This unit plans a community outreach project with the Old Dominion University (ODU) art education cohort and the Commonwealth Senior Living at Ballentine that will culminate in an extensive, woven work of art to be exhibited and contributed to at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Conference in Norfolk. The unit revolves around the engaging theme of storytelling through fiber arts, using various mediums such as painting, embroidery, crochet, and weaving as a mode of visual communication. Students, senior citizens, and art education students will create strips of fabric that individually represent personal stories, preferably from their educational or artistic careers. These individual segments will be woven together in a communal tapestry at the NAEA Conference, where members are also invited to contribute, building a continued communal dialogue through art.
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