WHO: Twelve students, ages 16 to 18, from each country will participate, and 2 university students, ages 19 – 22, will serve as mentors throughout the project, and 1 program director
WHAT: Monthly 3 hour workshops:
WORKSHOP SAMPLE:
15 minutes: Meet and greet in person
½ hour: Share information sent from the collaborating country (introduce paired partnerships between girls)
½ hour: Art introduction with visuals and text (During this time, the group leader will share the artwork and introduce corresponding topical issues (week by week)
45 minutes: Guided group discussion – Video portions of this for posting on FB
ART: 45 minutes: work as individuals or as a group making fast art that corresponds to the topic (different each time)
CULTURAL COMMUNITY: 15 minutes: Share your projects on our FB page (2xs during the year send mailings to the other country)
| September | Invitation to Participate | Online application portal |
| October | Introductions | Our Bodies Ourselves – Introduction to each other, our female bodies, and our identity
Femail Art-making – Paper Collage & Postal Mailing Museums_Connect_FeMail |
| November | Visibility/Invisibility | Our Bodies Ourselves – Book (Birth Control) |
| December | The Changing Body | Period Art & The Red Tent |
| January | Pregnancy | Beth Goobic – Metamorphose Ceramics |
| February | Birth | Madson Omanhne –Self |
| March | Skills | Cultural Reproducers – Multiple Artists
Femail Art-making – Paper Collage & Postal Mailing |
| April | Economics | Alexia Nye Jackson – Mother The Job, All Day Video |
| May | Generations & Relatives | Sarah Nicolls – Weightlessness (Music) |
| June | Self: Identity & Connection | Artist Alana Ruben Free: Presence = Present |
| July | Students Travel | USA, Venezuela |
| August | Final Exhibit on Display | Both Countries |