Watch This: Documentary on Mark Jones, Iowa City Elementary Art Teacher, Co-Creator of "The Robot and the Butterfly"

Last year, I wrote about Mark Jones, an art teacher at Lemme and Lincoln Elementary Schools and a fun animated short that he created with his students called "The Robot and the Butterfly."

I call him the co-creator of the Robot and the Butterfly because he had several helpers.

From the YouTube description:

The film is a year long art project created by the students at Lemme and Lincoln Elementary Schools and is: "the story of one little robot and the adventure it goes on to capture its muse: the butterfly." Students from ages Kindergarten through 6th grade worked together on the project.

Well this story came to the attention of the creative people at the blog Half Cut Tea, who then did a documentary on Mark Jones, which I am posting here with their permission. There are more details that could have been included if it had been longer, but as it stands it is a refreshing look at how Jones as an art teacher has brought his personal journey with art to the classroom in collaborative works with his students.

Also, in the good news department, they are going to do another movie!