©Aveda Corp. salon SANDOVAL 3703 east indian school z phoenix, az 85018 602.957.9910 www.salonsandoval.com ROMANCE YOUR CURLS 1. PREP be curlyTM style-prepTM add moisture and definition 2. STYLE be curlyTM curl enhancer intensify curl, tame frizz phomollientTM styling foam for fine hair, layer on to add weightless body 3. FINISH be curlyTM curl enhancing hair spray control frizz all day Page 44 July 2016 Scottsdale Artists’ School and Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center volunteers and students piece together mosaic art to enhance their science garden. By Mallory Gleich Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center recently celebrated the completion of an art installment in their homegrown garden area with a mosaic built entirely by its students. In April, ANLC worked in conjunction with the Scottsdale Artists’ School (SAS) to complete this mosaic mural project, which launched in 2014 as an effort by ANLC science teacher, Ms. Elizabeth Missal, to beautify the Science Garden. Interim Executive Director Carly Harty and Youth Academy Manager Sandy Zally of SAS participated in several meetings with ANLC after learning that Missal was looking for someone who had similar mural experience. “Collaborating with ANLC seemed like a natural fit for both organizations”, said SAS Youth Academy Manager, Sandra Zally. SAS’s Youth and Teen Academy organized an artist-in-residence program with ANLC bringing local artist, Holly Schineller, on board to help facilitate with the creation and installation of the duel-phase mosaic mural project. The mosaic began as an in-class project for Missal’s students, to use science, social studies, language and math, with art. In September 2014 the first panel, or mural, was created. Students started the mural by doing research and designing an ancient civilizations mural. With a Social Studies Grant from the Salt River Project, Missal and her students were able to plant and grow a garden in the science center. From there, the mural idea was born. “I wanted a way to beautify the garden planters and really get my students involved in growing, harvesting and preparing food from the garden. During the first year, we successfully planted an ancient civilizations themed garden. We also designed and began constructing the first mosaic,” Missal said. The ancient civilizations mosaic was completed in 2015 and consists of scenes such as a yin yang from China, a Mayan jaguar, a Roman war helmet and the Greek Acropolis. “The project was such a success that students requested we plan another one for the following year,” Missal said. The second part of the mosaic mural was completely student driven. Kids who were involved in an after-school program taught by Missal and Schineller were in control, brainstorming, sketching and deciding on a theme for the mural. Ultimately, the vote went towards a landforms piece. Schineller said the students, largely composed of fifth- and sixth-graders, were a huge part of the creative process. Not only did they brainstorm and come up with an idea for the mural, they also learned how to transfer photos to graphic representations of the mosaic, measuring the wall, gathering materials, sanding and gluing pieces, and organizing clean up. “Seeing how the students engaged in different parts of the process was amazing. Students would gravitate initially to things they thought they could do, things they were already confident in, but over the course of the class we would need to move kids around to different areas and in turn they would learn something new,” Schineller said. The ultimate goal with the mosaic project was to integrate multiple subjects into one curriculum as well as teach students planning and technical skills, all while beautifying their own little piece of the gardens at ANLC. The second mural was completed in April and was celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony, which paid tribute to the finished project as well as the hard work that went into each phase. “The ongoing process can be quite monotonous but with music in the background and the occasional break for fresh air, these kids showed great tenacity, perseverance and trust in us that the end result was worth it,” said Schineller. ANLC celebrates new artwork garden mosaic

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