Rangoli Residency at River Rock School, Montpelier, VT

In early January I had the pleasure of completing a Rangoli residency at the River Rock School in Montpelier, VT. River Rock is a small school with fewer than 50 students and mixed-grade activity classes, which gave us the perfect opportunity to experiment with some new ideas.
Students learned about geometry, shape and pattern, and designed their own Rangolis on paper which they used to create a transparent-film window-quilt and transform into mindful doodles. They also  learned about Kamalkari–the Indian art of block-printing– which inspired the creation of hand-printed peace flags. Finally we collaborated as a group to create temporary Rangoli patterns using rice and colored chalk, which made for a beautiful and memorable finale.