Bates in Bloom is a celebration of learning in the spring time each year. Tomorrow, March 21, Bates will be blooming with many things for students to share with parents and friends. Artwork will be shown from each grade level as well as the fabric that our students have woven so far! Thanks to a generous donation from the Wellesely Education Foundation (WEF), the art department has been granted a Saori Loom.
Saori is a contemporary hand-weaving program founded in Japan through which everyone can express themselves freely regardless of age, gender, or ability. In Japan alone, there are more than 30,000 Saori weavers, including many with special needs. Saori has been used here in the United States in collaboration with Very Special Arts Programs as a rehabilitation method and an art form for people with disabilities. I have learned about this expressive style of weaving through the Saori weaving studio located in Worcester, MA www.saoriworcester.com.
The students at Bates, kindergarten through grade five, have created over 55 feet of woven fabric that will be hung from the hallway ceiling for the celebration tomorrow night. The loom will also be set up in the art room so that the weaving can continue!
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7 comments:
I love your blog. It is so cool! The saori loom rocks, and I wish Bates could have it for the whole year!
Keep blogging!
Betsy
it was colorful and luminous
it's fabulousness was fantastical.
It would be cool to try out the weaving
meredith
yea this is Samantha k from 5th grade class 2004-2005. i went to this website bcuz i saw my sister on it and i just wanted to say hi to all the people at my old school.
<3 bates!!!!
I LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEE it. So fun
I wish we could hav it four the whol yer!!!!
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