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GAME DESIGN

The giant board game is being designed on a large format: paper to begin with, then will be painted by hand onto a 12 foot square of primed canvas, clear-coated to protevt the artwork against little feet at play. Any club, school group or family group may reserve the game to play when the meeting room is available at Memorial Nottingham Library starting in the late Fall 2016. 

The children's characters will inspire draw cards with funny actions to promote thoughtful balanced food choices, and entertaining game play. The playng field will have traps and free spaces designed into the painting, including humorous details for engagement. The target audience will be ages 6 to 12.

In Fall 2016, I'll consult local fashion designer, Dru Christine, to co-design and sew vests for children to become game pieces for both libraries.

In late Fall, a smaller version of the game will be created on vinyl for play, estimated 8 foot square, due to limited floor space, at the Collinwood Branch Library and a tabletop version will be created for the Grovewood Salvation Army.

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  Healthy Eating Just Got More FUN!

Created by 2016 Ballot Box Project Grantee Linda Zolten Wood. She engaged Collinwood children from 1st - 5th grades who attended workshops in Northeast Ohio's Memorial Nottingham Library (Mem/Nott), Grovewood Road Salvation Army Summer Camp and Collinwood Branch Library designing ‘Veggie Superheroes & Villains’.

 

Zolten Wood has been painting the newly planted vegetable garden box at Mem/Nott in the early morning hours before the sun bore down and scorched her face. The kids’ hilarious and varied characters are serving as inspiration to decorate box (and eventually the giant board game), positioned directly outside of the children’s section windows of the library, echoing the accent colors of Mem/Nott’s architecture and the painted rain barrel hand selected for the blues and greens designed by local architect Richard Fleischman.

Her progress is being recorded on her facebook page, “Operation Vegetables” on a regular basis and will continue as a giant board game begins to be assembled, designed and painted.

Memorial Nottingham Library‘s new Vegetable Garden box is for the families of the neighborhood to water, nurture and harvest while they enjoy their artwork and is NOW OPEN to anyone who wants to help throughout the Summer & Fall until the first frost. Children's Librarian Libby Hampton can be contacted at (216) 623-7038 to learn more about the garden and how to volunteer. The box will be replanted each Summer as long as there is support and interest.

 

This project has been generously funded by ArtPlaceAmerica and Northeast Shores Development Corporation, with added support by The Collinwood Painted Rain Barrel Project,  Neighborhood Connections, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer DistrictCleveland Water and  Cleveland Climate Action Fund. 

                                               Contact:

Linda Zolten Wood
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