Returning to School? A Report from Australia
Shelley is teaching in a “hybrid” fashion this fall – some students are in school and some are online. She Shares her blog – read…
Connecting Amidst Difficulties: PA to Uganda – Members Share COVID-19 Commonalities
Meet two teachers, one, an art teacher from a Charter School in Pennsylvania and the other a part-time teacher in the Masaka District in Uganda.…
Post Your Hexagons to Instagram and Tag #HexagonProject2020
The Hexagon Project is about expressing themes of connection and interdependence through hexagon-shaped artwork. We encourage you to express yourself about all the themes of…
Hexagon 2020 Registration Now Open!
To our Hexagon Project Teachers and Community in 2020: COVID-19 has affected us also. Our Eastern Regional Exhibition is on hold until further notice. Jurying…
Making Connections Amidst Difficulties: Members Share COVID-19 Commonalities and Challenges
Recently Irene Lantz, one of the teachers participating in the Hexagon Project, wrote to us about her experience dealing with the global COVID-19 pandemic. Her…
Spreading Hope Amidst Difficulties: Members Share COVID-19 Commonalities
During these days of disruption and disconnection, it has been a pleasure to connect with some of our teachers who have participated in the past…
The Interdependence Hexagon Project…
…is an all-volunteer non-profit community arts organization based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA, that began 2006. The Project is managed by a dedicated group of artists, educators and friends who join with others in various parts of United States and the world.
We invite young people, adults and communities worldwide to: REALIZE social and global challenges facing the world today and use art as a vehicle to REIMAGINE how these challenges can be addressed through critical thinking, research and creative expression. We invite participants to RECONSIDER their civic responsibilities in a world that is increasingly interconnected and interdependent at local, regional, national and global levels.
What a truly wonderful outcome for everyone … the Hexagon Project … gives voice to so many children and young people to speak out for protection of our world. As Joy Palmer notes, “education is about healing and wholeness. It is about empowerment, liberation, transcendence, about renewing the vitality of life and importantly it is about finding and claiming our place in the world” … the Hexagon Project takes all who participate into this space.
I find that many teenagers really do have concerns about the world in which they live and they value the opportunity to have a voice. Because the [interdependence] theme is broad enough, they were able to adapt it to their own personal concerns.
Regardless of our interests and our different opinions we all search for the same things — Peace, Force, Love and safe life. Thank you for this encouragement that gives my students a strong motivation to develop their thinking and their call for peace.
Students in three different schools, in three different countries … exchanged letters both in English and Japanese with some art on the hexagon-shaped cards. This is one of the intercultural communication programs based on progressing their writing ability, not only motivating in language education, but also inspiring students with global vision.
I am very happy that I collaborated with you. My students had the opportunity to realize how powerful is art to send a message. The Hexagon Project makes young people gain their hope that their voices matter. Thank you for giving the opportunity to grow and be a better person and teacher through collaboration and visualizing a better world.
Our students in Nepal have been curious, creative, and critical in thinking about the themes of INTERDEPENDENCE. The Hexagon Project has helped to raise awareness of brotherhood, sisterhood and connectedness across the world.
Kingdom Kids International School gave full support, and my working with the students on the Hexagon Flying Pencil Project for the second year has been incredible!