BLICK ART SUPPLIES DESIGN YOUR TEE WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Daniela Castro, 14 and Najaya Royal, 12 Tee Designs Win!
May 1, 2009 - New York, NY - At our Earth Day New York Festival booth, we invited children of all ages to exercise their own creativity by designing their own tees on the spot. Designs poored in and after scores of impressive entries, two designs have been chosen. "Help Stop Global Warming" by Daniela Castro, Age 14 took first place while "Save Me Please…" by Najaya Royal, Age 12 was the runner up. Both will receive a generous gift bag filled with art supplies courtesy of Blick Art Supplies to keep their creative juices flowing.
STUDENTS WOW! CROWDS WITH THEIR ORIGINAL ECO-CONSCIOUS DESIGNS
PROJECT 116 WOW! a Success at Earth Day New York Festival!
April 25, 2009 - New York, NY - Citizen School WOW! at Earth Day New York Festival at Grand Central was a huge success! Beautiful weather and huge crowds graced the Project 116 booth as the students WOWed all the visitors with their inspiring tee and totes designs.
CHRONICLE BOOKS DONATE "CHANGE THE WORLD FOR TEN BUCKS"
Project 116 Students Will Receive copies of the hit book.
April 22, 2009 - New York, NY - London's hit book Change The World for Ten Bucks has been generously donated by Chronicle Books to Project 116. Copies will be given to all the students ofthis semester's Citizen Schools apprenticeship.
PROJECT 116 WILL HAVE A BOOTH AT EARTH DAY NEW YORK
PROJECT 116 will be participating at Earth Day New York Festival at Grand Central!
April 7, 2009 - New York, NY - We will be showcasing and selling the winning T-shirt and Tote Bag designs created by Isaac Newton Middle School students through our Citizen Schools apprenticeships at the upcoming Earth Day New York Festival at Grand Central.
All kids are encouraged to stop by our booth to show off their talents by creating their own T-shirt Graphics based on Earth Day! Drawings will be entered into a contest and the winner will be announced at the end of the fair on Saturday 25th.
The winning contestant will receive a Project 116 Goody Bag filled with art supplies to help pave the path for a budding artist!
WINNERS ARE...
Voting is over and the winners are announced.Design phase of apprenticehip is complete!
April 6, 2009 - New York, NY - After three days of online voting and an in school ballot, the three shirts which will be produced are Ari Soto's City Life, Netch-ti Bates' Seed of Change and Ra Drayton's Recycle Earth. Congratulations to all the young designers!
VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
Now that the designs are completed, it's time to vote for your favorite!
April 3, 2009 - New York, NY - Vote for your favorite tee shirt designs. Voting will be open until Sunday April 5, 11:59PM. Top designs will be produced for the upcoming Earth Day New York festival at Grand Central as well as for the Isaac Newton Middle School's 2009-2010 school year uniform. Vote now!
DESIGNS COMPLETED
Design phase of apprenticehip is complete!
April 1, 2009 - New York, NY - Designs are officially completed! All the designs had to follow a 2 color palette while communicating a clear environmental message specific to New York.They will be scanned, cleaned up and prepared for the voting process.
PROJECT 116 TEACHING SECOND APPRENTICESHIP WITH CITIZEN SCHOOLS
First totes, now tees!
February 11, 2009 - New York, NY - On the heels of Project 116's Citizen Schools WOW!, a second apprentiecship is about to begin. The second time around will challenge students to design graphics embracing "New York" as its central theme while conveying an eco-conscious message. The designs will be put onto Anvil Recycled tee shirts made from yarn that is fabricated of textile waste, scraps, and industrial fibers. Additionally, Blick Art Materials will be providing the students with sketch books for their drawings and ideas.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
WOW! Attendees Have Decided Top Three Designs
December 6, 2008 - New York, NY - It was a close competition, with the top two designs being seperated by only two votes! The top design is awarded to 11 year old Ariandna Soto for her "Love Our Earth" design. A close second went to 12 year old Lauren Burgess' "OMG! The Earth is melting!" The third place design was awarded to 13 year old Lewis Figueroa. Congratulations to all the students of the apprenticeship for designing inspiring and professional looking designs! The tallied votes proved you made it a hard decision for all the evening's guests. Bags will be produced and sold here, so please pre-order now! A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Citizen Schools.
NEW YORK CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOW OFF BUSINESS SKILLS
Nonprofit Partners with Local Business Volunteers to Teach Kids
December 1, 2008 - New York, NY - In a time when much of our nation's resources are directed at finding new solutions for an ailing economy, volunteers from New York businesses such as From Scratch, Spoon & Fork, W Magazine and Bank of America are working with Citizen Schools, a nonprofit organization that operates a national network of apprenticeship programs, to train the next generation on how to make a business thrive.
From this program came Project 116, created and taught by From Scratch Product Designer Shien-Ru Tsao and Spoon & Fork Creative Director, Chez Bryan Ong. The 11-week apprenticeship engaged students in hands-on learning that makes a direct connection to students' lives and is often missing from today's classroom. Students working with Shien-Ru and Bryan formed three companies- NARUTO, HARLEM X and T.L.L.J.- and each company has designed a set of fashionable, eco -friendly tote bags.
On December 4th, at the WOW! event, these students will unveil their tote bags and employ their recently-learned marketing and sales techniques to encourage attendees to vote for their favorite designs. The three designs that get the most votes will be produced and sold online. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Citizens Schools to support more hands-on learning projects for eager middle school students!
