Legacy Post
RESPECT: One Rule Fits All
Respect is what I want from you Respect is what I need Respect is what I want Respect is what I need – Otis Redding Last week I was cleaning out the art department storage area at school and came upon the pieces from a collaborative art project from long ago – probably during the 2006/2007 […]
We Remember 2001-2018
“No more hurting people – Peace” – Martin Richard My thoughts this Tuesday morning on the seventeenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001: As I walk through the halls of my school, the same school where I was teaching third grade on that day, I think: “We were here when it happened.” As I pass by classrooms […]
A Time to Plan, A Time to Reflect on 2017/2018
“To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together” – Pete Seeger (Ecclesiastes) “A […]
A Day in the Life of #MURSDVisualArt
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” – John Steinbeck And what happens when an artist teaches? Wonderful […]
Once Upon A Time Thirteen – Pinwheels For Peace
This is a post about the Pinwheels for Peace project undertaken at Miscoe Hill School in September, 2005. This is the thirteenth in a series of Legacy Posts about projects that happened early on in my art classroom. Recently I was able to tap into some archived photos that I thought had long ago disappeared. I’ve decided to write […]
Once Upon A Time Twelve – That Time We Fit The World In The Gym
This is a post about that time we fit the whole world in the gym with the Global Village project undertaken at Miscoe Hill School in the spring of 2007. This is the twelfth in a series of Legacy Posts about projects that happened early on in my art classroom. Recently I was able to tap into some archived […]
Once Upon A Time Eleven – The Courtyard Project
This is a post about the courtyard project undertaken at Miscoe Hill School in the spring and summer of 2007. This is the eleventh in a series of Legacy Posts about projects that happened early on in my art classroom. Recently I was able to tap into some archived photos that I thought had long ago disappeared. I’ve […]
