the idea: go to an open mic with another musician, spur of the moment decide to play together Now, I know that for some other musicians this is a fairly regular thing. You see another musician, you play together, and there’s no other thought about it. But you have to understand, most of my musical life …
the idea: to buy like an artist make your own art and trade it You know you’ve entered the right world when you can go to an open mic with a friend of a friend, have a blast playing music together even though you never have before, and then trade your book for her CD. Obviously, …
the idea: while my students are busy being impressionists, make a quick version of Renoir’s Dance at Bougival When I sat down to teach my last after school class for the year in Cambridge, I thought that I would participate along with my students. I was teaching about canvas (it originally came from the sails of …
the idea: create a feminist medieval fantasy world My sister Mairead and I both graduated within the past month and have been keeping each other updated on where we are in post-school limbo world. For the most part, I’ve been enjoying it so far. I finished my book launch and then spent around a week and a …
the idea: tape random teacher-jokes to the elevator door For my job I travel around to a lot of schools, after schools, community centers, and hospitals. I get to see a lot of different places where kids go to learn, be babysat, and heal, and thus also get to see what the adults in those situations …
the idea: teach stained glass using plastic laminate, tissue paper, and sharpie This is one of my lessons that I’ve picked up during my time at the MFA. When I first heard fellow teachers discussing it, I thought it would be too difficult for the young children that I tend to work with. However, it turns …
the idea: cut a monkey out of cardboard and cover it with rainbow tissue paper One of the things that no one tells you about teaching is that there are often times when all your students are doing work and you’re just sitting there, waiting for them to finish. As an art teacher, this isn’t always …
the idea: have a printing press running at the launch for Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something A lot of ideas went into the launch party last Sunday, one of them was to have a printing press running where people could print something. This idea was a collaboration between Eli and Lindsay from Union Press and …
the idea: throw some yellow on it Sometimes ideas are big and grand, sometimes they’re sweet and child-like, and sometimes they’re just too the point. For example, what should I do now? Oh, I know! Throw some yellow paint on it!
the idea: continue the May Something project by having an on-going project that asks people to send in a picture of their something A lot of ideas have occurred to me in the past month, however I have been busy implementing them instead of posting them. I was also doing my daily blog post through …