Friday, May 12th

On Friday, we had fun completing the final step of the mosaic making process which is grouting.  We reflected on our Agora week experience and the joys and challenges of this artistic medium.  The Mosaics group is very excited to share the “Create” mosaic with the rest of the school community when it is installed at St. Ben’s.

We were also very fortunate to be able to sit in on a mosaics workshop with Maestro Verdiano Marzi who is one of the world’s most highly regarded teaching artists in the contemporary mosaic art world.  Verdiano enjoyed sharing artistic insights with the St. Ben’s students and answering our questions. We communicated via an Italian interpreter but, as Verdiano lives in Paris and works at the Louvre, he was also able to speak with Marie Claire in French.

Thursday, May 11th

Wow, what an amazing day at the Chicago Mosaics School.  It was all hands on deck to complete the backgrounds for all of the sections of the “Create” mosaic.  Everyone is looking forward to our last Agora day because we will be grouting the entire piece and finally able to see the finished product!

Monday, May 8th

The Mosaics Agora group is off  to a great start.  Today, the students were able to practice some of the techniques and skills they have learned during their field trips to the Chicago Mosaics School.  The design that all of the students collaborated on looks amazing.  They got right to work cutting and shaping pieces of glass for the foreground of the mosaic.

We also explored the neighborhood for a few minutes after lunch and discovered a beautiful mosaic in a lake front park!Mosaics2Mosaics1