Thursday, March 20, 2014

Volunteering at BHDS-- Marin

For the volunteer component of my keystone, I am not only creating projects and selling them for charity, but also just started volunteering at my alma mater, Brandeis Hillel Day School, Marin. This past Monday, March 17, I had a triple study hall (C block was canceled due to the teacher being in Israel), so my dad and I headed to Brandeis, where I guest taught a middle school art class.
     I started the class by explaining what my keystone was, and gave a short presentation where I showed them my blog and some of my projects.
     I was called to help because my sister, Shayna (JCHS class of 2018!), told Lisa Levy, the art teacher, about the gift I made for our New Orleans host organization. I created a Shrinky Dink Hamsa hanging ornament-type thing. I will make another post about that, and a tutorial of this class that I taught.
     I then demonstrated how to draw a Hamsa with a new technique I invented when making my gift. I answered some quick questions and then for the next hour helped the students draw and color their Hamsas onto Shrinky Dink Paper. It ended up being a fantastic class, and we took pictures that will end up in their weekly newsletter, the HaShavuah. I was able to import the photos onto my computer, and my favorites are in the next post. Thank you to Brandeis for giving me the opportunity and being just generally awesome. Love to all, Stay Creative! Rivi <3  

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