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Drones are more commercial than ever, but many people still
associate them with war. Yes, UAVs are used in warfare, but a group of students
in Nashville, TN, show they can also be used for good.
According to a blog post by Michael D Mitchell, a Maplewood
High School art teacher, MHS students are using drone technology to explore
ways to create rather than destroy.
With the help of Maha Chishty and Addie Wagenknecht’s
artwork, students are learning to think of UAVs as expressive rather than
oppressive, explains Mitchell’s post.
“They both have been gracious in their willingness to engage
with MHS young artists to push the idea of using drones to create instead of
destroy and to fuel thinking and questioning so that students might arrive at
strong driving questions that will yield great art and viable solutions that
they will present to a public audiences,” Mitchell said in the blog post.
A Parrot Bebop Drone was donated to the art department and
will be altered to hold paint brushes, drawing utensils and other items
students deem essential. According to the blog post, a student owned UAV has
been used thus far.
MHS students and Chishty will collaborate via Skype to
create a sculpture, which will be displayed at an East Nashville art gallery in
February. The sculpture will be accompanied by a video projection crafted by
Chishty questioning the use of drone warfare, said Mitchell’s post.
Mitchell points out this project aligns with the National
Arts Standards point of relating “artistic ideas and works with societal,
cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.” It looks like having
fun with drone technology and learning can go hand in hand.
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