Jefferson, commence!

Yesterday marked the start of the shoe creation process at Jefferson High School. In under a week's time, we'll have a full arsenal of beautifully creative art in motion, thanks to the students at Jefferson and at Variety Boys & Girls Club.

The room we've been given at Jefferson is a work of art in itself. I have no idea what the technical name of it is (still art?) but the center of the room displays a multi-tiered surface covered in cloth and surrounded by things like wine bottles, flowers and cheese graters.

Yes, cheese graters.

My guess is it’s an attempt to look like the Tuscany region of Italy, where the Renaissance – arguably art’s golden age – originated.

Some of the sketches produced by the students at Jefferson were astounding. I went up to one student near the beginning of the session to ask him about any ideas he had, and he pulled out a sketch from his backpack that he had already created in anticipation of the project.

Rock on, my friend.

Amy will be uploading pictures soon of our second day with Jefferson – so check out our “gallery” to see some of the developing designs!

Customized concordance,

Peter