Andrea Skyberg

Artist/Author/Educator

Squircle children’s book: Appliqué fabric murals

After writing my second book, Squircle, I thought a lot about how I could create the artwork to elaborate on the idea of interconnectedness, which is a main message in

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Ragadoodles: : Masking tape dolls

Students created Ragadoodles (small dolls) out of masking tape and a other materials and created a small book that accompanies their Ragadoodle. These books used inventive words and figurative language

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Imagination Running Wild: Animal Molas

School: St John the Evangelist 1st-4th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Mola designs which were modeled after the Molas created by the Kuna Woman from Panama. Each student represented

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Pipsqueaks: Masking tape sculptures

School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Pipsqueak characters out of masking and duct tape, similarly to that of my children’s book, Snickeyfritz.

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The Search for ‘I’ in Family: Altered Books

School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Some families are created by blood, while others are created by choice or circumstance, in this project students created an family

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Healing Machine: Metal etchings & assemblage sculpture

School: Whitman School Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Inspired by outsider artist, Emery Blagdon, the 1-6th graders created a Healing Machine out of aluminum, found metal, wire and beads.  Over the course of this project,

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Diversity Tree: Mixed media sculpture

School: Whitman Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg 1st – 6th grade students created an 8-foot tall Diversity Tree by covering a cardboard tube is paper cut profile portraits in the style

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Two Heads Are Better Than One: Mask making

  Schools: Whitman School & St John the Evangelist Educating Artist: Andrea skyberg Throughout the ages humans have used costume & masks to communicate ideas. Creating Big Heads modeled after

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Giants & Pipsqueaks: Masking tape sculptures

Organization: Next Door Foundation: Leaders of Tomorrow Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg The Leaders of Tomorrow (1st – 8th grade students) worked with me to create Pipsqueak characters out of masking

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It’s Written All Over My Face: Paper pulp relief sculptures

School: Cooper School 1st Grade Students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Roxanne Reszel & Katherine MacKenzie Funded by: Arts@Large Can your face tell a story without you even saying

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Wings & Roots: The Unity of Spirit in the Arctic

Project: Milwaukee County Zoo Fantastic Forest of Holiday Trees School: Cooper Elementary Student Council Continent: Arctic Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Dawn Bigalk, Chris McCoy, Jackie Pollman Funded by: Arts@Large Inspired

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