Prichard Art Gallery Artist in Residence Open to the Public Presentation with Terra Graphics
Friday, February 17 2012 at 5:00 PM
Location: UI Prichard Art Gallery Children's Studio
From February 6-17 the Prichard Art Gallery will be the staging point
for an artist-in-residency program with local schools in Moscow, Troy
and Potlatch. Artist, Christine Destempres, is the director of Art for
Water a non-profit organization drawing attention to the global water
crisis through monumental, public participation art projects. She will
present important information about water quality issues and help
students understand the magnitude of the crisis through hands on
activities in the classroom.
Their reflections will be sculpted into an installation for the
gallery’s Uncommon Rivers exhibit opening Feb. 22. The artist and
volunteers will be working in 5th and 6th grade classrooms, and at the
junior and senior high schools. Local environmental agencies, like Terra
Graphics, have also volunteered to help participants understand water
quality issues by sharing their experiences with restoration and
conservation projects.
This remarkable opportunity is made possible by funds from the Idaho
Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Latah
Arts and Culture Committee and the University of Idaho. The Prichard
Gallery’s Children’s Studio and art education outreach program works to
create and maintain dynamic partnerships with our local educators
through guided tours of the gallery and special extension projects.
Feb. 17 at 2 and 5 p.m. open to the public presentations with the artist
will take place in the Children’s Studio at the gallery (newly
remodeled with help from the Women’s Giving Circle). Join us! The
experience culminates in a River of Words expressing our community’s
passion for art and the importance of environmental stewardship. If you
would like to volunteer to help in a classroom, or donate to the
expenses of the project please contact us at 885-3586. For questions
regarding the educational outreach program please call the coordinator,
Dona Black, at 882-5820.