Eco-Habitats

December 2, 2009

My students and I had the brilliant opportunity to attend the Greenbuild Conference and Expo that was held this year in  Phoenix.  We were treated to a tour of the expo floor, which showcased innovations in the green building industry.  So much to see, and so much to learn!  Being the materials and design junkie [...]

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In Process

November 6, 2009

Sacred Geometry, 6th grade studentSo many projects…….
Imago Dei students worked at promoting sustainable holiday celebrations by facilitating a Found-Object Mask Making activity at the St. Philip’s Art Fair.  The booth was stocked with an amazing array of collected and donated left-over and re-purposed materials, from wire and nuts and bolts to dried roses and window [...]

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Greenbuild

October 9, 2009

My students and I have been invited to Greenbuild International Conference!!
Through our participation with the School of the Future Design Competition, we came to know the folks at the US Green Building Council. The work of the USGBC is inspiring in so many ways, but what intrigues  me most is the Education Sector, and the [...]

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Day of the Dead

September 28, 2009

I had a call the other day from the local Children’s Museum asking if we would like to create a display for their Dia de Los Muertos celebration.  Because it is a display meant for children, explained the coordinator, there should be no reference to cigarettes or alcohol.  Reasonable parameters.  I am always happy to [...]

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Learn it, earn it, live it, teach it

September 23, 2009

Yesterday I took my architecture group (three students from last year’s team) around the corner to the local public school.  This year we are serving as mentors to that school as they participate in the School of the Future Design Competition.  After last year’s first place win, and given all that we accomplished and learned, [...]

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The Third Teacher

September 22, 2009

Beautifully written, complete with a brilliant manifesto that articulates an innovative and imperative vision for education, The Third Teacher Project is a collaboration of many minds from the fields of architecture and design who come together in the shared conviction of a quality education for all.
I discovered the Third Teacher website this summer, when I [...]

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Rare Color

September 21, 2009

The 6th graders completed a project last week having to do with rare color and creating new and surprising color relationships.  This sounds like a project for a Color and Composition course on the college level, which it actually is, come to think of it.  I guess I think my students can do anything.  A [...]

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Determination

September 18, 2009

Week four and the mural design is still in process, but we are definately getting closer to a final design.  In the classroom, we talked a lot about conveying concept through image.  The mural is for a youth center sponsored by the Gang Outreach and Intervention program, so ultimately the design should be relevant to [...]

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The Art Space

August 28, 2009

I am trying to create a space that inspires open-ended inquiry.  Obviously, being an art space, the light must be good.  My area has large north-facing windows and doors that can be opened.  The walls are white, and the ceiling is high.  On the shelves are terrariums, orchids and cacti, bones, fossils, and petrified wood. There is [...]

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Open Studio

August 27, 2009

My nature as a teacher/artist causes me to constantly re-think the way visual arts curriculum has been constructed.  No sense in pounding square pegs into round holes, I realize, after years of trying to impose a structure onto myself that feels cumbersome and anti-intuitive.  In reading over the standards adopted by my state , I [...]

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