Released by Shamong School District
Indian Mills School in Shamong recently participated in an “Artist in Residence” program, featuring resident quilter, Gabrielle Kanter, from Young Audiences Arts for Learning, based in Princeton.
Gabrielle’s workshop included a step-by-step process of creating individualized student fabric squares. Students first sketched a self-portrait, on a small paper square, with a focus of connecting them to the Shamong community.
The sketches were then transferred to a cotton fabric square and colored with crayons.
Kanter then applied heat to the squares, arranged them in two separate quilts, and sewed all the squares together.
This was a wonderful learning experience for all students and staff, and the completed quilts were phenomenal. These quilts will be protected and permanently hung at Indian Mills School, for all to enjoy.
