Had a week of art at Angeline Industries- Thanks for inviting me! We painted, drew and imagined…Spent a day with the staff talking about art projects- and the next day came in early and chatted with Dan, the custodian. We had collected scrap wood from a local cabinet maker—and we were looking at it and talking about possibilities and he looks at me and says “Have you ever seen the corn hole game for little kids?”- and I looked back at the wood and it was the perfect size for his idea. I yelped! And think scared him a little bit…and asked if he could help with cutting and figuring out a prototype- and he just laughed and said sure- I believe that successful programs and projects grow from people who are open and interested in trying and talking about new ideas. Dan quietly went to work- and developed a design with the materials we had in house.
I began working with staff and workers at Angeline- we made drawings, painted fabric- made quilts, potholders…cornbags for the game…the group was cutting out coupons to send to people in the military—so we made coupon wallet/holders. Remembering the stencils we made at Creative Foundations- Now renamed: Our Town Studio---- We enlarged some drawings, made stencils and spray painted them onto the wood- and then DAN cut out the holes and made the corn hole boards. Thank You Dan!
This was a very busy week- it is so much fun to begin working with an organization- and then discover where their talent, resources and enthusiasm takes them. With continued effort Angeline will be able to improve on the prototype, breakdown the steps and get the product onto the work floor. The goal was to come up with engaging activities and a product for the sheltered workshop. With a little marketing and sales- Angeline is on their way!
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