I am known to help my students discover more about themselves through ART… in rehabs, community programs, schools, team-building, in families, couples, kids… But I also do art projects… JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT. I BELIEVE ART HELPS YOU LEARN ABOUT LIFE: (many of these are the National Core…
I have been working with Shelley for several years now. She is a delight to be around. We laugh, sing, and paint all the way through our (every Saturday) art class. Years ago Shell, as I call her, had a “brain fart”, as she calls it. Actually it was an…
Those who know me well know what my political preferences are. Because of the transparency of a blog, I prefer to keep that to myself. I just felt compelled to share my feelings about Trump’s meeting in North Korea with Kim Jong Un. Recently a close friend, who has a distaste for our president, mentioned…
The Belmont on June 9th was thrilling and I couldn’t help but think “Is this another message?” The definition of JUSTIFY is, according to Webster & Google, “To provide a good reason that you are right” Did you know that on June 1st the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion was, 14…
An ART CLASS Story: excerpt from Forgetting to Fly (My memory of stumbling up) Chapter 30: The Blessing Box I love to create art experiences because, like cream, what you need to know always rises to the surface. My studio art classes are for couples, families, friends, work-related teams, any and all…
I have been procrastinating on starting a blog because I didn’t want to be restricted by a weekly deadline. But after the Santa Fe High School shooting… I have to start writing down the insights that I have experienced through my 30+ years of gathering information from my ART students.
I am thrilled to announce that my latest curriculum on DIVERSITY is out and ready to be distributed. Beyond ART: Exploring Yourself and Others through the Creative Process. This curriculum is an easy/fun way to have people with “differences” begin to understand and appreciate each other. My art students thought about who they wanted to become and…