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Dave Boeck, an associate professor in the Division of Architecture, recently developed an art workshop in the Barefeet Theater in Lusaka, Zambia. Working with Chipika Simanwe, a Lusakan artist, and Betty Wilkinson, former CEO of Financial Sector Deepening Zambia, Boeck created a two-week workshop titled “ARTitude.”
The workshop involved working with twenty local youth from the compounds around the Barefeet Theater. The workshop taught the youth several art techniques, including sketching, watercolors, acrylics, stitchery, and beadwork. The workshop took place over two weeks and ended with a weeklong exhibit and art sale of the student’s work. The students’ art was purchased by local Zambians as well as friends connected to the workshop online through social media.
Workshop participants after finishing their paintings, which are displayed on the wall.
Boeck has been traveling to Lusaka since 2014. He recently published a book of sketches related to service-learning trips he has taken with students to Lusaka, Zambia. The sketches reflect life on the streets of Lusaka, the capitol of Zambia. These sketches depict community members in Lusaka, especially the workforce of wheelbarrowers who transport products from one place to another.
Participants hearing from a prominent Zambian painter whose work is displayed at this gallery.
Gibbs College is pleased to present the exhibition 200 Digital Drawings by Professor Tiziana Proietti, currently on display in the Gould Hall Living Room.
Gibbs College of Architecture Professors Amber Brown and Amy Leveno led 29 students to Dallas, Texas, in September for a learning experience as part of their Design 7 Studio course.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture professor and Institute for Quality Communities Director Dr. Amber N. Wiley’s book, Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, has received two major honors from the Urban History Association.
