Stephanie K. Danziger

The theme for the Mystical Creatures art show was derived from a discussion during a 3rd-5th grade art class. When brainstorming ideas for our upcoming art show, one of the students expressed an extreme interest in dragons. His interest inspired lots of discussion on dragons and a wish to "create a dragon coming out of the wall". I will always remember their faces when I told them we could do that. They were shocked and doubtful- it was a look of total disbelief and a challenge I was happy to accept. After tons of planning and sketching with the older art students and some creative engineering, we worked out the logistics of the Dragon and she became the center of the show. It was then my job to create an 8 week curriculum for students 18 months- 18 years old within the theme of "Mystical Creatures" the results were magical! The best part of it was the look of pride in the students face when we took one students dream of this dragon and brought it to life!