Pequeño Planeta, Cuba
Every year BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents KidsArt, our showcase of artwork created by Brooklyn public school students. The projects that fill the space and adorn the walls of BRIC Rotunda Gallery (May 20, 2009 – June 12, 2009) are the culmination of academic and contemporary art instructions provided through school-based partnerships between BRIC Contemporary Art Educators, public school classroom teachers, school administrators, and Brooklyn students of all ages.
Pequeño Planeta, Canada
One project this year gave fifth-grade students at PS 119, The Magnet School for Global and Ethical Studies in Midwood the opportunity to participate in an exciting international art exchange program. Through Pequeño Planeta (Little Planet), students ages 5 to 11 from Canada, Cuba, and in Brooklyn use the visual arts to exchange ideas and perspectives about the world around them on the theme of environment. The artwork has been displayed in all three countries this year, culminating at BRIC.
Pequeño Planeta, Brooklyn
“The highlight for the students was Skyping with the Cuban artist Jose Aramndo and Canadian team and seeing the Cuban student work for the fist time,” notes Director of Education Hawley Hussey. “Knowing their work was well received in Camaquey, Santiago and Canada was a thrill. They tracked the show on a map and sent postcards to all the participating students wishing them well from Brooklyn!”
Pequeño Planeta, Cuba
Pequeño Planeta is part of the Cuban-Canadian Green Bridge Project, which hopes to unite artists from across North America to show and exchange ideas and perspectives through the visual arts on a theme of global concern – the environment
