-uUx5vKJ9FCK3SPL2bXiFogN5z-wkIoytKYh_3p5be-4s-6Ar7ogU/s320/IMG_3824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413004421558789490" border="0" /></a>
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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IGhyphenhyphenMwdu8J8sswxfN_Nm45Hb5o15tte51H5KKGERaDfZZWuoV4DfxR7lLO07s7bHASRDjA8gsD7xpWwGEyHBvu7rU8xY258H-Er4-fgolUYKc_J_SJpXd7gkwjnwOYYGxEnp5AvYEt0/s320/IMG_3807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412992170331419618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTrXAIdfhXNCtB2L_puvRhLDYS7RaWLfIad0oq8yAt_ImsBRONm_meYixXyAig26uyMPQKSxS21zjmncrmkDEUZlLFulrbMBpFYocnsP6LXp49BL-AIEA4XvmbSaVjGwvKPMybX6aSFg/s1600-h/IMG_3808.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTrXAIdfhXNCtB2L_puvRhLDYS7RaWLfIad0oq8yAt_ImsBRONm_meYixXyAig26uyMPQKSxS21zjmncrmkDEUZlLFulrbMBpFYocnsP6LXp49BL-AIEA4XvmbSaVjGwvKPMybX6aSFg/s320/IMG_3808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412992163170050754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EHYbWyM3rt6o5aa46AnSGEs5oxVoai_uBD7ftbKx8oWS_oiBDIZHr2k_Yww0FexCmWDHSpHZRgD2brYwL-otJ6TnNw8HOfY5vRLixQUhcJZlmL2BtxG4JbuB005ElUKpjhT849B8gZI/s1600-h/IMG_3809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0EHYbWyM3rt6o5aa46AnSGEs5oxVoai_uBD7ftbKx8oWS_oiBDIZHr2k_Yww0FexCmWDHSpHZRgD2brYwL-otJ6TnNw8HOfY5vRLixQUhcJZlmL2BtxG4JbuB005ElUKpjhT849B8gZI/s320/IMG_3809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412992159442449954" border="0" /></a><br />Today I worked all day on putting the final details/touches on all the window paintings..almost done with them all! But before that, Nastya and I organized which stencils will go on which window panes, and she worked with the students to trace the previously-drawn stencil shapes onto vellum paper and then cut them out. Fortunately, most stencil drawings were already a good size for the windows, so we didn't have to re-draw too many! Some of the students also designed new stencils so that we would have enough for each window. The idea is that the stencils that decorate the outside of each window should relate to the content inside.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-13224748583887623932009-12-07T22:49:00.000-08:002009-12-08T13:17:31.926-08:00More mural-painting pics!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlnS8xzLn-6BaHomKZaNb2QNHjUVN2h_lxT9oM_JXxyiWWWan5HPOK22R8_wpnj4FBoqO3IAH7YlukS9uSkvAKSuGHuUyna-_5SLLunZKY-GHPfNla07tiBWo6Seizy9EAUO47XRg7a4/s1600-h/DSC_0442.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlnS8xzLn-6BaHomKZaNb2QNHjUVN2h_lxT9oM_JXxyiWWWan5HPOK22R8_wpnj4FBoqO3IAH7YlukS9uSkvAKSuGHuUyna-_5SLLunZKY-GHPfNla07tiBWo6Seizy9EAUO47XRg7a4/s320/DSC_0442.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412755850074676482" border="0" /></a><br />The mural-painting has been fun, but challenging...so much work getting all these different windows painted, and then we will still have to put them all together inside the frames and install them on the wall...but it's been great that there have been some talented painters in the group who have been there to help a lot. Mainly one student, Dasha, stands out...she was the only person who was there all weekend working on the biggest "window" painting, the fantasy world that she had originally designed. At first I was reluctant to let her take so much ownership over painting it because I was afraid it would be stylistically different from the rest of the windows, but she was so eager to help out and I quickly realized that she is a very skilled painter. Now I think I will actually let her painting style influence how