Today we had a very nice presentation on “Beaded Tweets,” by Noelle Pepin. We were given a presentation on what the beads mean, how to use the coding sheet to create letters and words, and how to build necklaces and bracelets with string and beads. I found it interesting how she linked creating these bracelets and necklaces with her Indigenous pedagogy. We were given the opportunity to create our own necklace and/or bracelet, and I made a nice little bracelet and wrote my partner’s name with it, with the help of the coding sheet. It was a enjoyable exercise, which I would highly recommend in a classroom setting.

Today we visited the Two Rivers Art Gallery. We started off with a quick introduction and headed into the first portion of the art gallery. The first section of the art gallery featured art that emphasized the relationship between the earth and pollution, plastic, and other forms of garbage that has gone into the earth’s landfills and oceans. We were given the opportunity to walk around amongst ourselves and discuss the art before our tour guide Sophia gave us a bit of information about the art and its meaning.  

The second section of the art gallery featured the relationship between human beings, industrialization, and climate change with the natural world. Again, we walked amongst the art exhibits and, before getting the opportunity to sit with one piece of art and really try and analyze the meaning behind it. After some open discussion about the art, we headed upstairs to work on our own art. There, I created a tree from clay.