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at jack london HIGH SCHOOL ART & RESOURCE FAIR
hOW DO ARTISTS QUESTION AND SHAPE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD?
artworxLA is grateful to Jack London High School for a wonderful Saturday celebration of arts and community. On May 7, artworxLA presented student work, a screening of animations, and conducted drawing and animation workshops for families along with college and career resources for students planning their futures.
Led by Teaching Artist Joe Bruns and Workshop Coordinator Eva Liebovitz, workshops at Jack London Continuation High School and Community Day School, workshops explored the intersection of art, media, and personal identity through a series of activities and approaches to art-making. Projects started with automatic drawing and sketching. From the resulting images, students then developed the face of a figure or character, which they then built a body and environment. Students then developed narratives around all of the drawings and explored how the characters and stories might subconsciously connect their own lives and identity.
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES
“I wish artworxLA came two or three times per week.
Doing the workshops just makes me want to keep working on my projects and make more art at school.
I always make sure I’m here on Thursdays.”
- artworxLA Jack London CDS student Mia
“I really appreciate all of the different projects you bring us and the different perspectives you give me on what it means to be creative.
I have fun making art now because we are always doing something new.”
- artworxLA Jack London CHS student Tania
ARTIST spotlight:
Joe Bruns
Teaching Artist Joe Bruns (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist, queer activist, and educator based in Los Angeles, CA. After earning a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, he pursued a post-baccalaureate degree in urban art education. Bruns has exhibited work in solo and group shows both locally and internationally. He has been working with ArtworxLA since 2019.
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