Students’ digital artwork is celebrated
- Global Kids
- Feb 13, 2018
- 1 min read
Updated: Oct 7, 2024
Using digital tools like Sketchbook and digital drawing pads, several dedicated Global Kids students from PS 96 worked during lunch periods and after school to create portraits of significant figures in science for Black History Month. Not only did the students get a chance to learn new digital skills, they are going to be able to show off their artwork on LinkNYC kiosks all across NYC from February 12th to February 19th.
The project created a unique opportunity for our youth to conduct historical research in a culturally relevant way and to celebrate their work through the displays on the LinkNYC kiosks.
The mural project began when my students told me that they wanted to incorporate more art into our DLL program at PS96. I had the idea to use Sketchbook as a creative digital tool, but wasn’t sure what we would do with it. Around the same time, I contacted Intersection, the company behind LinkNYC, to see if we could start a partnership. From that connection, we decided that student digital murals would be a great way to collaborate. We ended up working with LinkNYC and the Department of Information and Technology and Telecommunications.
The students were so happy to see the results of their hard work, and it’s been amazing viewing their work displayed all over NYC. I hope we can partner with Intersection (and companies like them) in the future, so we can continue to help show off the amazingness of our youth.
By: Ahmed Ali (GK Trainer)
I love how the students used Sketchbook and digital drawing pads to create portraits of important figures in science for Black History Month. Seeing their artwork displayed on LinkNYC kiosks across NYC must have been an amazing reward for all that hard work. sete a zero.
This is the kind of project that sticks with you. I remember being a kid and wanting to show my work somewhere real, not just on a refrigerator or a classroom wall. Seeing those portraits up on LinkNYC kiosks across the whole city must have made every single student feel like a working artist. That validation changes how you see your own potential. What they did with Sketchbook and those drawing pads is exactly how real skills get built, by combining something you love with a real audience. It also makes me think about how 3d models could fit into a similar project, especially for science or history figures, because 3D models let you rotate and examine a subject from…
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