Idea No. 159: Figure it out on Stage
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 …
Idea No. 158: How to Buy Art like an Artist
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 …
Idea No. 157: Redo a Renoir
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 …
Idea No. 156: A Feminist Medieval Fantasy World
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 …
Idea No. 155: Elevator Quotes
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 …
Idea No. 154: Stained Glass meets Tissue Paper
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 …
Idea No. 153: KeKe the Jester Monkey
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 …
Idea No. 152: Print Something
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 …
Idea No. 151: Throw Some Yellow On It
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 …
Idea No. 150: What’s Your Something?
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 …