I finish the rest of them! She is also fast, and surprisingly enough it became pretty easy for me to give her direction even though the only way I could communicate with her was through hand gestures, showing pictures/examples, and writing down a few words in English that she knew on paper. I started asking her to paint details in some of the other windows--she's good with drawing things like cats and dogs from imagination. In general though, one of the challenges of the project has definitely been my (and Nastya's!) inability to give clear directions to individual students, e.g. if I want them to paint something in a different way or stop what they are doing. If I were to do this project again in the future I probably would have made the painting component simpler in some way so that it would be fool-proof for everyone to know what to do without a lot of direction. But it has also been rewarding realizing how much can be communicated without words, in terms of showing someone how to paint or what something should look like. And I think it'll be great that we have all these detailed paintings with so much variety that came out of the ideas in everyone's sketches. I hope everyone in the group is having fun with it too...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qB1Aq9GIxu2NQnhw7HOM51XzK6fYlvhnIizLWT7rWuy37XBFCPO_oASr3ZybTFEsZdfu6yIhyG1BQBVDEi_9CnVAUXDMgB8QWHHYj5-ZpdldR2wMIBMpkO1nv7S2_09LVfgvPPYBR1c/s1600-h/DSC_0452.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qB1Aq9GIxu2NQnhw7HOM51XzK6fYlvhnIizLWT7rWuy37XBFCPO_oASr3ZybTFEsZdfu6yIhyG1BQBVDEi_9CnVAUXDMgB8QWHHYj5-ZpdldR2wMIBMpkO1nv7S2_09LVfgvPPYBR1c/s320/DSC_0452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412755844928906498" border="0" /></a>Ahh...genuine acrylic "kraska!" And so many nice colors!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxW42Lxg8VxTGIAT_N3WiFfiQLnjqERSK5xMggjICiNdqbCaKyf6Eg4_RPaYVQMUdlaE0bv7DbXua52vq28XxV36-mYYFl3UjuW4FQH8LrQZGvU1fb2GwezYkYezM02lSSImYfePKVxw/s1600-h/DSC_0456.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxW42Lxg8VxTGIAT_N3WiFfiQLnjqERSK5xMggjICiNdqbCaKyf6Eg4_RPaYVQMUdlaE0bv7DbXua52vq28XxV36-mYYFl3UjuW4FQH8LrQZGvU1fb2GwezYkYezM02lSSImYfePKVxw/s320/DSC_0456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412755835146890914" border="0" /></a>Priming a real wooden carved window pane.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoW36sJ92P5dW-jpLQ8HeDjtpKf0ObLDfAN9MiRPbWMSv8jfKgM7G6ikblIFKMb8j6lhfd9XRpBraIY-tfV3l-oTsai4_uCVmo-cMdv0WXZ1yFH8W9pshNPXbo87uzwh0F3eIxMd22W6c/s1600-h/DSC_0464.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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(mixed all those bright colors!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGnR49rmoIn2AnNgsQkpWBUftpbQtMj5EBMJj6bOYgy5Gv4p9p607dEPyBhfLZIxl5cTJKFE2k6Eto2qswnJiFjqnp1HYGpuJ3Jh4cHTSIchVUpqH_Zy-RYguwevoiQJZxTc5yYITq7g/s1600-h/DSC_0612.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGnR49rmoIn2AnNgsQkpWBUftpbQtMj5EBMJj6bOYgy5Gv4p9p607dEPyBhfLZIxl5cTJKFE2k6Eto2qswnJiFjqnp1HYGpuJ3Jh4cHTSIchVUpqH_Zy-RYguwevoiQJZxTc5yYITq7g/s320/DSC_0612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412754721744733314" border="0" /></a>NYC skyline...a place all these students should visit!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9eggcTlbHyhfzG_Nd02QoHXtHFfHYi06nhYzGo_k-1Shu6ISc0CcK3Dnt1XbRGxgCnSvK0WN8IkNdUT5lQ-v-N-7qjrHJ26zTkWBkw_HVGlGLiEzjHXcas5Lqt8B2HkmR6UuinxZ_uAE/s1600-h/DSC_0633.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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The younger students also envisioned having an "aquapark" right in their neighborhood. The dog is eating out of a bowl with the "I love NY" logo on it,but you can't see that in this picture...Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-43328310135012492522009-12-05T09:51:00.001-08:002009-12-05T09:57:46.808-08:00A few mural in progress pics!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyKt90xZ6ziJJIMwN_uiKkYedLrme_JIhsotlF8ljwybjmAV9r1rVEqOOpo55e28kbkVbtEnA6uwqk5DUdosPnuPAAIOA6_feLZ2kA4iaM2kD8OsX3yZaradRvrtjb9fbr0bFE9m-HJM/s1600-h/IMG_3794.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyKt90xZ6ziJJIMwN_uiKkYedLrme_JIhsotlF8ljwybjmAV9r1rVEqOOpo55e28kbkVbtEnA6uwqk5DUdosPnuPAAIOA6_feLZ2kA4iaM2kD8OsX3yZaradRvrtjb9fbr0bFE9m-HJM/s320/IMG_3794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411811729409775234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHr0MRKG0ypRiW8Utw3rHfaF2CqRO7X1UHViobrQSYIBsk9JZO_ctyXuDUN30f8DTzCLuYSYVe4RrEAUwiIy4kkj6mcAGe_2GfDp4iQfdf-PEu7MCQftZsiWbZ_tT4bb2YQIk_VzgnZQ/s1600-h/IMG_3791.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHr0MRKG0ypRiW8Utw3rHfaF2CqRO7X1UHViobrQSYIBsk9JZO_ctyXuDUN30f8DTzCLuYSYVe4RrEAUwiIy4kkj6mcAGe_2GfDp4iQfdf-PEu7MCQftZsiWbZ_tT4bb2YQIk_VzgnZQ/s320/IMG_3791.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411811727057714370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4u2Ssy24IiDH8YmZjZ2QyXdkTmgFNw83e9bn-c4uMswm5InjHZvt5X7C2fxhN0ej2YYN0VveCvHlitYLT8zN__fYVoJogfTz-ubnY8-LX6ad8FOqYsHZ5EGf2PfQrze7k3FVEDXMbQE/s1600-h/IMG_3789.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4u2Ssy24IiDH8YmZjZ2QyXdkTmgFNw83e9bn-c4uMswm5InjHZvt5X7C2fxhN0ej2YYN0VveCvHlitYLT8zN__fYVoJogfTz-ubnY8-LX6ad8FOqYsHZ5EGf2PfQrze7k3FVEDXMbQE/s320/IMG_3789.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411811716701122930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOUYwHwlOJYLdXSJ_i69dZCNBuXFMl3U-VdKIhGdnSDc3WSnTOCQ3G7fdHnTLo61dbbey32Nd67RzxInJFMMPTak7rwmLJGOyIZjbco2sxBB0C6uFyw4lYkYJRKDacomvo2SRRxhN5Fk/s1600-h/IMG_3788.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOUYwHwlOJYLdXSJ_i69dZCNBuXFMl3U-VdKIhGdnSDc3WSnTOCQ3G7fdHnTLo61dbbey32Nd67RzxInJFMMPTak7rwmLJGOyIZjbco2sxBB0C6uFyw4lYkYJRKDacomvo2SRRxhN5Fk/s320/IMG_3788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411811714026297250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBcAhx39XXJu5tWAtJ7zA8ShMIcoyhHQYQm6GgE1spqzop-7Jlwv53L8JSPRqxWw89DS1t3TPBrc4BLhIjRBVVRpP18SHUKo3cUZZ3fdT1eTYEIdFEOvUbkQFOsoD4WqMhzxawR1VFC4/s1600-h/IMG_3787.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBcAhx39XXJu5tWAtJ7zA8ShMIcoyhHQYQm6GgE1spqzop-7Jlwv53L8JSPRqxWw89DS1t3TPBrc4BLhIjRBVVRpP18SHUKo3cUZZ3fdT1eTYEIdFEOvUbkQFOsoD4WqMhzxawR1VFC4/s320/IMG_3787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411811407812056098" border="0" /></a><br />Each painting will be covered by a real wooden window pane crafted by a professional carpenter, in the style of traditional Russian windows. We will most likely decorate the frames with a few key stencils that relate to the imagery inside.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-25080454685473811332009-12-02T11:33:00.001-08:002009-12-02T11:35:04.306-08:00Russian pies...yum!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1K81b6XtWNyb98t2WQDANIQyz-B3MoB8tTkKUqB9U77C4KDbLBsGpjYV7cQ9_C_OFdOgoFemKVBUBwl5Q2waxxmdKds5xzL4mux_rIGjvCsXBh-HGA_IPDhCgTIwehUBd40CJQVkWK8/s1600-h/DSCN6506.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1K81b6XtWNyb98t2WQDANIQyz-B3MoB8tTkKUqB9U77C4KDbLBsGpjYV7cQ9_C_OFdOgoFemKVBUBwl5Q2waxxmdKds5xzL4mux_rIGjvCsXBh-HGA_IPDhCgTIwehUBd40CJQVkWK8/s320/DSCN6506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410724524574533714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDOV0fIkXHujFybqYfjISzV_dn5A4WBzx5-QNw6curh0JX3sEPXRB3TDpTgyAY-RoOXfKbLZIKM_PqXNDDQo4j54EMfpFxJmBLhav79S8f6TrssyWX2Z36SdpICHuLNAZO4zt5Igaxag/s1600-h/DSCN6503.