**Please note, this learning experience is a virtual event and will not be hosted at a physical site.**
Karen Blessen, Founder and Director of 29 Pieces leads the Artists Making a Kinder World HOPE Lesson. Hope gives us the vision, optimism, and resilience we need to achieve our optimal future. In this lesson, participants practice skills for cultivating the HOPE that lives in our core. Participants create a postcard to their future selves and envision HOPES for themselves and the world.
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 HOPE workshop:
*Background paper (any paper that works well with the following), colored pencils, pens and markers.
*(Paper size can vary according to what you have available. Project is usually done at approx. 5 in x 7 in. but can be larger – 8 in x 10 in or 9 in x 12 in).
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.