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Workshop Journal

Our experiences teaching annual workshops where we experiment with arts based curriculum adapted to Urban Sri Lankan kids. The best way to read these are from bottom up, in chronological order.

The inaugural annual workshops were made possible with the support of the Percival and Naomi Goodman Fellowship, from Columbia University GSAPP. Thank you for letting us dream bigger.

6: The Rain Problem
6: The Rain Problem

The following week, it rained during the class, and the kids excitedly claimed ‘Let’s take our umbrellas outside!!’

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Problem SolvingRanitri Weerasuriya17 June 2018sri lanka, Kids, making, rain, umbrella, Project Based LearningComment
5: The Cardboard Tower
5: The Cardboard Tower

We stacked the boxes back up and it looked pretty great! It was well over 7 feet tall and the kids impressed themselves with the scale of their own work.

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Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya16 June 2018cardboard, Tower, sri lanka, Kids, making, Art class, architecture, urbanism, MakeComment
4: Crafting with CARDBOARD!
4: Crafting with CARDBOARD!
Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya10 June 2018cardboard, Make, kids, Art class, art, architecture Comment
3: Drawing by Instructing Each Other
3: Drawing by Instructing Each Other

I would argue that listening, and acting on instinct (emotional response) is a valuable virtue that is a stepping stone toward being empowered.

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Visualization, ObservationRanitri Weerasuriya9 June 2018empathy, listening, Drawing, Sol Lewitt, Instructions, Art class, Kids, art therapy, architecture, artComment
2: Your Room in Space
2: Your Room in Space

Helping children to think beyond their circumstances and to dream of what’s possible!

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Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya3 June 2018Space, Room, Scale, Character, Make, Present, StorytellingComment
1: Build your 'Character' and their room.
1: Build your 'Character' and their room.

Can you make your character to scale? What is this character like? Where does this character live?

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Maker skillsRanitri Weerasuriya2 June 2018Architecture for kids, making, ScaleComment
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85 Nagahawatte Road,
WP, colombo ,
Sri Lanka
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