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Nebinger Elementary School
Fifth-Eighth Grades, 2001-2002:
Tile Making Projects
"Me" on the Wall, Eighth Grade, 2002
Teacher Partner Margo Tassi, Art Specialist
Teaching Artist: Jessica Gorlin-Liddell
In this third collaboration between Jessica Gorlin Liddell and Margo
Tassi, students in Mrs. Jackson’s 8th grade class created figurative
relief tiles. In a school system requiring uniforms, this project
gave students the opportunity to either design or depict their own
personal fashion and identity statement. Created from preliminary
sketches and collages, these tiles arranged in a patchwork represent
a unique and personal visual legacy for the student artists and the
school community.
Above, left:Students examine their figurative relief
tiles. Above, right:
The tiles were assembled into a patchwork
display. |
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Andrinka Symbols, Fifth Grade, 2001
Teacher Partner Margo Tassi, Art Specialist
Teaching Artist: Jessica Gorlin-Liddell
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This tile project at the Nebinger School is based on
the work of a little-known African American quilter. |
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Mosaic artist Jessica Gorlin-Liddell taught tile projects with the 5th
& 6th grade classes at Nebinger School in conjunction with Margo Tassi,
the school’s art teacher. The 5th grade class created a tile
installation in the school based on African Adinkra symbols. The 6th
grade class recreated (in tiles) a quilt by an obscure African American
quilter. The piece is permanently installed in a hallway at the School.
The class also visited the Mercer Museum and Henry Chapman Mercer’s
home "Fonthill" in Doylestown.
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