TEACHING
PHILOSOPHY
YOUR STUDENTS GROW.
BE THEIR LIGHT.
Our students have the power to lead us in the right direction: we just need to be ready to listen.
As an Artist-Educator, I am inspired by my studio practice and the modern landscape of the art world - through galleries, international museums and community art spaces.
Our art room is a place of connection, experimentation, play, and exploration. We are always making connections across disciplines and throughout the contemporary art world.
We are scientists, activists and adventurers - but most importantly: WE ARE ARTISTS!
MONOPRINT MAGIC
This is a collection of student work created in Elementary visual arts classes. Students were to create Monoprints, a form of printmaking that can only be generated once - a printed painting!
They explored both additive and subtractive printing techniques, and then refined their pieces with oil pastel.
Students were assessed on artistic initiative, composition, line, and shape.
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ELLSWORTH KELLY COLOR
SIOP Lesson: Elementary
In this modified lesson, English Language Learners explore a wild spin on the classic color wheel with modern painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly as inspiration!
MONOPRINT MAGIC
Elementary
A lesson that allows students to explore the art of Monoprinting. Traditional printmaking techniques are used such as additive, subtractive, and ghost printing.
COMICS AS SELF-REFLECTION
Middle School
In this lesson, students push the stereotypes of comics through zine construction and the design of a unique avatar. They explore several contemporary graphic artists such as Lynda Barry, Ivan Brunetti and Scott McCloud.
THE ART OF TEA
High School
This ceramics lesson explores the history of tea across cultures, as well as contemporary ceramicists that create vessels. Students shape sculptural or functional mugs, discovering that practical objects can be beautiful.