Arts Day! 4/4/09

Today was Arts Day! A wide variety of art forms, including both performing and visual arts, was present at today's event. Artists from different fields performed and showed us their work, and we were able to try out many of the different art forms ourselves!



One of the groups that came to perform was Medleys, an a capella group from UCLA. They make complete songs using only their voices! Here we see them teaching how to use your voice to both sing and make beats.




















Sarah and Elise from Committee led an Improv rotation, showing us ways to be funny on the
spot. Even Jimmie got in on the action!















And here we see Divya on the ground. The Improv rotation led to many strange yet comical scenarios.














Showing off some guitar skills. Guitar was another performing art available to try out, with performances by Mentorship's own Israel and Raja.

BC, rapper and local legend, was another one of the performers. He led rap battles and gave us some insight into the creative process involved in rap.

Making art inspired by music... beautiful.

Another station involved making crafts such as yarn necklaces, bracelets, and other accessories.

T-shirt making was a popular station, where mentors and mentees were able to design their own t-shirts. Here we see one of the completed designs.

At this station, we had the opportunity to learn about how to draw characters and faces, and got to try drawing them ourselves.

At this station, mentors and mentees learned about color and form, and got to try out some art techniques.












At the sculpture rotation, mentees and mentors were able to construct their own pieces of art using modeling clay. Creations varied from pot coils to a man with a scooter and a balloon!