Posts by nickverde

BareBones provided a late-Summer residency in visual and spectacle arts at TCHDC’s Liberty Plaza housing development in St. Paul, MN.  Resident youth enrolled in the Summer Program at the Liberty Plaza Resource Center spent the first two weeks of August at Excursions Into High Art learning three different kinds of  “high arts”.  Participants made papier-mache pole puppets, built and launched solid-engine model rockets, and learned to stilt.

BareBones provided a two-week June residency in visual, construction, and parade arts at TCHDC’s Calibre Ridge Resource Center in Roseville, MN. Participants made papier-mache pole puppets, built and launched solid engine model rockets, and practiced stilt walking. On the last Friday, everyone joined in a community parade that showcased their puppetry, stilting, and parading skills.

Resident youth at Garden View Apartments spent their Spring Break doing Excursions into High Art.  Participants created pole puppets, designed and launched soda bottle rockets, made stilts and practiced stilting.