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, …
Idea No. 70: Paper Pyramids
the idea: teach about Egypt by making pyramids out of paper I’m sick. It sucks. But life goes on, classes have to happen. Today I dragged myself out of bed …
Idea No. 59: An Interactive Piano Lesson
the idea: make an interactive piano curriculum I’ve taken classical piano since I was about five years old. I had a wonderful, patient teacher who worked with both me and my …
Idea No. 29: Teaching Watercolor Experiments
One of the last classes that I taught before taking my holiday break from Boston was on watercolors. The problem with doing watercolors with kids is that they often finish …
Idea No. 14: Glue Hands
Little mosaic paper tiles spill all over the floor. “Can everyone help clean up this spill?” “I know how to clean it up!” Grabs glue stick. Covers hands. Proceeds to …
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 …