Project Submitter
Lourdes B. Aviles
lavilesbramer@plymouth.edu
Project Description: Stormy Weather is an interdisciplinary project combining science with music, movement, theatre and visual arts. Professors Aviles, Lindberg, Anneser, Kizer, Whitworth, Sousa and Judas will work with PSU meteorology, visual art, education, music, theatre and dance and general education students, the Plymouth Parks and Recreation Department, the Flying Monkey Performance Center and Movie House and 30-40 children in grades 3-8 from the Plymouth area to realize this proposal.The purpose of the project will be to explore four different kinds of storms (thunderstorms, snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes). This will be accomplished through:
- Weather content delivered by Dr. Aviles and the meteorology students to faculty collaborators, PSU students and children engaged in the project.
- Fine art depicting the different storms in different mediums created by Professor Anneser and her fine art students.
- Publicity and graphic design supporting the project created by PSU graphic design students under the supervision of Professor Anneser.
- Visual art projects on storms created by PSU students in the Transformation through the Arts general education classes delivered by Timm Judas, instructor.
- Integrated arts lessons on the four different storms created by PSU elementary education and childhood studies students in Integrated Arts and graduate students in the MEd in integrated arts and the CAGS in Arts, Leadership and Learning taught by Trish Lindberg.
- Choreography created by advanced PSU students in Dance Composition to be held in Spring 2017, taught by Lenore Sousa, with supervision by Amanda Whitworth.
- Projections and animations designed by technical theatre students under the supervision of Matt Kizer.
- Music and soundscapes created by Randy Armstrong, world musician, PSU students and children in grades 3-8.
A culminating original musical theatrical performance and art exhibit, entitled Stormy Weather, directed and coordinated by Trish Lindberg, that incorporates projections/animations created by PSU music, theatre and dance students supervised by Matt Kizer, movement choreographed and danced by advanced Dance Composition students taught by Lenore Sousa and supervised by Amanda Whitworth, original music and soundscapes created by Randy Armstrong, Guest Artist, in collaboration with PSU and elementary age students, posters and programs created by PSU graphic art students, and visual art projects created by elementary age students supervised by PSU art students and Pamela Anneser and additional visual art projects on storms created by PSU general education students supervised by Timm Judas in the Transformation Through the Arts course.