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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

La Cuesta teams up with the museum on avatar projects

La Cuesta student artwork will be on display in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s store windows from May 21-28, 2010. Photos and students descriptions of their work will also hang in the museum elevator from May 21 until a date to be determined.

According to the museum’s Tina Villadolid, “Inspired by the exhibition, From India and Beyond, students studied the small-scale Indian terracotta sculptures that reflect a tradition of creating figures in clay in the form of deities and votive figurines for the gods, either to be taken along on a journey or left as an offering. In particular, we discussed Vishnu and his many avatars. The students then designed their own personal avatar, imagining that if they were a deity themselves, what form their avatar would take on.” She continued, “Students created small-scale relief sculptures using terracotta air-drying clay. Learning the technique of relief sculpture - where clay is subtracted, not added - to create the illusion of a 3-D image emerging from the clay, was challenging but ultimately highly successful for the students. The result is a wide array of imaginative and expressive avatars belonging to the La Cuesta and Community Day School students!”

In addition, there will be a celebration of artists from Noon-1:00 p.m. on May 21. Students from La Cuesta, Community Day School, and La Cuesta Dos Pueblos will participate.