Diva Girls March Break Workshops: Workshop 2
A
collage with meaning…
Earlier this week I facilitated a workshop with young participants of
FOCUS in regards to their hopes for the future and thoughts on their heroes.
With materials such as paint, glue, bristol boards and writing materials the
girls were asked to curate a multi-media piece that answered and expressed a
particular set of questions set out for them. Within these questions were
inquiries such as what the girls hoped to be when they were older, why was this
their choice of career, who was their hero and what had this individual done
that held such significance to them.
Majority of the girls worked on the set of questions relayed to what
they hoped to be when they were older.
Some of the answers to these questions included doctor and curer of
cancer. Among those that chose to do their work on the hero collage was a
little girl who created a work of art dedicated to her hero. This hero, also
her best friend, had lost her brother in a shooting in Regent Park last year.
Some of the statements on this piece included quotes such as “you are beautiful
and don’t let anyone ever tell you different!”.
The intelligence and articulate tendencies’ that arose from the girls
when they began working on their pieces was brilliant. They each got extremely
excited and eager to show off the works they were building. Once all pieces
were complete, after about an hour or so, we formed a circle so we were able to
present our posters to one another. With eruptions of confidence and huge
smiles, each girl stood in front of the group and divulged their masterpieces.
These little girls, at the age of 9 and 10, were more mentality in tune and proud
of themselves then most individuals are at the age of 40. They stood tall and
spoke loudly as though nothing could ever knock them down. And really, for what
some of them have seen and been through, all those things that could have
knocked them down until this point have only made them stronger and more sure
of who they are and where they want to be when they grow up.
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