If you've known me for a while then you know I've worked at Glen Echo Park in Maryland for eight of the past nine summers now, and about nine weeks each summer. I took off one summer to travel to Salamanca Spain, where my father re-married and I studied Spanish at the Universidad de Salamanca.... Continue Reading →
We have been working on studies of the human figure. Something most of my students are familiar with, but not comfortable. I wanted to encourage and create confidence in my young artists who have expressed interest in drawing people. I even have a few students who are interested in fashion design and have expressed a... Continue Reading →
Before we left for our Christmas break we finished up our interior design inspired project. Along with looking at many examples of interior design, from books, we also made a real world connection by looking at the work of my good friend Maggie O'Neill and her company Swatchroom DC. This was also our first experimentation... Continue Reading →
The holiday season is always a time for nostalgia and reminiscing on seasons past. The last two years I spent in Philadelphia, I was organizing and pulling together our school talent show this time of year. It was (in my humble opinion) my greatest contribution outside of the classroom to the school culture. I would... Continue Reading →
Here are some shots from the second step in our ceramic plate and clock process. More to come!
This past week in my Foundations of Studio Art class we began an experience with clay. Since I am determined to expose my freshman girls to as many techniques and materials in art as I possibly can I figured why not take advantage of our schools amazing resources and create some ceramic pieces. There... Continue Reading →
Since last week we have been slowly and carefully working on our linoleum prints. Our prints are illustrations we made based on song lyrics we like or novels we have read. Each student has their own text to accompany each illustration. The end result will be a book consisting of one print from each member... Continue Reading →
My hope this semester is that I will expose my 9th grade students to as many new art materials as possible, while making connections to real careers in the art world. I also want them to find their own strengths and interests as young artists. As I told all of my parents recently at back... Continue Reading →
I have now almost completed my first month at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, in Bethesda Maryland. I must report that I could not be happier with my new work environment. It has been a big change for me, coming to this new school. It is a world away from my public, alternative,... Continue Reading →
Once again I have had an incredibly successful summer session, teaching Surrealism to my students. I revamped, revised, and revisited my curriculum from last summer. I was so pleased with the results last year that I couldn't wait to teach it again, and I was right to be excited, because the results came out even... Continue Reading →
