Students at Elk Elementary School made cyanotypes for this year's World Cyanotype Day

Cultivating Community Through Cyanotypes: Elk Ridge 4th Graders Shine

Elk Ridge Elementary’s 4th graders are learning how creativity can connect art, science, and local history through a cyanotype project that resonates with this year’s World Cyanotype Day theme: Cultivating Community. Using one of photography’s oldest techniques, cyanotypes, students gathered local plants, arranged them, and exposed them to sunlight – transforming simple materials into works of art that carry both personal and shared meaning. Writer and photography / May Morgan … Read more