02 March 2012
Stay in touch.
Thank you to everyone who came to my presentation at NAEA yesterday! Stay in touch. More reflections on my experiences here at the conference coming soon...
28 February 2012
2012 NAEA presentation.
I'll be presenting at the NAEA national conference in New York City on Thursday, March 1, at 11:00am, in Hilton East Suite, 4th floor. Click HERE to see the stand alone site I've built to accompany the talk or scroll through the presentation below. Hope to see you there!
30 January 2012
27 January 2012
25 January 2012
23 January 2012
20 January 2012
19 January 2012
Fun with junk.
A sign that they're getting it... A student yells, "I found a neck!", while pulling a battery out of a box of junk.
07 December 2011
05 December 2011
06 April 2011
What is beautiful?
Today I asked a class of seniors to list what they think is beautiful. Here it is in no particular order (the extra info in parentheses is directly from them)...
Mom (doesn't matter what she's wearing), the last hug, the naked body (in it's purest form; how you were born), music, snow, love & marriage, spring, flowers, silhouettes, sky, skiing, sunrise, city, meeting someone, Honduras, laughter, family time, Little Compton, 40 Beaver Pond Rd., Grace Kelly, green grass, happiness, the sun, painted toenails, eyes, clouds, lights, foliage, dessert, friendship, smell of wood burning in the fireplace, chic clothing store, classical music, old European cities, modern buildings, my room, Caribbean, Augusta National, good story, shell fish, trees, new baby's smile, sunset, funfetti cake, mountains, autumn, insects, beach, forest, night, my grandmother's hands, the top of a mountain, sunny morning after snowfall, candle light service on Christmas Eve, Vermont, waves, camp fire, rings, feeling loved, watching your parents joke around.
I was a little surprised and very encouraged by the depth of some of their responses. Music and love were listed the most often (what else is there after all?) and, in spite of the toughest, longest winter in their short lives, quite a few students listed snow. I remain hopeful about the future of the human race.
05 April 2011
Sketchbook Love.
I think these are so gorgeous I had to include them all...full size. Scroll down and enjoy.
25 March 2011
Recovering and reflecting on NAEA.
I am still recovering from a great time at NAEA in seattle. My talk went well. I was nervous. I had fun. Thanks to everyone who found some space in their brains for what I had to say. Please be in touch. I am very grateful that I came home to a second week of spring break. It's given me some time to reflect on all I saw and heard. Keep checking back for pictures of my notes from the conference, some thoughts on the frustrations i saw public school teachers facing, new thoughts and ideas about how to use contemporary art in the classroom, and my feelings about getting students out of the classroom more, among other things...in the coming weeks.
19 March 2011
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