Mat Bevel Company brought the world of Beveldom to high school and middle school students during the 2018 Rotary Career Fair at Patagonia Public Schools on Friday, May 9. Video excerpts from Kinetic Saturdays and the new TV show Bevel Café amused and fascinated students, who are eager to get their hands on and participate in upcoming Beveldom programs.
Students were invited to vote on and earn a chance to win their favorite shirt design from Beveldom. Three winners were drawn and will receive the t-shirt they chose for free.
The winning t-shirts designs were….
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During the event, Mat Bevel Company announced The Universe Within, its new educational pilot that builds creative thinking skills by increasing student’s capacity to innovate, problem-solve, and navigate unknown situations. The Universe Within is a grassroots solution that addresses a severe national creative intelligence deficit through original thinking and imaginative approaches to solving problems.
Students in teacher Elizabeth McCowin’s 6-8 grade art classes will be part of the educational pilot that runs April 12 through April 24.
This program is inspired by Mat Bevel Company President Ned Schaper’s world of Beveldom, a fine-art mechanical land teeming with inspiring characters. Students will participate in a four-part introduction to worldbuilding in which they will construct an imaginary world of their own. Students will also develop and play the part of a central character in their own unique world.
The pilot integrates hands-on activities of journaling, drawing, mask making, and storytelling, to teach students language arts and science lessons.
Classes start with a 5-minute inspirational and instructional video where students open their minds to fantastical concepts from the world of Beveldom. Step-by-step instructions are outlined for the day’s activities.
After the video, the teacher along with Mat Bevel Company storytellers Paula Schaper and Lars Marshall guide students and provide support for the following classroom activities in which students create their own world:
Class One: The Daily Doodle
Class Two: Corrugated Headgear
Class Three: Storybook World
Class Four: Pedestrian Carnival
A showcase of each student’s work, as well as classroom videos and activities, will be on display during a community Fine Arts Gala on campus, May 9, 2018.
Students take home their headgear and storybooks, and receive a certificate for their participation in The Universe Within.
Students were excited about this innovative worldbuilding class. A high school student was so excited by the idea that she volunteered to help teach the class.
For more information contact:
Paula Schaper
Vice President / Executive Director
Mat Bevel Company
520-604-6273
pschaper@matbevelcompany.org
www.matbevelcompany.org