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This summer, Wolf Creek Online High School was awarded a K-12 Arts Challenge Grant through the Minnesota State Arts Board. Visiting artist was Jennifer Kunin, a paper arts specialist. Eight students participated in the weekly class making paper by hand, creating linoleum cuts for printmaking, assembling and binding their own books, and designing a collaborative project that involved staff, students, and community members of Wolf Creek. Students not only had a chance to work with a resident artist but they also got to know one another better through weekly meetings and working as a group. To top it off, most days the class worked outside in the beautiful summer weather.

Through the artist in residence program, Wolf Creek was able to give students an opportunity to work with an artist on campus, to participate in a larger community project, and to learn about and work in a medium that most schools do not typically offer. Students met weekly on campus for five weeks and worked with artist, Kunin to better their understanding of paper arts and the creative process. Each week students focused on a different aspect of paper art, giving the students a solid overview of the subject: papermaking, printmaking, paper molding, book binding, and paper collage. Because paper arts frequently requires two sets of hands, much of the work was collaborative and gave students a chance to meet and work with other students they may not have otherwise known.

A reception, open to the public, will be August 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. to share the project with the community and celebrate the students' hard work.

Wolf Creek Online High School is an accredited public high school that offers students the flexibility of online learning while offering the state of Minnesota's only lab option on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 10363 Liberty Lane in Chisago City. Wolf Creek graduates need to obtain 26 credits and demonstrate the independence needed to succeed as an online learner. Wolf Creek has a continuous learning year and is currently accepting enrollments for fall.

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