Community Arts Project.

My group's Community Arts Project was the importance of the youth vote and the effect that voting has on the field of Early Childhood Education.

Source: Diana Menalo

We chose this as our issue because with 18 to 24 year old citizens being the lowest voter turnout group for the last election, our decisions are being made by an older age bracket. More youth need to exercise their right to vote.
It is essential to also understand the impact the government has on Early Childhood Education as well. With different political parties promising different thins, and with some not focusing on child care and education at all. It is important to make an informed decision, which is why and how we came up with our sort of tag line "USE YOUR ECE VOICE AND MAKE A CHOICE".


We were able to cover the youth vote and impact on ECE by presenting this to our class, and the big idea would be to have the department involved, as well as a video featuring student, created by students.


I think we were successful in our presentation as we focused on an important, social issue and created a fun, creative way to get the point across. It is an issue that does and will affect us directly, and it is essential that we have our voices heard throughout the country.


When I think of art words I can associate with this project, I think of colour. Especially in regards to our topic. Colour "makes us each respond with feeling" (Schirrmacher and Fox, 2009, p136). The response could be good, or it could be negative. How do you feel when you see a sign on a neighbour's lawn or in their window supporting the candidate the are voting for? Their sign will be their party's colour, and at least during campaigns, that colour will make you think of them. Colour can have such a powerful impact. They can happen naturally in the beauty or be strategically chosen to make you feel a certain way. "Children develop their colour preferences and palettes early in life" (Schirrmacher and Fox, 2009, p139). Everyone has a favourite colour (I hope), and it is something we carry with us for our entire life. It can have a great influence on aesthetic decisions, which I think is amazing... because it's colour!


Reference

Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont,CA: Delmar.