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizDOV0fIkXHujFybqYfjISzV_dn5A4WBzx5-QNw6curh0JX3sEPXRB3TDpTgyAY-RoOXfKbLZIKM_PqXNDDQo4j54EMfpFxJmBLhav79S8f6TrssyWX2Z36SdpICHuLNAZO4zt5Igaxag/s320/DSCN6503.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410724421028275522" border="0" /></a>Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-61144853793128570302009-12-02T11:32:00.001-08:002009-12-02T11:33:38.480-08:00Hanging out at a local wireless cafe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_SJYQn_F7PQD3bAnhaFGjnUEXqPUQBFlFJutAUI4ciB8VnNUtmFOWh8l7Nu83tq3ytwaHNS8wq9-c23zvOXbh199TVMssK6ch98VorBwDEdIoRWYkV0r5CZX0Kot67lfXiXdvcahGCY/s1600-h/DSCN6486.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_SJYQn_F7PQD3bAnhaFGjnUEXqPUQBFlFJutAUI4ciB8VnNUtmFOWh8l7Nu83tq3ytwaHNS8wq9-c23zvOXbh199TVMssK6ch98VorBwDEdIoRWYkV0r5CZX0Kot67lfXiXdvcahGCY/s320/DSCN6486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410724196101760210" border="0" /></a><br />It's called "Chashka," which apparently means "cup."Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-1808399301841861782009-12-02T10:47:00.001-08:002009-12-02T10:53:41.441-08:004th workshop: Transferring the mural drawings to the wood pieces using a projector<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XjllNVKneVoEqP9j25Ytjr39jK6wW3ZerH7hCm5qu9djvCA0vClg3dvRyOl4Dg6xcrOL6hwhY1OWLCDc498UdgkHXr6dm8BZi9FGDAzRSMR3KSbL30v_IhQQOAdRTjRVbt7g5vm51r4/s1600-h/DSCN6526.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Since so many of the students had drawn cats, dogs, and other animals in their sketches of what they'd like in their homes and neighborhoods, I thought it would be fun to try to incorporate a cat and a dog in each window scene, in some cases other animals like birds, in different creative ways...for example, looking at each other in a museum gallery in the form of statues, busts, and a famous clock at the Hermitage Museum. The classroom scene also includes Dasha's drawing of a dancer.<br /><br />I find photoshop very helpful in working out color schemes...at our 4th workshop, I had students color in sketches for remaining windows I hadn't colored yet. They apparently told Nastya that they wish they could have such bright colors in their own homes, as they started experimenting with bold interior color schemes.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-49982593778482615452009-12-02T10:12:00.001-08:002009-12-02T11:26:13.019-08:00Planning workshop 3: stencils<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIDGfxDI8j-6WO9UirSz9Tq80gPTKriwgJmZt3qBvd-GQVFEN7zZYxXshRZOR3UGt0DS3UXV9W0TzpRpzLNoBq_fa7-UwMI1ko0xBoHhGyjUQ41KqB5jdsIyMGx-HrzZRW710jtcaGn8/s1600-h/DSCN6519.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIDGfxDI8j-6WO9UirSz9Tq80gPTKriwgJmZt3qBvd-GQVFEN7zZYxXshRZOR3UGt0DS3UXV9W0TzpRpzLNoBq_fa7-UwMI1ko0xBoHhGyjUQ41KqB5jdsIyMGx-HrzZRW710jtcaGn8/s320/DSCN6519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410709999181722898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60w70Nb0uZK4wap5Bz0kbkXwGzT2hUIpLEUrVUaBR7PsJFTMkHIOvQ1v5dAP__wkdBrNqHcjd88TTEABSE301S9v_tBLp6VkjhHZrm5ErXv1ojwBZTRiMLXi0ezYOWl3A3LA0AvueK4E/s1600-h/DSCN6516.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxTy5LXPZW6UgDqf7Sblai-WTv2h_ExQKszto35i_lYjftjJUSXElJmrV-9gEylUUMKVKEUqRII8WN-IPxo3siW7Qp75pwqLMSsVcA94Sb3tHE-sRwem6we3pf4z_1caZIX90-SYEWjA/s320/DSCN6507.