by ilocopana "High School Life"

In this exciting and wondrous exploration of many countries around the world and in blending two indigenous cultures (The Kuna of Panama and the Aborigine of Australia). The assignment here is for a study of two different cultures unrelated and unfamiliar to one another and to draw from each of them styles and approach, something of the students' own creation. What is stunningly brilliant is how similar they all are in form and content and yet the tools are very different. My students were given the task to blend the two art forms and translate it into a visual format. I was simply amazed by the beauty and the talent displayed by the students. For me this year was awesome. I came to realize that if there is one thing that I can pass on to my classes is the ability to "accomplish anything" that they have all the tools they need right here. (While Mr. Munoz points to his brain.)

These are some of the paintings that will be displayed at the Thomas Edison historical Park West Orange New Jersey

June 7, 2014

Here at Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Leadership Academy High School, The artwork of 21 students that has taken Mr. Muñoz’s (Art Teacher, Art class) working on the Theme of “Folklore and the Cosmos” Student in vision a world of the (Cosmos) By only using lines and dots Mixing methods of two folkloric cultures “Mola” of the Kuna people of Panama and the Aboriginal dot painting method of Australia. Below is the work of the students involved with this project, which will be displayed starting June 7, 2014 at the Thomas Edison Park National Park and Museum West Orange New Jersey. Mr. Muñoz will be posting images for this project on www.ilocopana.blogspot.com a High School blog for Halsey academy academic activities.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/thedreamrocket/

Recently I received an email from a Jennifer Marsh, She, along with many more participants are working with NASA to promote the mixture of art and science and to be displayed prominently in some of the most accredited Museums across the country and around the world.

http://media.al.com/thebus/photo/dream-rocket-8698e8baed1bbd1c_medium.jpg

Huntsville Times Jennifer Marsh with her panels and model of the wrapped Saturn V.

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- The Dream Rocket has been delayed, but not scrubbed.

Artist Jennifer Marsh has announced The Dream Rocket - an ambitious art project to wrap the Saturn V rocket model with a quilt made of more than 8,000 fabric panels - has been pushed back to May and June 2011.

The $800,000 project, which had been scheduled to go up this May, will now coincide with the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's moon speech in May 2011, which spelled out America's goals of sending a man to the moon before the end of the 1960s. Kennedy made the speech on May 25, 1961.

Marsh said the postponement will allow "people another year to work on the project" and her team more time to "get the word out."

So far, Marsh said she's collected roughly 1,000 panels from individuals and groups from as far away as Poland, Bangladesh and Kenya. Marsh needs another 7,000 panels to wrap the 363-foot tall, 31,000-square-foot Saturn V mock-up outside the U.S Space & Rocket Center.

She plans to have participants from all 50 states and 100 countries.