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Monsters invade Selkirk College’s Tenth Street Campus Submitted by Selkirk College
An otherworldly vibe of creativity permeated learning on Nelson’s Tenth Street Campus when both college and elementary school students got together for a Monster Party. An annual springtime tradition, the Monster Party is a partnership between Selkirk College’s Digital Arts Program and Hume Elementary School. A major assignment for first-year students in instructor Kerry Pagdin’s class, college-aged learners were tasked with coming up with brilliant illustrations based on drawings and stories from Grade 3 counterparts. The cute and creepy digital artworks were revealed at an early-April party where both sides had a chance to chat about the final result. “I loved it!” said eight-year-old Jacob Osbourne. “I thought of a character and named it after a stuffie chicken that I have at home named Cluckers. It’s a demon chicken and she did a really good job by adding two extra eyes because I stated that it had mind control powers.” The youngster’s bold imagination was matched by his college buddy’s growing skills, transforming Osbourne’s original crayon drawing and backstory into a compelling work of art. “I was so excited when I first saw Jacob’s story because I knew that I could make a super cool monster,” said 18-year-old Selkirk College student Ava David. “This was my favourite assignment of the year because we were also able to show the kids what the future might look like for them if they decide to go to college.”
Hume Elementary School students and first-year students in Selkirk College’s Digital Arts Program were brought together for a Monster Party where creativity blossomed on Nelson’s Tenth Street Campus. Photo: Submitted All through the room, the younger story. She seemed very happy with far in their two-year program. didn’t need any prompt to pursue students were giddy with excitement what I put together. ” “This was really about the kids post-secondary in his future. as they gazed upon the multitude of Grade 3 teacher Janet Mushuman- sharing what they have inside and “I’m really into dinosaurs,” he said. digital illustrations and accompany- ski was equally as delighted with out,” said Mushumanski. “The “So I might want to be a paleoning stickers. the project. In January, the Hume writing part was very important and tologist.” “It was a fun assignment,” said Elementary class of 22 students set the younger students were able to Whatever the future holds for both college student Ian MacDonald. “It to work on their crayon drawings see how a picture can evolve when little and big students, a day focused was a little nerve-wracking because and were asked to provide a story people work together through a on teamwork, creativity and monyou are making something for a kid to go along with it. The package of creative process. It also helped in- sters is surely one to remember. and they are very honest. We had a imagination was then delivered up troduce them to college, where the Learn more about educational nice talk about her original design the street to the Tenth Street Cam- possibilities are endless at a place pathways in Selkirk College’s School and why she chose the different el- pus where college students began like Selkirk College.” of the Arts at: https://selkirk.ca/proements of both the drawing and the applying what they have learned so For eight-year-old Osbourne, he grams/arts
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