Art Gallery and Winery
The class read a book (historical fiction) of an account of the Love family who moved to Chicago from the South in 1919. The class worked on the panels in teams with Hector, a professional artist, to express their interpretations of the story. |
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Panel #1 - Bradford Corners, TN 1919; A Death Nellie Lee Love and her sister, Erma Jean, are upset over the suspicious death of Uncle Pace. When Erma Jean hears his dying words and she cannot speak. |
Panel #2 – Chicago or Tennessee? Freeman Love has to make the decision to stay in the segregated South or move North to Chicago. He want to open a Love and Sons funeral parlor. |
Panel #3 – Confusion The decision to migrate North brings out different feelings from the Love family. Freeman and his wife are excited. Erma Jean and Nellie Lee are worried. Grandma Nessie and Grandpa don’t think it is a good idea. Two of their children have already moved away. |
Panel #4 – A New Home In Chicago Crowds of people, strange clothes, paved streets, a two room apartment, noise and strangers greeted the Love family up North. |
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Panel #5 – Hard Times Freeman Love is once again denied his business license to open a funeral parlor. Nellie Lee and Erma Jean are being teased for being “country”. The family thinks about returning to the South. |
Panel #6 – The Riots The “Red Summer” began when a black boy drifted into the “white” side of the lake. He was pelted with rocks and chased. He drowned. A riot started right then. Many people, both black and white, were killed. The Love family did not feel safe. |
Panel #7 – Erma Jean Speaks Again In the middle of the rioting, Erma Jean finally speaks. She tells the family about Uncle Pace’s death. He was beaten by whites for sitting in the “whites only” section of the train. They threw him on the tracks to die. |
Panel #8 – A New Beginning Freeman gets his business license. A new life in Chicago is full of hope. There is no moving back. Nellie Lee begins a new diary for this new life in the North. |
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Slide Prayer House Created by students at Bolton School under Make An Impression Visual Arts Programs |
Birth of the Blues Created by students at Bolton School under Make An Impression Visual Arts Programs |
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As part of Action for the Arts 2006, The International House Of Blues Foundation (IHOBF) is presenting student accomplishments and artistic works to raise awareness of the importance of the arts and highlight positive outcomes form youth participation in arts programs.
Through a partnership with IHOBF, one fifth grade classroom at Clara Westropp School (Cleveland Municipal School District) participated in an IHOBF pilot program titled Through Our Eyes: The Great Migration. The program combines language, visual and musical arts and brings a visiting artist into the classroom setting. An eight-panel student artwork from this program and visual artworks created in Make An Impression programs will be on display at the House of Blues during the months of May and July. In an effort to bring student artwork into the community, Matthew Cook, owner of downtown gallery, Studio of 5 Rings (located at 2400 Superior Avenue, #201, Cleveland, OH 44114) will show the student created work in the month of June.
The International House of Blues Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the arts to schools and communities through programs that promote cultural understanding and creative expression. IHOBF programs teach about aspects of American culture and history through blues music and folk art, provide arts learning experiences for youth and support teachers in integrating arts and cultural content into classroom curriculums. IHOBF-Cleveland is one of nine IHOBF locations nationwide. The IHOBF is supported by the House of Blues, House of Blues Foundation Room members and other public and private donors. For more information visit www.ihobf.org