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 album transforming an old board book using the mediums of ink, pencil and collage. These books begin to ask the questions, “what exactly makes a family and how does that family influence who I am?” By exploring their identity in relation to each individual member of their family, the students began to understand the deeper connection they had to their family members while at the same time realizing the unique qualities that are truly and innately their own.
