Credit: Neshaminy School District
A large piece of conceptual art was staged at Tawanka Elementary School this week.
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The Art for the Sky project was commissioned by the Tawanka Elementary School PTO and took place earlier this week when Daniel Dancer, a conceptual artist known for large “living paintings” and educator from Oregon, came to the area.
Dancer has described his works as “an artful blend of science, history and math: a whole-body way of stimulating our imagination to see the elusive ‘big picture’ and help us better understand our interconnection with all life.”
At Tawanka, the school has been gathering hundreds of pairs of donated blue jeans, orange fabric, and garden mulch in advance of Dancer’s visit.
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On Monday, Dancer arraigned the materials on the grass field outside of the school and and provided instructions to the students and staff, who also made up the artwork that was best seen from overhead.
The big day came on Tuesday when volunteers from the PTO, school staff, and more than 800 students from every grade quickly got into place and a drone photo was taken. The display was of an eagle, the school’s mascot.
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It took just 23 minutes to arrange the hundreds of people and capture images of the artwork.
Jeans that were donated for the project will be given to a local charity.
