Tuesday, November 29, 2011

French Clips

A fourth grade student at Benjamin Foulois Elementary School in Maryland created this cut paper collage of his grandmother using tissue paper, construction paper and newspapers from my recent trip to Paris.

A Star Is Born

Middle School students at Argyle display their star books created from color paper and hand decorated paste paper in my after school program "Every Picture Every Word."

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Creative Choices

Teen displaying a print made using styrofoam plates at a workshop I led at Loyola University Thursday night.

Making Paste Paper

4th grade students in Ms. Dahl's class at Friendship Public Charter School in NE D.C. learned how to decorate paper with paste. The papers will later be used in artists books and to illustrate personal narratives.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Hanging Them on the Line...

Ms. Dahl from Friendship Public Charter School hanging up the paste paper creations painted by her students as part of my residency at her school this fall.

Monday, November 7, 2011

New Residency

I'm excited about my new art and writing residency at Friendship Public Charter School in D.C. that started tooday as part of the Kennedy Center's Student Centered Residency program. I will be working with second grade and fourth grade classes over a period of ten sessions.