ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2016 marks the Centennial Celebration of the National Park services. There are 58 National Parks across the United States, and we are fortunate to be learning and living within one of the most historically rich, visually pastoral, and environmentally complex parks:
Minuteman National Park.
LAUNCHING AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
at MINUTEMAN NATIONAL PARK
To commemorate 100 years of preserving nationally significant places, local artist and educator Renee Covalucci has begun to investigate having an “Artist in Residence” program here at Minuteman National Park. Students participating in this Stewardship Project will learn about various residency programs that already exist within national parks across the country. They will conduct “field research” by exploring and making art and writing amidst Minuteman National Park, which spreads across Concord, Lincoln, and Lexington. And with their knowledge and experience, they will develop and propose the benefits of having such a program to a committee of people in position to move this work forward.
“Once you lose a place it’s lost forever. Once you save a place it is like freedom, like liberty, a constant vigilance to maintain it.
And that’s the story of the National Parks, how they came into being... and it's the story also of what our responsibility is...”
– Ken Burns
RIVERS & REVOLUTIONS
Rivers and Revolutions is an educational program for students at Concord Carlisle High School. For one semester, a diverse group of juniors and seniors come together to form a cohort of 50 students. The program aims to support all types of learners. To learn more about the program, check out our website:
COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP PROJECT
Over the course of the semester, students participate in formal stewardship roles within local community organizations. Students becomes an integral part and contributor to a host of meaningful projects in which their learning in Rivers and Revolutions helps to progress and compliment a local organization's mission. The curriculum comes alive as students push themselves to connect their learning to a "real life" situation. They develop their voices and grow more confident working within professional arenas that require problem solving through collaborative and creative thinking. To learn more about this semester's Community Stewardship Projects, visit:
STUDENT
PARTICIPANTS
Corey Ames
Sachin Arora
Casey Belden
Gianni Casini
Claire Cottrill
Oliver Gaehde
James Putnam
Marissa Rossi
Aidan Schmidt
COMMUNITY LEADER
Renee Covalucci
Printmaker & Educator
RR FACULTY
Tracie Dunn
Visual Arts Instructor