A new term starts tomorrow. 100+ new students. I've been fine tuning a collage project this year for the sketch book cover we will begin this week. I find that clearly defined parameters actually help students relax and create more freely. I present them with a problem to solve, commission them, if you will, to produce art within the context of a "big idea" or in this case a set of characteristics their sketch book cover art work must exhibit.
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Breaking Rules
C ontemplating impending retirement, I revisit works of art created by so many students over the years. What a complete joy and privilege ...
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It's intensely satisfying to make things with my hands: pie dough, needle point, pencil drawing, painting a wall or a canvas, it makes ...
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S unday evening we took our teen children and their friends to downtown Grand Rapids which, over the course of a few weeks, has been transfo...
