Flying Saucer Post Card Project at PS 298
Fourth grade art students from PS 298 are about to embark on a global journey. The artwork we do at PS 298 is interdisciplinary and connects their art making process to all other subjects. The first few weeks of school usually have the students exploring their community. While local community is very important, it is also vital for students to know that they are part of a global community, now more than ever, and to have them connect with the world on a more visceral level than just via the internet. This is especially true for students that live here in NYC.
For this project, each student will design their own Flying Saucer Envelope in art class, showing the world their artwork, their talent, and their perspective.
When a recipient gets a Flying Saucer Envelope in the mail, they will be asked to send a post card from their part of the world back to its creator at PS 298. Each envelope will contain instructions and the identity of the student who has sent it. But, the recipient has two jobs, the first being to send a postcard back to the student answering three basic questions on the back: what it is they do for a living (or if they’re a student), where they are located, and whose envelope they’ve received. Their second job is to send the Flying Saucer envelope (with the instructions) to another recipient to keep it traveling around the globe. The students will be mapping their postcards.
There will be a dead line for the Flying Saucer Envelopes. The students will decide on that date, depending on how long they would like to keep the project going. The last person to receive the envelope on or nearest to the deadline date must send the Flying Saucer Envelope back to the students (with a postcard too).
If you have a friend around the globe that would like to participate in this student project, please let me know and send me their snail mail address. I have a few that I can get started with, but we need a whole bunch so that that all students will be able to participate.
Thanks for you support!
Jacqueline Malanga
Fourth grade art students from PS 298 are about to embark on a global journey. The artwork we do at PS 298 is interdisciplinary and connects their art making process to all other subjects. The first few weeks of school usually have the students exploring their community. While local community is very important, it is also vital for students to know that they are part of a global community, now more than ever, and to have them connect with the world on a more visceral level than just via the internet. This is especially true for students that live here in NYC.
For this project, each student will design their own Flying Saucer Envelope in art class, showing the world their artwork, their talent, and their perspective.
When a recipient gets a Flying Saucer Envelope in the mail, they will be asked to send a post card from their part of the world back to its creator at PS 298. Each envelope will contain instructions and the identity of the student who has sent it. But, the recipient has two jobs, the first being to send a postcard back to the student answering three basic questions on the back: what it is they do for a living (or if they’re a student), where they are located, and whose envelope they’ve received. Their second job is to send the Flying Saucer envelope (with the instructions) to another recipient to keep it traveling around the globe. The students will be mapping their postcards.
There will be a dead line for the Flying Saucer Envelopes. The students will decide on that date, depending on how long they would like to keep the project going. The last person to receive the envelope on or nearest to the deadline date must send the Flying Saucer Envelope back to the students (with a postcard too).
If you have a friend around the globe that would like to participate in this student project, please let me know and send me their snail mail address. I have a few that I can get started with, but we need a whole bunch so that that all students will be able to participate.
Thanks for you support!
Jacqueline Malanga
