AHAZAZA: AGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

We introduced ‘Sheet Work’ , a technique that originated from Brittney's research with personal narratives and objects that utilizes a simple white sheet. Sheet work is a transformation tool to support creative expression through the use of props, fluid motion, and endowment. Prior to our exploration with this tool, we invited the student

We introduced ‘Sheet Work’ , a technique that originated from Brittney's research with personal narratives and objects that utilizes a simple white sheet. Sheet work is a transformation tool to support creative expression through the use of props, fluid motion, and endowment. Prior to our exploration with this tool, we invited the students to reflect on what they hold close to them; an item, a memory, a story, etc. One by one, each took to the center of the space to explore using the sheet as a guide to “flow” and express their recollection with words, movements, and imagination. 

The individual images they created with the sheet, coupled with the 'group tableaux' they created to convey UNITY, SUPPORT, and ROLE MODEL, absolutely blew us away. We spent the rest of the week implementing that tool, and beginning to divide them into the groups they will be a part of for our final sharing. We utilized a “graffiti wall,”

The individual images they created with the sheet, coupled with the 'group tableaux' they created to convey UNITY, SUPPORT, and ROLE MODEL, absolutely blew us away. We spent the rest of the week implementing that tool, and beginning to divide them into the groups they will be a part of for our final sharing. We utilized a “graffiti wall,” a tool that asked students to brainstorm together without speaking, but rather by responding to written prompts on papers on the wall. Each paper was filled with thoughtful and creative responses to the questions and both the students and staff were delighted with this new tool that they could use in other areas of the village.