**Please note, this learning experience is a virtual event and will not be hosted at a physical site.**
Artists Making a Kinder World FORGIVENESS Lesson For the FORGIVENESS Lesson, participants make folded paper artwork representing walls as they consider things that divide us – from petty annoyances to more serious things like harmful words, betrayal or violence. Participants think about how no one is perfect, and forgiveness can free our hearts when we are ready. Participants create their walls to symbolize the process of forgiveness such as where they might be at the present or want to be in the future in their own experience of letting go of hard feelings. Karen Blessen, Founder and Director of 29 Pieces leads the FORGIVENESS Lesson.
Please note: You must register for the webinar in two places:
- Register for the event on the Region 10 Calendar of Events.
- Register for the webinar on the Zoom link.
All participants registered on the Region 10 website will receive login information prior to the webinar date.
Format of lesson:
5:30 - 6:15 - Lesson Presentation
6:15 - 6:25 - Break
6:25 - 7:15 - Art making
7:15 - 7:30 - Conversation, sharing and questions
This session is free and lessons can be downloaded at no cost – in English or Spanish.
Audience: K-12 teachers, students and counselors. This lesson has been successfully completed in Art, Social Studies, Creative Writing, History, and Advisory classes.
Supplies needed for FORGIVENESS Workshop:
Background paper – can be cardstock, art papers, cardboard or poster board, Scissors, String or ribbon, Markers, Glue sticks, Beads and other small decorative objects (optional), Colored papers, White glue, Colored pencils, Crayons
PRESENTER BIO:
Karen Blessen became the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of 29 Pieces after a long career as an artist and writer. 29 Pieces is a Dallas based organization which uses art to awaken, uplift and give voice to the creative human spirit. Through the 29 Pieces Education Program: Artists Making a Kinder World, 29 Pieces has worked with more than 650 teachers and more than 100,000 students in the North Texas area. Karen Blessen was the first graphic artist to be named as a winner of the Pulitzer Prize.