Wall Works provides a dynamic, participatory visual arts experience through a series of collaborative public art projects designed by acclaimed artists and executed with the imagination of K-12 students in their classrooms.

The program is free and includes all supplies. Participation is open to all classrooms willing to meet the project requirements; enrollment is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Project components include a video lesson plan and a Wall Works kit with art supplies and the resource material needed to complete the project in the classroom. Teachers oversee the students' creation of individual projects and every artwork is installed by professional museum staff to create a large-scale, collaborative work at SMMoA's Wall Works gallery in the Bergamot Station Arts Center. In this heavily-trafficked destination for art enthusiasts and the general public, thousands of people enjoy the Wall Works project during each exhibition period.

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Opening Reception
Wall Works: Zippy's Nicknacks, Tonics, and Magical Gadgets
6 – 7 pm

SMMoA's biannual Wall Works program pairs up with artist Bari Ziperstein to transform an ordinary hallway into a site-specific installation of an imaginary store called Zippy's Nicknacks, Tonics, and Magical Gadgets. Local K-12 students use such materials as boxes, string, markers, and collaged paper to create a fantastical inventory - various magical gadgets solve social issues, tonics cure rainy day blues, and nicknacks embody whimsical stories. Zippy's Nicknacks, Tonics, and Magical Gadgets reinterprets the retail setting to cause a delightful disorientation.

Ziperstein's inspiration comes from Claes Oldenburg’s iconic The Store, from 1961, where the artist made sculptures inspired by everyday commodities and sold them to the public in a specially conceived shop. For Wall Works, a trompe l’oeil wall painting by Ziperstein will depict the store in 2-D and will showcase the students' 3-D handmade products.

ARTransmissions delivers SMMoA education resources to K-12 teachers in the form of a lesson plan poster that helps students make multiple connections to contemporary art. 

To obtain a poster by mail or to schedule a tour, please contact Asuka Hisa, Director of Education, at 310.586.6488 x118 or asuka.hisa@smmoa.org.
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Upcoming Issue:

Fall 2010: Combustione: Alberto Burri and America

Past issues:

Spring 2010: Diana Thater: Between Science and Magic
Fall 2009: Allen Ruppersberg: You and Me or The Art of Give and Take
Spring 2009: Elias Sime: Eye of the Needle, Eye of the Heart
Fall 2008: Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion