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Call for Young Artists : Design a Car With a Music ThemeCarTunes on Parade, a public art exhibit between the cities of Detroit and Windsor, Canada, has introduced its educational component. The CarTunes committee has developed a web-based curriculum with opportunities for participation from area grade school through high school-aged children.
Content includes the history of the automotive industry and the area's music heritage, the arts in relation to the automotive industry and a section on public art. Transmat Records of Detroit, with pre-eminent Techno artist Derrick May and label manager and recording artist Kevin Reynolds, have provided a bundle of music files by Transmat artists to enliven the site's music component. The instructional support material can be accessed electronically at web site.
Teachers can get their classrooms involved on many levels, from downloading images for younger students to color to ordering and designing maquettes ($4 each). The teaching tool kit also details field testing experiments that encourage exploration of the science behind the materials used to manufacture the sculptures. A second phase of the curriculum will be introduced in December.
Artists from southeast Michigan and southwest Ontario submitted designs for the CarTunes sculptures earlier this year. These entries are now being judged and if selected, the artists will pro
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