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. 102: Teaching Tessellations
the idea: learn how to make a tessellation so I can teach it the next day My job is full of a surprising amount of these moments. Googling information on artists …
Idea No. 98: Draw with Them
the idea: make art while you teach art This may seem like a fairly obvious idea, but not that many people do it so I’m going to put it in anyway. …
Idea No. 97: Sink Stains
the idea: photograph the watercolors running down the sink I love liquid watercolors. I had never used, seen, or heard of them before I worked at the MFA but now …
Idea No. 91: Wire Dragon
the idea: connect the Calder-inspired wire sculpture activity with the Samurai exhibit. This idea takes a bit of explaining. When I teach off-site for the MFA I have to take …
Idea No. 86: How are Music and Art connected?
the idea: have my current group of kids come up with their own project As one project for one of my many jobs at the MFA I am working with …
Idea No. 84: Symbol Stories
the idea: make a story out of Japanese symbols drawn with sumi ink I’ve been doing a lot of classes on Ancient Greek, Rome, and Egypt in my off-site after …
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 …