Just Art Exhibition
For this project, we first chose a social injustice topic. Then we created a stencil and a block print to represent our topic in those forms of art. My social injustice topic is about a famine in Somalia that was caused by their bad government, terrorists, and the world being really late realizing their condition and the help that those people need. We first worked on creating the block print. We were each given a foam square to carve in with pencils and a table where we could test how it looked so far by rolling ink on them and stamping it on paper. When we were done, we all critiqued each other’s and revised them. Then we worked on our stencils. We each got some paper to cut out with box cutters and also got critique when we were done. What I did for my block print was a picture that said “Somali Enemy No. 1” and underneath that was a picture of the red cross because the terrorists don’t allow aid organizations in. I did along the same lines with my stencil but instead I put snap, crackle, and pop because I could get more detail with a stencil. My message is basically end world hunger because we are in the twenty-first century and should be able to get rid of it.
We also learned about physics as part of this project. We learned about colors, light, and sound waves.
We also learned about physics as part of this project. We learned about colors, light, and sound waves.
Spoken Word:
Here is something to think about Think about all the unfair times you sat back and the world handed you despair Think about when you were sent to your room to be solitary and alone and you wished the world wasn’t quite so unfair You sit and think about all of the times your stuff got taken away all because of a stupid mistake And life is terrible and unfair and you just want to curl up and cry. Think back, but was it all that bad? Or do you just see it through the narrow mind Of an American teenager brain? There are so many injustices out there too many to count And I’m not saying mine is more important. But I am going to speak what I know to be true. And what I know is that out there there are so many more unfortunate people than you. You may think that the world is out to get you But the truth is that No, it is out to get them and you don’t even know What is unfair is that we have newspapers that tell us the day the issues the problems our country faces But it doesn’t tell their story. They are starving They are alone And we seem to be waiting, waiting for a miracle to happen for us When they deserve it more. They are wishing and waiting for the world to end their hell and make their country a better place, without famine without terrorists with aid and help and without 13 million people starving. And when they are back over there, starving and alone, we are complaining about the vegetables on our plates, The milk in our glasses and the cereal in the morning that is a little too soggy for our taste. I am not saying that I was any different I was the exact same But given the opportunity I have seen the most desperate measures A human can take. Instead of complaining as we do, they know that whatever they can get is good enough for them. Instead of throwing out extra food, they cherish every ounce they can get their hands on. They can travel for miles Just to get to the border of another country Just for the taste of free air and the medical assistance that comes with it. And here we all are sitting and waiting for the world to change and for our hearts to stop feeling the pain. The pain of guilt and the pain of grief. The pain that I’m giving to you. But don’t let it go because while we all still have this pain we still might have a chance to make a difference in the world And change it ourselves, but it has to be now. ~ Emily Davis |