Featuring artwork from classrooms at Anacapa Middle School in Ventura, Isbell Middle School in Santa Paula and Rio del Valle Middle School in Oxnard.

Symbols

Symbols

Students started with sketches of their own ideas and adapted them into symbols that followed a grid of squares and triangles – a technique learned from the weavings of Artist Porfirio Gutierrez.

Traditional Weaving

Traditional Weaving

Students learn traditional weaving techniques based on the works of Zapotec Artist Porfirio Gutierrez.

Paper Sculpture

Paper Sculpture

Learning To See students explore the infinite possibilities of a piece of paper in the style of Artist BiJian Fan.

Paper Weaving

Paper Weaving

Paper Weavings inspired by mixed media artist Christine Morla. Students learn the basic elements of weaving and explore color, shape, texture and composition.