- Exhibition in a container in the communal area of the Baseball Stadium Temporary Housing, Onagawa, Japan, 2013.
In the Onagawa, Japan installment of the ongoing Bravery project, bricolage sculptures were made with local children and seniors out of recycled food containers and found materials.
Children’s Workshop
10:30 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm -2 :30 pm
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Town Baseball Stadium Temporary Housing, Onagawa, Japan
Courage is actually a very humble attitude and not just for superheroes. We can recycle everyday materials into fancy medallions in the same way that we transform apprehension into bravery – with imagination combining small components to make a heroic effect. In this workshop, Canadian artist Magda Wojtyra will help children make hanging collage sculptures out of humble and found materials like recycled food containers and small sticks.
Medals Display
4 to 8 September 2013
Baseball Stadium Temporary Housing Exhibition Space, Onagawa, Japan
Yuuki Medal – sculpture made of recycled cardboard, recycled and painted food containers and PET bottles, scallop shells, and various found objects. Exhibited at the Baseball Stadium Temporary Housing in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Part of the Ishinomaki Line Art Project, 2013.
The youngest participant in the bravery medals workshop, Onagawa, Japan 2013
Art makes you strong! Chie Kajiwara, the main organizer behind all the Onagawa art activity, and Magda Wojtyra, one of the artists in residence, pose in front of Magda’s art and collages made by residents of the temporary housing community.
Art collages exhibited in a container communal area of the temporary housing complex.
Collages made by residents of the temporary housing unit.
After the exhibition residents of the temporary housing community receive their art that has been framed for them. This man was a fisherman before the tsunami that destroyed his town and life. None of them believed themselves to be artists or to be making art, but in the end they were convinced!
Mai and her multi headed monsters.
Sato San with the bravery medal she made and a thank-you and goodbye note from us.
Sato San with the framed collage she made. At 89 years old, she was the oldest participant in the workshop, and one of the bravest to try something new.
Daily Bravery and Tandem Flight Onagawa monsters installation view inside shipping containers.
Daily Bravery and Tandem Flight Onagawa monsters installation view inside shipping containers.
Daily Bravery and Tandem Flight Onagawa monsters installation view inside shipping containers.
Daily Bravery and Tandem Flight Onagawa monsters installation view inside shipping containers.
Daily Bravery Onagawa installation view inside shipping containers.
Yuuki Medal, Daily Bravery OnagawaGenerously supported by:
