For one week, the pig spent a week at UC in the DAAPWorks show! After transporting him and building him a pigpen, he happily enjoyed visitors at the art show.

The pig sculpture spent the majority of June and July at Fountain Square downtown where many stopped by to see him. He was featured in the July 13 Cincinnati Enquirer, July's copy of the Business Courier and City Beat!

Plans for the sculpture remain the same as in the spring. This fall he will be placed in front of SCPA for a permanent home. Photos will come when in place!

As we are now in May, timelines are in consideration! This week, the students will finish the paths/roads around the pig. I am pleased to say that all of the buses have been painted! Four monuments or "pig stops" have been painted as well, leaving just under 30 more to do! We are having ourselves a swine time! (ok, enough pig jokes for this post)

Arty On!

I worked with a group of third grade students this morning. Here is where we are in the process. Tomorrow, I will work with five classes and the goal is for all of the buses (34 of them) to be completed! Next week will be dedicated to working on more of the paths/roads and then beginning the monuments and locations!

Arty On!

Today I took the pig sculpture to SCPA to begin working with Ms. Hart and her k-3 students. I realized first that it was more challenging than I first expected to load the pig into a truck and strap it down... After 40 minutes of wrestling with the hog, I had him in the truck. I drove down to SCPA and pulled the pig in on a flatbed cart. I had the opportunity to work with three classes of students today and they each got to paint a 1" square as a piece of the road. (see photos). Having all of the roads complete by the end of this week is the goal, then onto buses and landmarks! Today was exciting as the students entered and saw the pig for the first time, which towered over them all in height and general size.

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The pig has been picked up and brought to my garage which I now refer to as the "pig pen" as long as he stays in there! I have sanded, primed, prepared, painted and designed the pig! Adding the 34 multicultural global sites is educational not only for students but us as educators who want to weave multiculturalism into the classroom curriculum! Enjoy the photos taken outside my house and in the garage/basement. Many diet cokes and SweetTarts contributed to the countless hours I spent going hog wild!

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I am so excited that I took my Praxis exams last month. This week, I received my scores and I passed Art Content and my PLT. The next step in my process is completing license application forms and sending them off to Columbus for processing! I hope to have my license back before graduation in June. At this time, it is out of my hands.

On the note of graduation, I picked up my cap, gown, hood and tassel from the bookstore. Less than two months and I will have my teaching license and my Masters in Visual Arts Education. Until then, I will continue to work on my culminating project (what some call a thesis). I am leading (with my mentor teacher from SCPA) a pig creation for the Big Pig Gig! I look forward to the experiences I have with the students and will include them on here! Until then...

Arty On!