Coordinates of Play, 2014 (2012)

 

Created with students at AMY Northwest Middle School,Mount Airy Commissioned by the City of Philadelphia Percent for Art Program

 

Students at AMY Northwest Middle School worked with artist Benjamin Volta to create abstract designs
that integrated sports imagery with interpretations of the history and identity of the Mount Airy neighborhood. This experimental process led to the creation of hundreds of geometric designs The students worked together on a collage of the designs and experimented with changes to the colors and layout, mapping a meaningful and playful learning process.

 

Collaborating Student Artists:
Eman Abuawadeh

Gregory Alston

Anthony Brown

Emmanuel Davis

Elijah Grant

Makalah Lawton

Ashley Levin

Jahmir Mapp

Cieara Parker

Dominic Parker

Ahmad Shubert

Khaliani Smith

Jasmine Wiley

Naseam Williams

Ni’Asia Williams

Ayzay Wilson

Skye Wilson

Chyna Wise

 

Special Thanks

Teachers
Lauren Pasanek

Kristen Hettel

Principals

Marco Zanoni 
Michael Garafolo

 

In-school workshops at AMY Northwest were made possible in part through support from The Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.