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CI <br /> TEACHING ARTIST JOURNAL 3(2),99-105 o() <br /> • Copyright©2005,Lawrence Erlhaum Associates,Inc. (.1)19 <br /> _ <br /> ABSTRACT`: : g <br /> m <br /> Literary and,fabric <br /> m <br /> arts TAS•create d..;:.,,:. .. .CJ <br /> project for stude[rts::; <br /> OD_ <br /> co p <br /> to malcea bilingual '. D• <br /> quilt co <br /> 0 <br /> The Power O <br /> .0. <br /> m <br /> f m <br /> lio <br /> m <br /> D <br /> N <br /> N <br /> O <br /> = m <br /> a o <br /> e <br /> L7 <br /> F: How do you turn a class of sixth graders who are uncornfort- <br /> �:; able with writing,unfamiliar with art supplies,but good at <br /> fidgeting and bickering into a community that achieves literary, <br /> artistic,,and civic success?With a bilingual story quilt! <br /> �.°• ;?,`' ; m That was our answer when in the spring of 2003,Kestrel• <br /> -A2._ '8 Heights teachers asked us to team up and help their sixth grade <br /> students create something special for the young Hispanic chil- <br /> `,u a i dren they were mentorn$ With Peg Gi oux s talents as a fiber <br /> artist,my experience as a literacy specialist,and our shared pas- <br /> . F:y sion for reaching and children,we thought our solution showed <br /> promise.We had no idea how powerful our playful collaborative <br /> eight-week writing-arc residency would be or how well it would <br /> orchestrate and focus the unique voices of eighteen energetic <br /> children.With our support and the help of their teachers,the <br /> students wrote an original story,designed a brilliantly colored <br /> correspondente regarding this quilt to illustrate their tale,learned about working together and <br /> article should go for discovered how creating together builds community.We walked <br /> Peg Gignoux a careful line between giving these students the direction they <br /> M1Gignouaffiad.com <br /> www.mgignadrycom needed to succeed and getting our of the way to let this commu- <br /> Susie Wilde nary of learners have true expression. <br /> 7400 Ta I bryn Way <br /> Chapel Hill,NC 27516 <br /> w+ldesaminoprirrg.corrr Two Women With a Passion for <br /> (919)932-3300 Writing, Art, and Collaboration <br /> Our Gignoux-Wilde team developed the interdisciplinary <br /> workshop,Blending Words with Pictures,based upon our years of <br /> working in the arcs with children.I,Susie Wilde,have traveled <br />