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410709637898046018" border="0" /></a><br />By the third workshop I was admittedly stressed: I had stayed up almost all night doing sketches for all the different window imagery and wasn't necessarily satisfied with all of them...and still had to work out a lot of the details. I was struggling with keeping the imagery simple enough to paint in a short time, but without getting too generic, and combining a childlike aesthetic with a professional standard--and, trying to include all the students' great ideas in each window, in some cases trying to incorporate multiple scenes in one place! <br /><br />Since we couldn't start working on the wood until it would be delivered later that day, I used this third session to get some ideas for stencils, which we would use to decorate the carved window frames. The window frames and shutters of traditional Russian peasant homes, and almost all domestic items, are usually ornately patterned. I had the idea that the students could make similar patterns, but base them on more contemporary imagery and on the images inside each window: e.g., make stencils of household objects to decorate the windows showing scenes inside a home. I showed students some examples and also demonstrated the craft of converting a line drawing to a stencil/symbol.<br /><br />Once I saw the creative and skillful stencil designs that came from these students, my stress was quickly gone and I got really excited about the project! I realized that a lot of the details I was trying to cram together in one window could take the form of stencils around the window frames instead. It was a happy accident that we didn't supply the students with black permanent markers to create their final designs, because I'd forgotten to purchase them in advance. Instead, they used different colored markers we found in the classroom, and this made me realize that it would be fun to have stencils and patterns of different colors, including some that incorporate more than one color in the same stencil.<br /><br />Mainly I got excited because I saw the level of talent these students have, and I always feel better about a public art project once I realize that my students and collaborators will be the ones who bring in the best and most creative components, as opposed to me. <br /><br />I also have to congratulate Nastya for her great Baba Yaga and Russian samovar stencils!Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1151980789509705333.post-54270520523377998292009-12-02T09:59:00.000-08:002009-12-02T10:10:44.905-08:00Hermitage visit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8a6X44Tq_X52XgLJA-9oavtjsoh40q-H8P9-64QQbMvZquO1pNk0umsP_1p0Qp0RCpJhaX7r0psst7luUxVLomZpnTwzn7Lg5kl_HL6G13ESp-JUePQNs1gX3-5aUa8PzPhBFZeHT1A/s1600-h/DSCN6477.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNozh3Kh6UMyjHXLur-g6svBWYSikn1sDQavgJ5eVZVadPGLU9jlkre98sB9Wvq-JLDBdgz9HWpgwXeOBwp1XYAmwGvu66o4ockkQChLWTv_vU0TJQ7v6Hg6ezdwnGHZXjNJWgOtJGYiU/s320/DSCN6250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410700561018273602" border="0" /></a><br />On my first Saturday in town, Nastya and her husband were kind enough to show me around the Hermitage, St. Petersburg's major museum (and I believe the largest museum in the world): visit <a href="http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/">http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/</a> for more information. I also explored St. Petersburg's many riverbanks, bridges, and canals.Katherine Gresselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04361233754519008875noreply@blogger.com0