The Archival Project

Begun in 1994, under the direction of Carol Grocki Lewis, the Archival Project is a long-term project that involves documenting, collecting, and organizing the various projects of The Touchstone Center since its founding in 1969. The overall purpose is to carefully organize, digitize, and preserve the Center’s large collection of original children’s writings and art that have emerged from the Center’s arts and education residencies, as well as the numerous audio and video tapes, films, photographs, publications, and documents that record in detail the Center’s workshops, exhibitions, and overall history – as well as the writings and papers of the Center’s Founder and Director, Richard Lewis.

• A Tree by Jiana

  This is me and I am a tree and I have glittering branches
  that glitter in the sun. When the rainbow comes
  out my branches grow more berries.

    -Jianna, 2^nd Grade, CPE 1, Codellia Cordellia, Teacher

  berries, grow, tree
• Tree Roots by Terry

  The tree got its words from the roots.
  When it was growing when it was little, its roots gave him his words.
  The roots got the words from the ground.

  Terry, 2^nd Grade, Central Park East 1, Cordellia Costillo, Teacher

  growing, plant, roots, tree
• My Tree by Rita

  My tree grows wide.
  My tree grows so high that it will go past the clouds.
  Even though my tree grows high,
  it is still beautiful.

  beautiful, clouds, grow, plant, tree
• The Lizard by Reishaun

  

  I think a lot of lizards live next to a lot of trees.

  this lizard could blend in to trees because it’s a chameleon lizard. A chameleon could change colors and blend into anything.

  chameleon, colors, lizard, tree
• The Bird by Noel

  The thing on my tile. There’s a bird and it’s big. It’s important because they can fly and they have houses in trees with their babies. Their life might be good because they get to fly and go every place they want to.

  A bird lives in a tree for years and years until it dies.

  baby, bird, fly, house, tree
• A Butterfly by Tenzin

  A butterfly stays near by a tree because they could breathe.

  Some butterflies are different because some butterflies have different colors – and they are beautiful.

  beautiful, breathe, butterfly, insect, tree
• A Chipmunk by Elias

  I picked a chipmunk because the world could always do with another chipmunk and just in case no one else makes a decent chipmunk.

  animal, chipmunk