Cut-out: using scissors to design magical symmetries
Folding and cutting coloured paper without a set pattern leads to forms, shapes, symmetries and motifs that will surprise you! A piece of paper removed by one child may trigger the imagination of another and fit into his or her own composition. In this way the individual works are interlinked, and once the action is completed they act as parts of a group project.
Aside from the artistic aims of designing, experimenting on composition and learning the relations of pure colours with one another, the project demonstrates the value of collaboration. Each child with his or her personality, skills and ideas adds to the final outcome. Working as a group gives you a great joy! Creativity is innate, and awareness puts it in practice!
An inclusive action, it is addressed to children of primary-school age (6+)
in collaboration with the non-profit society Life is For All
Rena Gyftoula
An art educator, Rena Gyftoula has worked for 30 years in primary and secondary education (2000-2020 at the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation – Psychiko College, among others). She has collaborated with major cultural institutions (National Gallery, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, etc.). She regularly engages in professional development on artistic and educational topics, and takes part in volunteer initiatives with her focus on matters of inclusion. She is a member of the Friends of the NGO “Organization Earth”.
