MURAL CONNECTION RESIDENCY PROGRAM IN NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS
BERTIE COUNTY MURAL at Aulander Elementary School January, 2012
North Carolina Arts Council awarded a grant (Arts in Education) that brought Tunde to Bertie County to work with the students at Aulander Elementary School on his Mural Connection Residency Program.
Tunde a North Carolina resident artist worked with a core group of students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 5 to create a mural that explores Bertie County . Emphasis was on the use of elements art such as color, line, shape, form, value, space and texture to create a visual narrative based on the students’ knowledge of their County (Bertie). In Social Studies class, the students were engaged in a research for better understanding of Bertie County. All information collected during the reseach study were used to guide the students to create visual concept for the mural.
The mural is now a permanent learning feature for all students.
Artist with the students discussing mural concept
Students learning about colors
Puting the mural panel together
Priming the mural panel
Recent MURAL CONNECTION RESDENCIES with grants from North Carolina Arts Council
Cape Hatteras Secondary
Dare County, NC
Faces of Hatteras Island: PAST and PRESENT
Chadbourn Middle School
Columbus County, NC
Chadbourn's Pride
P.S. Jones Middle School
Beaufort County, NC
21 Century Global Connections
Grifton School
Pitt County, NC
We Are the Bulldogs
Tunde will conduct Summer Painting Workshops at his Boone, NC Studio 'FEELING THE COLORS' REGISTER NOW
919.794.1247 tundevisualart@gmail.com
With a series of simple, easy to follow sequential exercises you will learn how to manipulate paint with control to get colors which contain the proper value and intensity needed in your painting. Painting is all about observing a color and then being able to apply that exact color as needed to relate properly with other colors in your composition.
Emphasis will be on the importance of dominance in value, texture and color. We will cover various paint applications, brush work, and use of a palette knife. This class will give you the foundation you need to get more enjoyment out of painting.
Session 2: August 15 - 19, 2011 Monday - Friday, 10 am- 12 Noon $120 per session
Class size: Minimum - 2, Maximum - 5 Open to all levels
Medium: Acrylics/Oil
Pimary Colors: Blue, Red & Yellow
Secondary Colors: Green, Orange & Purple
Black, White, Crimson, Magenta & Sap Green
Students bring their supplies: canvas, paint, portable easle, brushes,
papers, paper towel or rag and small plastic containers for water.
FANTASY PARK MURAL
Tunde worked with students from Turlington School in Hoke County to create a mural ( Fantasy Park) as part of artists in school residency program. The Mural site is at the Children Developmental Center located in Raeford, NC. CDC serves preschoolers, multi-handicapped, and medically fragile children. The images on Fantasy Park mural were inspired by some of the contents of the text books being used at the center.
Tunde will conduct Painting Workshops at
The Carter Building Art Center REGISTER NOW
919.794.1247
tundevisualart@gmail.com
Palette of Vision
with Tunde Afolayan Wednesdays, 7- 9pm $120 (4 weeks, $30 per session) $30 per session)
I See Colors: Joy of Painting
with Tunde Afolayan
Thursdays, 7- 9pm
$100 (3 weeks, $30 per session)
Class size: Minimum - 2/Maximum - 4
Open to all levels
Medium: Acrylics
Students bring their supplies: cavas, paint and brushes
Creative Adventures for Young Artists
(Ages 3-5)
with Tunde Afolayan
Tuesdays, March 1st-May 31st, 12-1:30pm
The Carter Building Art Center instructors will be offering art clinics this summer for children grades K-8. We will have a special workshop for high school students late summer on preparing a portfolio for college applications. Camps will be broken up into grades K-2, 3-5 in the morning session and grades 6-8 in the afternoon. Sessions will cover traditional media, photography, oil pastels, print making, mask making, murals, sculpture from recyclables, chalk art and more. Every Wednesday we will have a field trip to museums, the farmer's market and other local sites.
Instructors are Lee Ball, Tunde Afolayan, and Susan Jones.
Please join us for
ART & WINE BLISS
Saturday-November 20, 2010
6 - 9 pm
SOUTHPOINT VILLAGE CLUBHOUSE DURHAM, NC
Original Paintings & Prints
By TUNDE AFOLAYAN FAMOUS
Meet the Artist at the reception
You are cordially invited to join us for the
NOVEMBER GALLERY WALK
Featured artist: Tunde Afolayan Famous
Tunde will teach Painting Workshop “I See Colors”
Understanding Color in a Composition
JONES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MURAL
Tunde worked with the students at Jones Senior High School in Trenton, NC to create this exciting mural ____ Spring 2010
TUNDE OPENS HIS STUDIO IN RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA
(RALEIGH, NC...) North Carolina artist and educator Tunde Afolayan opens his Raleigh studio on Friday, July 3, 2009, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The studio is located in the Carter Building, 14 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 18-B Raleigh, NC 27603.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm except every
In collaboration with Arts of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City Pasquotank Public Schools, Tunde worked with a select group of students from area high schools to create this mural for the BIG READ project. The mural concept wass based on the content of a classic novel titled Bless Me, Ultima written by Rudolfo Anaya. Tunde motivated the students to paint a visual narrative inspired by the contents of the novel. This community project is part of a national initiative and grant, (THE BIG READ) sponsored by National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The Big Read is designed to bring reading to the forefront of American culture and make it an integral part of everyday life. To learn more about The Big Read, please visit NEA's website:www.neabigread.org/about.php.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Artsin partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.
ELIZABETH CITY CHURCH MURAL
In the Summer of 2007, Tunde completed a commissioned Church Mural in Elizabeth City, NC
In the summer of 2007, Tunde worked with a group of children to explore science through the visual art at Port Discover in Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Northeastern North Carolina Center for Hands-on Science).
SPARTA GEORGIA: COMMUNITY MURAL RESIDENCY
Tunde worked with a group of teenagers at the TEENS-A-MILLION center in Sparta, GA to create a mural. This mural captures community histories of Hancock County dating back to 1790s. Ages of participants range from 12 to 16.
Tunde Afolayan_ Artist in Residence Summer 2007.
BROAD ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RICHMOND, VA: JAMESTOWN MURAL
This video "DREAMS STILL COME ALIVE: Exploring Virginia History" was creatred during an Art in Education Residency program at Broad Rock elementary school in Richmond, Virginia.
Tunde worked with the fourth grade students to create this mural which explores Virginia history and the first English settlement.
This project was sponsored byGail and Ken Henshaw through "I HAVE A DREAM" Foundation Richmond, VA.
Click on the image to read the Images article about Tunde and his art
Artist Shares His Talents "Tunde Afolayan says artistic expression enhances learning for children . As a boy in Lagos, Nigeria, Tunde Afolayan discovered he could express his thoughts and feelings on canvas. Today, Afolayan is showing others how to find their own voices through the arts..."
Tunde completed an Art in Education Residency in Scotland County, NC. He motivated the students at Scotland High School to produce a couple of murals. These murals are on permanent display at the school. The residency project was sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council.
Tunde recently completed a Community Art Residency in Montgomery County, NC. He worked with the community residents in Troy, NC to create a couple of murals. The mural concepts capture the local histories of Montgomery County.These murals are now on permanent display at the County's administrative building in Troy, North Carolina.
The residency project was sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council.
