"Biome Sweet Biome" is the 4th annual collaboration between local elementary student artists, PNW-based adult artists, and Make.Shift Art Space. 4th, 5th and 6th graders at Samish Woods Montessori and Cedar Tree Montessori created paintings and writing on the theme of “Design your own Biome.” Adult artists were each assigned a students’ painting and writing, and then created a “response piece” to that student’s work in the medium of their choice.
This year’s show theme may feel a bit like art therapy. In the last two years, children have experienced the isolation of quarantine, the uncertainty and concern on the faces of the adults in their lives, nearly an entire school year wearing masks. They express worry about Ukraine, the climate, and the future. These concerns exist alongside the curiosity, adaptability and sense of play that children so skillfully bring to all they do. This project offered them the chance to discuss the concept of biomes: environments perfectly suited to the creatures who live there. Each student imagined a biome with everything they need to thrive and be happy, whether it's filled with friends and books, certain trees and plants they love, their favorite music and food, or mini-volcanos and tiny dinosaurs. Their imaginative, thought-provoking biomes open a window into the variety of ways children process their lives and understand their own needs and preferences.
-Written by Nora Hughes, teacher of student artists
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Dream it
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Dream it 〰️
ERNIE//YIN DWYER
COOLIDGE// JESSYCA MURPHY
EMMA//AMANDA RHINE
FINN// KAREN HANRAHAN
RADLER// EILEEN LANTHIER
IONA//OLIVER MCCARTNEY
JACOBO//AIREEKA LAUDERT
NEILAN// STEPHAN HAMILTON
PABLO//SARAH SIMPSON
ZURAI//CASSANDRA HART
CAMDEN//SARAH LANE
JASPER W// ——-
LIAM//CHARLOTTE OLMSTEAD
LUCITA//ALISA NEWHALL
OLIVE// CORY LYKAINA
SOLLY//B. CRICKET
ADA// BLAIR TAYLOR
EMERSON//JADYN COVNOT-MEYER
JOVAN//ALISON WITWER
LOLA// NETTLE ADA
MICAH// GUINEVERE JOHNSON
PHOEBE// RUBY ROEBUCK
SOPHIA// JORDAN CRUMITY
WILLIAM//KAYLEN BARBER
FELIX//MICHELLE SCHUTTE
GRIFFIN//CYNTHIA FRENCH
JAMISON//BLAIRE SEBREN
ZUBIN//IRENE A. LAWSON
IRENE A. LAWSON she/her
Title ZUBIN'S DREAM BIOME
Materials CERAMIC
Dimensions 8X10
Year Made 2022
Price NFS
Social Media/ website
@irenealawson