Oct
31
The Lab @ Homecroft: Back to School
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Off to a great start in our new space at Homecroft School, we’re providing many exciting arts-based opportunities for students at most of our eleven PAS & PSD sites throughout St. Paul Schools.
We have three sites coming to The Lab @ Homecroft School on a regular basis for Student Enrichments & Staff DevelopmentHighland Junior High PAS, Murray Junior High PSD and Highland Senior High PSD are coming to us. experiences. Twice a month, students have had a chance to see the hip hop crew, Abstrack Pack, the spoken word performer, Tish Jones, and to participate in small group hands-on experiences in Digital Photography, Visual Art and the Poetry Lab.
Read more about The Lab, now at Homecroft: Read more
Oct
29
Photography at The Lab
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Ginny and Kitty, two local artists, came to The Lab’s Enrichments last week to mentor youth in photography. Along with Tricia, one of our Americorps*VISTA workers, our guest artists mentored students over the course of three Enrichment days. The Enrichments happen at The Lab’s Headquarters (at Homecroft School in Highland Park) and offer both hands-on creative experiences as well as inspirational shows put on by local writers, artists, and performers.
The following are some pictures made by youth in The Lab:
"The Lab" at our HQ (Homecroft School)
A student sees a common image in a new way
R and Kitty went out into the neighborhood
Practicing juxtaposition
A train rolled by, displaying some graf art
The gray sky was a perfect backdrop for the bright fall colors
Oct
28
Student Mentoring Notes
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(posted by B.1)
As the youngest mentor at The Lab, my obligation is to help youth cope with anything, any problem that life can bring; and being a lover of music, the youth can feel me.
I was also a co-builder. I helped Kristen (Lab staff) build the recording studio and the good thing with it is, I get to record an album that will release January of 09.
This is my last year of high school but hopefully not with The Lab. If I love it, YOU will too. I even have mentors, that is cooler than fans.
Glo and Kristen. Kris does everything in The Lab, everything the from the visual, to poetry and tech. Glo work with the junior high kids mostly in the studio. He is a great recording artist.
Not bad for my first blog! There will be more to come, go to the poetry high school students recorded last year, I’m on there. Check it here.
Can’t forget about D., watch out for his blog.
Oct
28
Volunteering at The Lab
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(posted by mentor, Glo)
There are several times throughout life where you will be forced to evaluate your priorities, reassess your beliefs and really think about what really matters and what doesn’t. My latest stop at that very crossroads came to me about 2 years ago while I was still living in California. I had a great job at the biggest record label in the world, living in a twenty-room mansion with a swimming pool, and as far as I was concerned, attended and was apart of the greatest church I have ever been to in my life. Everything was extremely well for me but….I felt something was still missing… Read more
