Students are creating work influenced by their visit to Artrage a while back. They were exposed to the artist Helen Zughaib who created paintings based off of family stories. Each of the students wrote a family story and then I started working with them on the illustration for the assignment. We have been experimenting and discussing the effects of color and emotions in work. Then they were prompted to create a colorful space on paper with acrylic paint based off of their family stories. The students are responding well with each aspect of the work. They enjoyed the freedom of experimenting with color and emotion and are excited to follow through with work that has more structure.