Holland Community Quilt
Young Audiences of New York (YA-WNY) with H.O. Brumsted (Holland)
Teaching Artist: Cynnie Gaasch
Classroom Teacher: Susan Kellner
March-May 2009
Grade 1
The first grade students at H.O. Brumsted Elementary School participated in visual art and quilting workshops with Cynnie Gaasch, teaching artist and educator with YA-WNY. H.O. Brumsted Elementary school is located in Holland, a rural community south of Buffalo. Cynnie worked with the students and their teachers to create the handmade quilts. Students explored ideas and images that make the Holland community unique. These aspects— community workers, farms, the Holland Speedway, the annual Tulip Festival, the volunteer fire department, and Cazenovia Creek were integrated into collages, drawings, and finally fabric quilt squares. Individual quilt squares created by students in the workshops were incorporated into a whole-class quilt. When finished, each quilt in itself was unique. The quilts will be displayed in a community venue this coming school year. Similar quilts, created in 07/08, are now hanging in a local senior living facility.
Listen to Holly Johnson, AiE Director for YAWNY describe the making of this quilt.
YAWNY_Holland.mp3 (3540 KB)
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