THE HONEYCOMB PROJECT
July 1, 2002
Press Release
Imagine children from two diverse cultural groups in the Detroit area meeting together to discuss their mutual contributions to a community sculpture. Such an event took place at the Swords Into Plowshares "Visions of Peace" opening reception Sunday, April 21st. Students from Bellevue Elementary School in Detroit and The Japhet School in Madison Heights introduced themselves to each other and described what they each individually added to The Honeycomb Project.
"The sculpture was well thought out in the way that students were able to create within a matrix. They each had an individual honeycomb cell they could make their own and they used inexpensive materials in really inventive ways," stated Mikel Bresee, director of Community Arts Partnerships at the College for Creative Studies.
The Honeycomb Project, on exhibit until July 27th with other fantastic work by children in the Detroit Metropolitan area, is an amazing complex of three-dimensional, hexagonal cells, each one housing the ideal bedroom of an elementary school student. Hammocks, drawings of friends and eagles, books, lamps, nightstands, video game systems, extraordinary color combinations, textures, and fabrics galore vibrate rhythmically throughout the assembled structure of tongue depressors and wood dowels.
Community artist and sculptor, Daphne Lunge, designed and facilitated the project to provide an opportunity for children from an inner city school and an independent suburban school to share some of their common interests. "We teach tolerance but kids need opportunities to express what they learn. Students are informed about children who live in countries thousands of miles away from them, but don't always get to interact with kids of another culture who live only fifteen miles from them," Daphne urged teachers and parents at the "Visions of Peace" opening reception.
Exhibited annually at the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, the children's art show is based on the United Nations Charter for the Rights of the Child. Students from public and private schools all over the Metropolitan Detroit area are invited to participate. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Lillian Mellen Genser Intership for Peace and Human Rights through the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11:00am - 3:00pm or by appointment, phone: 313.963.7575.
"The sculpture was well thought out in the way that students were able to create within a matrix. They each had an individual honeycomb cell they could make their own and they used inexpensive materials in really inventive ways," stated Mikel Bresee, director of Community Arts Partnerships at the College for Creative Studies.
The Honeycomb Project, on exhibit until July 27th with other fantastic work by children in the Detroit Metropolitan area, is an amazing complex of three-dimensional, hexagonal cells, each one housing the ideal bedroom of an elementary school student. Hammocks, drawings of friends and eagles, books, lamps, nightstands, video game systems, extraordinary color combinations, textures, and fabrics galore vibrate rhythmically throughout the assembled structure of tongue depressors and wood dowels.
Community artist and sculptor, Daphne Lunge, designed and facilitated the project to provide an opportunity for children from an inner city school and an independent suburban school to share some of their common interests. "We teach tolerance but kids need opportunities to express what they learn. Students are informed about children who live in countries thousands of miles away from them, but don't always get to interact with kids of another culture who live only fifteen miles from them," Daphne urged teachers and parents at the "Visions of Peace" opening reception.
Exhibited annually at the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery, the children's art show is based on the United Nations Charter for the Rights of the Child. Students from public and private schools all over the Metropolitan Detroit area are invited to participate. The exhibit is co-sponsored by Wayne State University's Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Lillian Mellen Genser Intership for Peace and Human Rights through the Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11:00am - 3:00pm or by appointment, phone: 313.963.7575.