Rafael's imagined interior of the abandoned building:
A brilliant cryptic shrine poem!
During our final class, these amazing students/artists/thinkers composed shrines that are non-linear narratives about what they imagined inside the abandoned building and...what Nathan revealed to them as the actuality of the interior. Many Thanks to Bill Brovold who built these gorgeous boxes and to Maggy Rozycki Hiltner for found object contributions!
Meanwhile...we all started thinking about how to best respresent our students' work and this amazing adventure in the project room. Bill Brovold, a painter, 
Adam, Christina and I guided our students' imaginations by introducing an excercise where they decomposed Poe's "Raven" (before the raven reveals itself) and rearranged the words to create their own poem. Haunting readings revealed at the exhibition! They also began sculpting what they imagined.
In the classroom, our students began imagining what was on the interior of the building by responding to our fall residency graphics.
Christina Kral http://christinakral.net/ a media artist from Germany continued her components of this collaboration by documenting our expedition into the abandoned building and being present for planning, teaching and brainstorming for our student's install in the project room. 
Linn Edward's http://www.linnedwards.com/ collaborated with...
Linn Edwards http://www.linnedwards.com/ a Brooklyn photographer, shares our interest in the narratives that are present in our everyday surroundings. Linn made our vision a reality by taking a visit to the abandoned building and virtually installed the student's paintings into the windows (she is also a master of Photoshop!)
Adam Davison, classroom teacher, in the process of working on his graphic painting that says "HOLE IN FLOOR, HIS ONLY MEMORIAL".
Our students observed the abandoned building across the street from their school. They wrote provocative statments in response to their observations.
Maggy Rozycki Hiltner for her magical found object contributions and support.
Of course, my family and friends. You are all treasures.
-Angela Earley
