Idea No. 134: The Pink Elephants
the idea: create a pink elephant as an example for the puppet project You may or may not remember, but a few ideas back I had another puppet named Feathers. Today …
Idea No. 112: A Puppet Play
the idea: create puppets with my students and then have them put on a quick play Today, as I continued my class inspired by Asian art in the museum, I made …
Idea No. 106: The Origami Color Book
the idea: teach a class with the supplies in my apartment I am sick. Again. It’s awful. As such, I haven’t had the most energy. On Tuesday, when snow caused my …
Idea No. 78: The Last Drip
the idea: do a drip painting, let it dry, then drip again. And again. And again. This is the last idea in a series inspired by the MFA’s February Vacation …
Idea No. 77: Cut it Out
the idea: take a drip painting and cut it out Running a drop-in activity at the MFA means that sometimes there are so many people you can barely keep up …
Idea No. 76: Drip Paintings
the idea: make paintings using squeeze bottles and gravity I actually can’t take credit for this idea, it was thought of by someone else in the education department at the MFA, …
Inspiration from the minds of children
Street Salsa
Dancing in the… Museum?
Last Thursday I took a group of children to the MFA for a late night visit. By 6 o’clock, which is only the time that we get there, the children …
Are They Getting Anything?
Like any good artist/thinker, every once in a while I have an existential crisis. Is there any point? Does looking at pretty pictures ever actually matter? Am I making any …