RC Project Reflection

For the RC project, I made a piece of artwork that honored my two resilient individuals; Clara Barton and Lynn Grady. On the night of Resilience Cafe, me and my partner presented flowers to our current community member, Lynn Grady, to thank her for coming and for being resilient throughout her life. We created a connection between Clara Barton and Lynn Grady through researching about them and learning their lives to be able to see how they were similar to each other. During this project, I learned about slavery and the Civil War through a fun activity where the class was split into the North and South and we all debated over issues. I also learned about the actual Civil War and how it happened, some of the most bloody battles, and the advantages/disadvantages of both the North and South.

My professionalism during this project really came up when we presented Resilience Cafe to the parents on Feb. 28, and to the sixth graders the following day. I felt that I was more professional on the night of, because I was wearing only black and white, but I seemed more nervous. I think that when we presented to the sixth graders the following day, I was only less professional because I wasn't wearing black and white, but I definitely presented better because either I had practiced more or I was just less nervous in front of the sixth graders rather than all the parents. For presenting and showing off my artwork to the "public", I think it went rather well because I kept my "speech" to the people passing by, short and concise unless they asked further questions. And, I mostly let them read my 100 word description first, before I talked and explained it more, unless they kind of looked at me like, "I don't really want to read your 100 word thing, just talk to me".

For the writing portion of this project, I made a page for the book that we presented to all our resilient individuals who attended Resilience Cafe. I created it in InDesign with pictures, a quote from Clara Barton, and my 100 word description. My InDesign page was read over by some friends and I made minor changes after, plus I am pretty sure that there aren't any spelling or grammatical errors in it. And, in my 100 word description that I included in my InDesign page, I stated the connnection between my two resilient people: Clara Barton and Lynn Grady.

In conclusion, over the course of the project, it has become obvious to me that the part of my project I am most proud of is the piece of 3D artwork itself. I am most proud of my artwork, because I took my time on it and I used a lot of different materials like tiles, ribbon and beads. I'm not sure what grade I deserve for this project but maybe a "meets" or "exceeds" unless you think differently... whatever