Passive Programming for What Can’t Wait
Imagine Your Future
Introduction:
Marisa could only dream of attending college. She did not have family support in her pursuit of a higher
education or even graduating high school. Her family wanted her to marry and have babies. Sometimes it only
takes one teacher, a friend, or an event to inspire ones’ dream and determination. The programs below are
designed to let teens think forward to their future.
Picture Yourself in College:
List of Supplies
● College background (enlarge picture of a college campus and put on poster or cardboard)
● camera
Create a college background and take pictures of students. The pictures can be used as collage or place on
library website. This is a great project to do with high school seniors who will be graduating in the spring.
College Night @ Your Library
List of Supplies
● brochures
● public announcements in school newspaper or/and school website
● posters
Work with local high school counselors in arranging a good date for the college night and creating and
distributing publicity to the event to interested students and parents. Then invite community colleges and/or
universities to participate in the college night at your library. Make sure you have a large area in which to set
up with tables and chairs for each college rep and their display. As a thank you for college reps, arrange a rep
room with snacks and drinks.
Resources
How to conduct a college fair
● http://professionals.collegeboard.com/guidance/college/fair
Publicity brochures
● http://www.ehow.com/how_6460594_make-school-brochure.html
● http://free.myscrapnook.com/index.jhtml?spu=true&partner=9Nxdm003&gclid=CKjpgOXxqbICFWLkt
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College Pennants and a Wall of Fame
List of Supplies
picture of teachers/librarians
poster board
Take pictures of teachers/librarians and have them and/or you create college pennants based on where they
attended college. Another take on this program is to create a WALL OF “FAMOUS” alumni by researching
former high school graduates and creating pennants based on where they attended college.
Resources
How to make pennants
http://www.ehow.com/how_5636450_make-sports-pennants-kids.html
Examples of pennants:
https://www.google.com/search?q=pennant+cut+out&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa
=X&ei=TyNFUJHsFqOeywGGhYGABA&ved=0CEYQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643
Passive Programming for the Knife and the Butterfly
Ephemeral Art Collection
Introduction:
Help create a repository for Street Art or Ephemeral Art in your community! Graffiti goes back to the earliest
humans, and today, ephemeral art is more popular than ever! Get your teens to help create a lasting record of
street art and/or ephemeral art in your community!
Supplies:
● Blank photo album OR display board OR online photo album (like flickr, pinterest, or tumblr)
● Flier with instructions on how to capture images (see sample below)
● Stack of bookmarks (if you’re asking teens to include the bookmark in their photo to avoid plagiarism)
Program Description
Create a display of books on street art and ephemeral art in your library (see nonfiction titles on our
Resources list for recommendations)
Include a definition of ephemeral art and some images of this type of art, such as graffiti, snow, or sand
art.
Create a poster indicating that you’re starting a Street Art (or Ephemeral Art) Collection at the library
and inviting teens to help photograph street or other ephemeral art in your community. (you may want to
seed your collection with a few sample photos that you took yourself)
Lay out quarter-sheet instruction fliers that they can take with them and pass out to friends (see below
for sample)
Ask teens to photograph their favorite murals, stenciling, graffiti, or street art from around their
neighborhood. If you graffiti won’t go over as well in your community, instead invite teens to
make their own ephemeral art and take photos of it before it is destroyed (make sure to show
them some examples so they know what’s possible.... do a google image search for “ephemeral
art”!)
Have teens email you their photos or upload them digitally to a Flickr group, Tumbler page, or
Pinterest Board which you can link to from your facebook, blog, or website.
As photos start to come in, print out a copy of each photo, and post it in a scrapbook or put it on
your display board
Scrapbook in progress should be displayed alongside a display of books of street art from around
the world (see examples below)
Here are some options to help avoid the temptation of using images swiped from the net:
Have teens include themselves in the photo next to the art
Have teens include a library bookmark in the photo (no waiver needed to display!)
Incentives: Best Photo Contest
Several smaller prizes:
Hold a contest for the best photo each week or month! The winning photo can be displayed (along with the
accompanying artist shot) and a small prize can be given, like letting the winning teen read your closing
announcements.
One big prize:
Hold a contest for the best photo of the semester, or a drawing with each photo uploaded counting as one entry
into the final drawing for that photographer. Prize ideas might be an mp3 player, tickets to a show, or a gift
card.
Resources
Pavement Chalk Artist by Julian Beever (97815540766)
3D Street Art by Birgit Krols (9789079761296)
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration With Nature by Andy Goldsworthy (9780810933514)
Time by Andy Goldsworthy (9780810971462)
Website: Flickr page for Austin Street Art Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/austinstreet/
Website: Tumblr blog for Austin Street Art: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/austin-street-art
Website: Pinterest site for Austin Street Art: http://pinterest.com/visitaustintx/austin-street-art/
Website: The Museum of Urban Art: http://tmoua.org/about#.UFDxLbJlSIA