Wearable arts collaboration: What next?
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"I'm really proactive about celebrating my students' success through the school and promoting Technology, which is so much more than just a life skill – it's problem-solving, creativity, communication, and understanding and working through the processes."
Kylie Merrick
The Wearable Art at Te Papa project continued in 2009 with one Year 12 Queen Margaret student and three Year 13 Wellington High students working on a two-term project. This time each girl was responsible for the complete design of an outfit and window, to be completed in time for the WOW show in September.
With the experience of three successful Te Papa collaborations behind her, Barbara says she knows what to look out for, such as spending time going over the milestones with students and telling them where they need to be at certain times of the year.
Kylie comments that continuing with a project such as this is not an automatic thing – it means evaluating which, if any, students could pull it off because it requires students who can be independent and don't have to be constantly kept on track.