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 […]
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“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
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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
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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 »
The Interdependence Hexagon Project announces its theme of Kindness for 2022. Let’s connect through gentle words and art that brings hope.
Promoting the Kindness We All Need Read More »
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
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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
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A unique fiberwork installation will be featured in the 2021 Interdependence Hexagon Project Eastern Regional Exhibition. A practicing fibers artist for over 50 years, Jackie Thomas, ABD has created the installation, along with several others from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association. The work consisting of nine interconnected hexagons will be on display at The Garden
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The Interdependence Hexagon Project has hired two dedicated interns for the summer of 2021 to aid in the growth of the organization. Learn more about them below. Lauren Lopez Lauren Lopez is a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2018. Currently, she is a rising senior at Penn State
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