The bigger picture

Jared Akerstrom, Ainsley Buckner, and I recently completed the installation of a large wall sculpture in the…

Shining a Light on Social Issues

During the fall 2014 semester, I worked with the 7th grade at Orchard STEM School. This residency…

PAA at MoCA: Graffiti, Screen Printing, and Self Expression at PAA’s Hip Hop Camp

Reflections on the Music Production and Found Sounds Workshop

The first incarnation of our ‘Found Sounds’ tinkering workshop — 2-days of musical tinkering within PAA’s free 5-day Music Production Camp:

Teaching the Seasons Through Landscape Painting and Green Screen Photography

“Today Show” at Hannah Gibbons!

Never a science major, I certainly learned a lot the past few months working with Ms. Micco’s 8th grade…

Kinetic Sculpture Camp: Open Doors Academy

Last week, students learned about kinetic art by looking at Rube Goldberg inspired chain reaction sculptures and the use of simple machines within them. Campers created trebuchets that launched paint soaked tennis balls onto paper, pintographs that could…

Drawing From Observation

When students hear that I am an artist, they often ask me if I can draw a specific thing: a car, a favorite cartoon character, etc. One of the lessons I often wish to impress on my students is that even professional artists use visual references to draw from observation, and that…

Landform Mural

Every one of us are walking on the planet earth. The students at Mound STEM School are connecting with the earth by using clay to…

Land Takes Form

I’ve been working with the fourth grade class at Michael R. White STEM School in Cleveland. The students are learning how to…