During a week-long residency at Kidspace Gallery at MASS MoCA I worked with two second grade classes from Brayton Elementary. The students made their houses out of clay, then together we cast rubber molds of the clay models. The kids then made colorful Jell-O versions of their houses using the rubber molds. Next they painted backdrops and constructed dioramas that they then photographed.

I used their houses and props to construct a Jell-O version of their town, North Adams, Massachusetts. In this video, the Jell-O town gets hit by a particularly destructive rainstorm.

Some of the students' photos can be seen here.

Video by Liz Hickok, with help from the Brayton Elementary 2nd Graders, North Adams, MA.

Produced as part of an artist residency with Kidspace at MASS MoCA, funded by a Massachusetts Cultural Council Creative Schools grant.