the idea: talk to students on their level about their education I spent an incredible day the national forum held by the Arts Education Partnership. In the fall I was a fellow for their database, ArtsEdSearch, where I found and summarized quantitative research articles about arts education outcomes. Part of that fellowship was the incredible opportunity …
the idea: put up a sign for a lost earring So the actual idea, to put up the sign, was someone else’s. However, I have seen this sign every Wednesday for months as I walk to one of my weekly offsite classes. When I first started seeing it, the paper was white and had just been …
the idea: to dye my hair pink for my summer at the Center for Talented Youth For most of elementary school and middle school I was not what most people would consider a pretty child. I suppose I was cute, in a baby-fat-at-double-digits kinda way, but pretty or beautiful weren’t words that I ever heard …
This is what it looks like when an incredible musician teaches the world how to listen, despite being deaf. Sidenote: a friend told me about this TEDtalk because we were talking about how incredible it feels to lie under a piano while someone is playing and he was reminded of Evelyn Glennie talking about someone …
the idea: dye an easter egg with the Human Rights Campaign’s equality sign ideator: Aldon Hynes Although Aldon is the ideator of this Equality Easter (which was based on something he saw on the internet), it is still me writing. I think this is allowed, for the most part, because he’s my Dad. Dyeing Easter eggs …
the idea: start asking other people to write about their ideas on the Idea Blog You may have seen it, or maybe not since nothing really happened with it, but a few weeks ago I tried to start a new project: the Boston Idea Project. Why I decided that now, in the middle of writing my …
the idea: create an opportunity for local artists to share their work, ideas, and innovation in order to foster a healthy arts community. the ideator: Katherine Vetne As a recent Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate, I found myself longing for the kind of artistic community that had created the backbone of my degree program. As a student …
the idea: change the design of mirandaaisling.com so it is focused on the Idea Blog This site has, once again, undergone a renovation. Currently, I am experimenting with having the Idea Blog (what I’m writing on right now) as the center point of my website and various social media sources. Before now the header had my …
the idea: attempt to design a cover for Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something I’m plowing along in my attempt to make this crazy idea of mine actually happen. I’ve officially started up the website, dmajms.com, and am now pretending I’m a graphic designer. I’m not, if you couldn’t tell. This absolute masterpiece of a cover …
the idea: when you’re so excited you literally can’t sit still, capture it on film On Sunday I finished the rough draft of my book, Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something, and sent it out to over 50 people. Since then I have been completely on edge. This is worse than any art critique, than …