A BIG Project
I’m an artist-in-the-schools and have been fortunate enough to be hired by two schools very recently. When a school contacts me, through the annual Cultural Arts Festival in Wake County, NC, for example, I meet with the cultural arts representative and as many other people involved–art and classroom teachers, to hear their wishes. As a former biologist/anthropologist, I like to integrate our clay workshops and residencies with classroom studies, if possible or desired. We made animals and coral reefs at one school– more on that soon. At another school, three classes of...
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I’m an artist-in-the-schools and have been fortunate enough to be hired by two schools very recently. At one shcool, we made animals and coral reefs. More n that soon. At another school, third graders are studying flowers and pollination. Here are a few photos from our project.
Read MoreA BIG Project
I’m an artist-in-the-schools and have been fortunate enough to be hired by two schoools very recently. At one shcool, we made animals and coral reefs. More n that soon. At another school, third graders are studying flowers and pollination. Here are a few photos from our project.
Read MoreTime to Make the Donuts!
I love that expression–when I feel hesitant or have a little trouble getting started, it serves as a gentle reminder to just get started and your Muse will find you. Just found out I’m one of eight 3-D artists accepted by Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, NC for a future exhibit. Thank you, VAE!!! I have been working with 5th graders at a school in Raleigh lately, catching up on stuff and making some items for garden shows. I’ve got 5 more days with this school between now and the end of April. Also will be working with students at another school for 10 days in April and May,...
Read MoreSecond Guessing
Luann Udell quotes….There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep...
Read MoreIrene and Sassy
I found this in anthter blog post and it also works here– Andy Warhol observed, “You can never predict what little things in the way somebody looks or talks or acts will set off peculiar emotional reactions in other people.” This piece has taken an age to create and has evolved. Like its subject, it has undrergone many surgeries. As it has metamorphed, iwas araid I would find the subject upsetting, having recently lost a father and mother-in-law and medical tests that required follow-up or observation. (I’m a very bad patient, with a background in pathology and vivid...
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