Germantown Friends School Lantern Festival, PA
On Saturday October 21st 2017, Germantown Friends School, PA, held their inaugural community lantern-parade, to culminate the yearly Fun-Day celebration. After months of planning, lantern building and preparations, the event was a tremendous success, and paved the way for an annual celebration of light. Workshops were held with faculty and staff, students from K-12th grade, […]
Geode: Installation at Champlain College
In September 2017, I worked with freshman students at Champlain College, VT, in collaboration with the Peace Paper Project, to create lantern structures for a visual light installation in the Champlain College Art Gallery. After making their hand-made paper from items of clothing, letters, paper fragments and natural materials, students created 3D structures from willow, […]
Presenter at the Arts Literacy Institute, 2017
In August 2017, the second Arts Literacy Institute took place at the beautiful All Souls Gathering Center, in Shelburne, VT. Over a period of 3 days, 25 teachers from across the state participated in an inspiring and enriching learning laboratory. Using ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind’ by William Kamkwamba as the focal text, participants told their […]
Moonshot Summer Teachers Institute, FL 2017
In July 2017, I was on the presenting team for the second Moonshot Summer Teachers’ Institute (a learning lab for educators) at the Vero Beach Museum of Art in Vero Beach, Florida. Hosted and coordinated by The Learning Alliance, the institute took place over 5 days and was attended by teachers and educators from the […]
Stowe Elementary, VT: Winds of Change
In April 2017, I conducted an arts-integrated residency at Stowe Elementary School through the VT Creative Schools Initiative. Students in the 1st, 4th and 5th grades explored the science of sound, the effect of non-verbal communication, and the power of words. Throughout the ‘Winds of Change’ residency, students understood how voices and facial expressions convey different […]
U32 High School, VT: The Record Project
Earlier this spring, I worked with the entire 9th grade team (135 students), facilitating an arts-integrated residency through the VT Creative Schools Initiative. Looking through the lens of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, students explored the nature of duality and personal integrity in both public and private lives. Over the course of 7 days, […]
Integrated Arts Academy Winter Retreat
Earlier in 2017, I worked with the staff and teachers of Burlington’s Integrated Arts Academy, exploring concepts around core beliefs, self-expression, value and accountability. We considered the power of words, experimenting with monochrome and mark-making techniques, and created some origami stars that reflected the light.
The Wonder of Winter, Montpelier VT
Following a ten-day artist residency, Montpelier’s second community lantern parade, The Wonder of Winter will be taking place on February 23rd at 6pm, leaving from Union Elementary on School Street, Montpelier. All are welcome to bring their lanterns and join the parade, or watch from the sidelines. Cocoa, cider donuts and fire spinning entertainment to […]
Rangoli Residency at River Rock School, Montpelier, VT
In early January I had the pleasure of completing a Rangoli residency at the River Rock School in Montpelier, VT. River Rock is a small school with fewer than 50 students and mixed-grade activity classes, which gave us the perfect opportunity to experiment with some new ideas.Students learned about geometry, shape and pattern, and designed their own Rangolis on […]
River of Light in Waterbury 2016, no:7
On December 3rd 2016, Waterbury saw its 7th River of Light Lantern Parade. With a theme of ‘Everything Botanical: Wild Vegetation and Fantastical Flora!” the streets were filled with a visual feast of plants, flowers and shrubs, and Waterbury attracted over 3000 lantern-makers, walkers and spectators. A school residency at Thatcher Brook Primary School enabled over 150 […]