There is not just one day or season for love, although it’s hard not to focus on it this time of year and associate it with Valentine’s Day. Many people think only of one type of love…the romantic kind between lovers. But the Greeks identified six types of love. In an age when we seem …
We want to help you engage students to participate in our new Kindness Theme so we’re offering many resources to help you and your students to get creative, including the following lesson plans! FREE Kindness Lesson Plans: All six plans contain many resource links and teaching strategies appropriate for various age levels and can be …
Educators, Use These Free Lesson Plans for Kindness Projects Read More »
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” Aristotle As we begin the colder season of winter, it is good to remember that the beauty of art does not know one season or time; it lives in every season and every moment as long as we continue …
During this holiday season, we usually make time to connect. We engage with family and friends and our greater community…talking, sharing, giving and loving. This is an ideal time to introduce you to a young man who has chosen to connect with the Interdependence Hexagon Project as a volunteer. He is generously offering his time …
Because of shut-downs due to COVID-19, students in the Butwal area of Nepal did not participate in our international project, but these students from 15 different schools did participate in 2020-21 with the relevant and hopeful theme of “Defeating COVID” both remotely and when they returned to school. Sangita Bhattarai, formerly a counselor at the …
Students of Nepal Use Art to Connect During Time of Shutdown; Celebrate Hexagon Project Read More »
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus With each season we grow more and more hopeful about what lies ahead. We are so glad that in 2021 we’ve been able to reconnect with people in person. While it is still important to keep safety at the top of our …
The Interdependence Hexagon Project announces its theme of Kindness for 2022. Let’s connect through gentle words and art that brings hope.
Please enjoy our 60 hexagons selected for excellence and focus on themes. They span four age levels and four theme categories: Diversity/Equity, Technology and Social Justice and Interdependence Themes. Explore the well-crafted and heartfelt expressiveness from students and communities from five continents, seven countries and many states. To view all of the 2021 hexagons, click …
If the years 2020 and 2021 have taught us anything, they have reminded us of the importance of community and the reassurance that even when we cannot gather in person, we are able to experience the power of connection with others through technology. And if ever there was a time to see ourselves as interdependent …
Hexagon Project Celebrates 15 Years of Interdependence Through Art Read More »
Art educator, Jada Kadry teaches in Cairo, Eqypt and volunteers in a prison for adjudicated youth. This year, there was a devastating fire at this prison. She presented the Hexagon Project at the prison, working with 15 young men to bring out their feelings and emotions onto our hexagonal canvas. She describes the experience as …
2021 Hexagons Help Incarcerated Youth Express Emotions And Heal Amid Difficult Time Read More »
