tree project

Dear Hiroshi and Horticultural Society, "I am sorry I cannnot make the opening tonight, but I wanted to send a picture of my own hibaku ginkho tree, planted two years ago. It seems to be about to go into its winter bare-stick mode. We have cared for it on the window sill, and it means more to me all the time. I will be with you in spirit." ---Lorne Swarthout, Berkeley Carroll School Link to the past Tree Project workshop Tree Project workshop with Lorne Swarthout, U.S. History Chair and The Berkeley Carroll School

RESPONDING TO Making a Home http://www.japansociety.org/student_exhibition_responding_to_making_a_home Ginkgo Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the article Works by students from Explorations Academy and The Berkeley Carroll School partnership between Japan Society and students at Explorations Academy in the Bronx and The Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn. In this multi-program, high school students from both schools investigated selected cultural, technical and art historical topics related to the Japan Society Gallery exhibition Making a Home: Japanese Contemporary Artists in New York. This included analysis of representations of “home,” a critical examination of references to specific aspects of Japanese culture evidenced in selected works and an exploration of identity construction in the artists and themselves. Students began their study of Making a Home at school with a preview and introductory discussion of the themes of the exhibition led by Japan Society educators Suzanne de V...