Nebinger Elementary School
Fifth-Eighth Grades, 2001-2002:
Tile Making Projects

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.

Teacher Partner Margo Tassi, Art Specialist
Teaching Artist: Jessica Gorlin-Liddell

	This tile project at the Nebinger School is based on the work of a little-known African American quilter.

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.